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Vodafone Idea Advances ₹45,000 Crore Capex Plan, Lender Talks Progress

Vodafone Idea Advances ₹45,000 Crore Capex Plan, Lender Talks Progress
Vodafone Idea Advances ₹45,000 Crore Capex Plan As Lender Talks Progress, Network Expansion Accelerates · freepressjournal.in

Vodafone Idea is a company that provides mobile phone and internet service to people in India.

It wants to make its network better and faster so that more people can use phones and the internet.

To do this, it needs a huge amount of money — ₹45,000 crore — and it is talking to banks about how to get it.

The talks with banks are going well, and the company has already received some money to start working.

Vodafone Idea has ordered special equipment from big technology companies like Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung to build new towers.

These towers will help bring fast 4G internet to more places and 5G internet to more cities.

The company is adding about 3,500 new 4G sites every month.

It recently gained new customers for the first time in years — now about 193.1 million people use its service.

Vodafone Idea wants to bring 5G to more than 200 additional cities in the coming months.

It is doing all of this to compete better with other phone companies in India and give customers better service.

Key facts

Capex Plan
₹45,000 crore over three years
First Funding Tranche
₹6,400 crore
Promoter Warrants
₹1,183 crore
Equipment Orders
Around ₹9,000 crore
Equipment Vendors
Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung
Customer Base
193.1 million at end of June
4G Coverage
87% nationwide
5G Network
16,000+ sites across 200+ cities

Quotes

Abhijit Kishore

CEO of Vodafone Idea

“"substantial progress"”
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