Vodafone Thought mentioned it added greater than 6,500 new distinctive 4G towers throughout the latest quarter
In sum – what to know:
4G growth – Vodafone Thought lifted 4G inhabitants protection to 85.5% by December 2025 and plans to exceed 95% throughout its 17 working circles.
Capability positive aspects – 4G knowledge capability rose greater than 43%, supporting a 22% enhance in common 4G speeds in contrast with March 2024.
Capex for 4G-5G – A deliberate INR 450 billion funding over three years targets 4G parity, wider 5G rollout, and selective FWA deployment.
Indian operator Vodafone Thought is accelerating funding in its 4G community nationwide, because it additionally boosts 5G protection within the 17 telecom circles the place it owns spectrum.
“Alongside 5G rollout, we proceed to put money into increasing our high-speed broadband community by including new 4G websites and upgrading our core and transmission community for top pace broadband community. Our 4G inhabitants protection elevated to 85.5% as of December 2025 in comparison with almost 77% as of March, 2024,” the operator mentioned in its earnings launch.
“Our 4G knowledge capability expanded by over 43%, driving a 22% enchancment in 4G speeds as in comparison with March, 2024. With our deliberate investments, the 4G inhabitants protection within the 17 circles is predicted to extend to over 95%,” the telco added.
Vodafone Thought mentioned it added greater than 6,500 new distinctive 4G towers throughout the latest quarter. As of December 2025, its complete broadband website depend stood at over 548,000.
Based on a current report by Indian newspaper The Financial Instances, citing chief govt Abhijit Kishore, Vodafone Thought plans to take a position INR 450 billion ($4.9 billion) in capital expenditure over the subsequent three years. The funding is geared toward accelerating community upgrades, and reaching 5G parity in key markets.
The proposed spending plan targets full 4G parity with rival telcos Reliance Jio Infocomm and Bharti Airtel inside 12 to 24 months, adopted by an expanded 5G rollout throughout all city areas inside 12 to 30 months. The technique additionally consists of changing remaining 2G websites to 4G in chosen markets and evaluating mounted wi-fi entry (FWA) for residence broadband. The corporate mentioned it has already invested INR 180 billion over the previous six quarters.
“Vodafone Thought wants to take a position massively in its community to realize 4G and 5G protection and efficiency parity with Jio and Airtel. This seems like plan that hopefully they’ll be capable of execute. That is constructive for its RAN distributors, Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung,” Rémy Pascal, RAN lead analyst at Omdia instructed RCR Wi-fi Information.
“Total, we count on the Indian RAN market to return to development in 2026, after a weak 2025. We count on the opposite operators to additionally enhance their investments,” the analyst added.
Vodafone Thought, a three way partnership between Aditya Birla Group and Vodafone Group, holds mid-band 5G spectrum in 17 circles and mmWave spectrum in 16 circles.
Vodafone Thought beforehand instructed traders that launching 5G companies later than its rivals has helped the corporate use newer know-how and save prices.
