Amid “unsustainable pricing” and “hyper-competition” in the chairman’s letter to shareholders, Himanshu Kapania (non-executive chairman of Vi) cited persistent, demanding situations in the operating environment, during FY21. Kapania expressed a desire that authorities will help efforts to generate affordable returns on huge investments.
“As the enterprise maintains to stay under unsustainable financial duress, your company is hopeful that the authorities will offer the essential help to deal with all structural problems confronted by the sector,” stated Kapania who become elected by the Vi board as non-executive chairman after Kumar Mangalam Birla stepped down from the role, in early August.
Vi with records of supplying 25 years of mobile services to the country “is hopeful that the authorities will help its efforts to generate affordable returns on their huge investments”, he stated. Through the path of FY21, the operating environment persevered to stay hard because of unsustainable pricing and hyper-competition, which have been similarly annoyed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Kapania noted.
While the operating challenges remain, growing virtual penetration that has got a similar raise all through the pandemic stays a huge possibility for the telecom enterprise, particularly whilst the pricing revives in future, stated the corporation. Vi “believes the authorities recognise the criticality of the sector and the importance of preserving healthful competition amongst private sector operators”, Kapania added.
The longer-time period possibilities for the Indian financial system remain robust, as projects including privatization of public sector enterprises, monetisation of assets, implementation of National Infrastructure Pipeline, Production-Linked Incentives Scheme and the brand new Labour Code, is expected to spur a virtuous cycle of investments and increase withinside the medium-time period.
Rising content material consumption, particularly via video, and social media usage is riding strong demand for high-pace internet, and Vi with its strong spectrum portfolio, huge community investments withinside the shape of community sites and optical fibre, extensive distribution attain and strong customer affinity is “very well-positioned” to gain from possibilities offered with the aid of using the market, stated the chairman’s note.
Vi is targeted on riding 4G penetration to increase Average Revenue Per User (Arpu) and strengthening its role on commercial enterprise offerings, particularly the fast-developing section of IoT (Internet of Things) and cloud offerings. Alongside the value optimization exercise, those projects “will enhance sales and profitability and sooner or later make stronger your company’s overall competitive role in the market”, he added.