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India has missed its public WiFi hotspots rollout target by a mile. The count is a paltry 0.5 million, a far cry from the 10-million target by the end of 2022 outlined in the National Digital Communications Policy-2018.
India has missed its public WiFi hotspots rollout target by a mile. The count is a paltry 0.5 million, a far cry from the 10-million target by the end of 2022 outlined in the National Digital Communications Policy-2018.
Vodafone Idea: According to industry estimates, Vi has a pan-India network of 4-5 lakh retail touch points, like its peers Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio. Majority of the retailers are multi-brand operators, which means they offer services for all the telecom firms. A few thousand are exclusive retailers of Vi, including some company operated retail stores.
Most prepaid packs available today come with 1.5-2GB daily allowance, sufficient to stream a cricket match on mobile for the most part, analysts said. The average time spent on JioCinema per viewer per match for this year’s IPL was one hour.
This may result in a marginal increase - at most a 1-2% rise in the fiscal first quarter - in average revenue per user (ARPU) for the telcos as consumption would be within the daily allowance that most packs offer currently, analysts said. "This consumption spike would result in marginal ARPU improvement since higher consumption may not necessarily translate to equally higher data top-ups," Prashant Singhal, EY Global, TMT emerging markets leader, said.