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Vodafone Idea To Reduce Dealerships And Branded Stores

Vodafone Idea expects to achieve business integration by March 2021.

Top-up vouchers for Aircel Ltd., clockwise from top left, Reliance Communications Ltd., Vodafone Group Plc, Bharti Airtel Ltd., and Idea Cellular Ltd. sit inside a box at a mobile phone store in Mumbai, India, (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)
Top-up vouchers for Aircel Ltd., clockwise from top left, Reliance Communications Ltd., Vodafone Group Plc, Bharti Airtel Ltd., and Idea Cellular Ltd. sit inside a box at a mobile phone store in Mumbai, India, (Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg)

Vodafone Idea Ltd. is in the process of reducing the number of distributors and branded stores in the country.

The country’s largest telecom operator will reduce the number of distributors by 16,000 and branded stores by another 2,000 by the end of this financial year, according to a company document.

The company also plans to reduce the number of call centres to 38 from 82 at present by March 2019 as part of its integration plan.

Vodafone Idea expects to achieve business integration by March 2021.

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