Vodafone Idea to upgrade 3G users to 4G in phased manner

Vodafone Idea Ltd (Vi) will upgrade its existing 3G customers across all markets to 4G network in a phased manner to provide faster data speeds and services using Vi GIGAnet technology, the Birla group company said in a statement on Sunday.

The announcement follows the company’s efforts to integrate the brands Vodafone India Ltd and Idea Cellular Ltd and consolidate their networks, two years after the merger in August 2018. The brand integration was announced earlier this month.

“The company will continue to offer basic voice services to its 2G users… The company’s enterprise customers currently using 3G based services will be upgraded to 4G and 4G based IoT (internet of things) applications and services,” India’s third largest telco said.