The event follows a gathering between Vodafone Concept CEO Abhijit Kishore and BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Robert J. Ravi on Tuesday, sources mentioned.
Shares of Vodafone Concept Ltd. slipped 0.66% on Wednesday, August 26, snapping a two-day profitable streak after a robust rally within the earlier session. The inventory touched a recent 52-week excessive of ₹15.37 earlier than slipping to a low of ₹15.02 in the course of the morning session.
Regardless of Wednesday’s decline, the inventory has gained round 15% over the previous 30 days and is buying and selling simply 1.82% beneath its 52-week excessive. It has surged almost 134% from its 52-week low of ₹6.46.
The inventory has closed within the inexperienced in six of the final 10 classes, with its greatest single-day achieve of 11% recorded on January 30, 2026.
Below the proposed association, the 2 firms are anticipated to enter into each intra-circle and inter-circle roaming agreements, permitting their subscribers to entry one another’s networks throughout completely different service areas.
The businesses are additionally anticipated to share community infrastructure, together with telecom towers and optical fibre, as a part of the broader association.
Vi might achieve extra income from BSNL customers
The network-sharing association might present Vodafone Concept with extra income from BSNL subscribers utilizing its community, significantly in areas the place BSNL has restricted community protection.
For BSNL, the association might assist broaden its attain in rural and different areas by way of entry to Vodafone Concept’s community.
The 2 firms have already got an intra-circle roaming association in Delhi and Mumbai, underneath which BSNL subscribers can use Vodafone Concept’s community on a revenue-sharing foundation. The Division of Telecommunications had mentioned earlier this month that BSNL and Vodafone Concept had been discussing deeper infrastructure sharing, together with for 4G and 5G companies.
BSNL had additionally leased round 1,441 towers to Vodafone Concept as of April 2026, in accordance with the Division of Telecommunications.
Vodafone Concept didn’t reply to CNBC Awaaz’s queries on the most recent growth.
The broader discussions between the 2 telecom operators come as Vodafone Concept works to broaden its community whereas managing capital necessities, and BSNL seeks to make larger use of infrastructure sharing to cut back prices and generate extra income.
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