No sweat for Vodafone Idea 4G customers even if telco goes under

The problem could be Vodafone Idea's 154 million 2G customers

If Vodafone Idea folds up, competing telcos have enough capacity to absorb its 4G customers but its 2G customers could face serious challenges, according to top telecom executives.

For Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, this offers a new additional door of opportunity to increase their numbers —  by wooing Vodafone Idea’s 2G customers to upgrade directly from 2G to 4G through attractive schemes and subsidies on the phone.

With the recent deployment of the spectrum bought by Jio and Airtel in the auctions, both have been able to substantially increase their 4G network capacity.  Experts say they can collectively handle