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Vodafone Idea Limited (VI) has confirmed its 5G rollout timeline, setting a commercial launch in Mumbai in March 2025. The telecom operator has also reported that after Mumbai, the network will be launched in Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh and Patna in April this year. The company is also accelerating its 4G expansion, 4G population coverage has been added to 41 million (4.1 crore) in the last nine months, which has now reached 1.07 billion people. However, despite a 1.7% revenue increase, VI is facing financial challenges. In the third quarter of FY25, the company’s revenue closed with a revenue of Rs 111.2 billion. Its consumer base has come down to 199.8 million, although the ARPU has improved to Rs 173, which is a 4.7% QOQ increase due to tariff hike.

VI gave all these information to his quarter Report Has shared in The company further stated that VI is actively expanding its broadband and 4G service, more than 4,000 new broadband towers are being added to Q3 FY25, the highest since its merger. The company has deployed 4G on 900 MHz bands at 15,000 sites for better indoor coverage and add 10,400 sites in 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz band to improve speed and capacity.

The company has also shared its finance details. VI saw a slight revenue hike, but remains in losses. The company said that there was a net deficit of Rs 66.1 billion in the third quarter of FY 2025. While its debt from banks has reduced by Rs 52.9 billion in the last year, which is now Rs 23.3 billion left.

At the same time, talk about subscriber base, due to a tough competition by Airtel, Jio and BSNL, the company’s subscriber base is continuously decreasing, which has come down from 205 million in the second quarter of FY 2025 to 199.8 million in the third quarter. Despite this, 25.2 million users have increased in its postpaid segment. It seems that the ARPU has improved due to the increase in tariffs in recent times by the company, which has now increased from Rs 166 to Rs 173 in the previous quarter.

The report further states that in digital service, VI has expanded its VI Movies & TV platforms, including 18 OTT partners including Disney+ Hotstar, Sonyliv and Zee5. It also launched new prepaid data plans like “superhero” and “non-stop hero” packs, which offer unlimited data in some large markets.