Airtel and Netflix announced an expansion of their partnership in India through which the telecom operator will sell and promote Netflix content to its customers. Airtel TV, the video app from the operator, will have a dedicated row of Netflix content. It is not clear how much of the content will be made available on […]
Airtel has announced simplified international roaming tariffs under a minutes-pack concept. Unlike other, more complicated tariffs, the new packs offer a certain number of minutes for international travellers that can be used to make either local calls in the foreign country or calls to India. The 20-minute pack is priced at Rs 196, which works […]
Bharti Airtel said it has signed an agreement to purchase capacity on four submarine cable systems between India and Europe from Telecom Egypt. “Airtel will get IRUs (Indefeasible Right of Use) on Middle East North Africa Submarine Cable (MENA Cable) and TE North Cable Systems. In addition, Airtel will also take large capacities on a […]
Bharti Airtel said it has deployed an extra block of spectrum to its 4G service in Uttar Pradesh East circle, improving the carrying capacity of the network. “The addition of fresh 5 MHz spectrum will significantly boost Airtel’s mobile network capacity across UP (East) and enable a superior 4G data and voice experience for customers […]
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom company be revenue, said it will increase the pace of expansion of its wired broadband service by four times this year as it responds to the launch of GigaFiber, the new pan-India fiber service from rival Reliance Jio. Speaking after announcing Airtel’s quarterly results, company officials said they would bring […]
Bharti Airtel said it expects prices in India’s telecom sector to start climbing again in around six months or so, and indicated it has no stomach for further price competition with newcomer Reliance Jio. The comments by company officials come a few months after Reliance Jio slashed its 4G prices citing actions from rivals such […]
Bharti Airtel said the Reserve Bank of India has lifted the restriction on signing up new customers imposed on its banking unit Airtel Payments Bank. The restriction was imposed in January after reports that the company was signing up its mobile customers on its payments bank platform without seeking their full consent. Payments Banks are […]
Bharti Airtel has integrated its enterprise and carrier businesses and appointed Ajay Chitkara, the current CEO of Global Business, to head the combined operation. Airtel said the integration of the global business with its enterprise unit will help it “leverage its global reach and deep relationships” for the benefit of its enterprise customers. “Under Ajay’s […]
Bharti Airtel has started offering Google’s flagship smartphone, Pixel, on its online store at an EMI of Rs 2,799. Both the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are available, but have different down-payments. The Pixel 2 requires a down-payment of Rs 10,599 for the 64 GB version and Rs 12,599 for the 128 GB version. […]
Bharti Airtel has issued a letter on social media explaining its side of the controversy that broke out after an employee with an Arabic name was rejected by a customer on the basis of his possible affiliation to Islam, and the request was subsequently handled by someone with a Sikh name. Explaining the incident, the […]
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd could end up launching 5G services as early as the first half of 2019, going by comments made by a senior official at an industry forum today. Speaking at the Mobile Device Summit 2018 organized by ‘The Mobile Association’, Anil Jain, the company’s Chief General Manager in charge of New Generation Networks promised […]
Bharti Airtel has announced a massive expansion program for its Mumbai 4G network that could increase the data carrying capacity by several times in one year. The expansion comprises four areas — increasing the number of cell sites by about 30%, increasing the 4G spectrum by about 25%, expanding fiber capacity by about 18% and […]
Spectra, formerly known as Spectranet, said it is now offering what is arguably India’s cheapest high-speed broadband service, even as rumors of an impending launch of Reliance Jio’s JioFiber start gaining momentum. Under the plan, Spectra said customers will get a download and upload speed of 1 Gbps (1,000 Mbps) with unlimited data usage for […]
Bharti Airtel said users would soon be able to link their multiple Airtel accounts and get one single bill for all of them. Called ‘Airtel Home’, the scheme will also entitle the customer to a discount of “up to” 10% on the total amount. Airtel Home is currently available as a beta version for Airtel […]
Bharti Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal said he has seen “some bottoming out” of the company’s revenue trends during the Jan-Mar quarter of 2018, but that it was too early to call the bottom as far as average revenue per user is concerned. Bottoming out refers to the process of hitting the lowest point in a […]
Bharti Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal said his company’s DTH service, Airtel Digital, will continue adding new HD channels and was not facing any capacity constraints in this regard. Addressing investor queries after the company’s quarterly results announcement, Vittal said Airtel Digital has around 75 HD channels as of now. “We will be beefing up HD […]
Bharti Airtel announced the much-anticipated merger of its tower subsidiary with Indus Towers, a three-way tower venture controlled by Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular. Indus Towers is currently jointly owned by Bharti Infratel and Vodafone, who own 42% each, Idea Group (11.15%) and Providence Equity Partners, who hold4.85%. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Group will […]
Bharti Airtel was able to prove wrong all those who predicted that it will post its first quarterly loss in 15 years, as its non-mobile business such as enterprise and tower unit more than made up for the losses from its mainstay wireless telecom operation. The company’s India mobile operations did indeed post an operating […]
Bharti Airtel said it will now give 30 GB of free 4G data to any of its existing customers who upgrade to a 4G phone from a 2G or 3G device. Prepaid customers will get 1 GB data every day for 30 days over and above any pack they charge with, it said. Postpaid customers […]
With the launch of Reliance Jio’s home broadband services drawing nearer, competitor Bharti Airtel has introduced new fiber-based broadband plans with speeds of up to 300 Mbps. The FTIH (Fiber-To-the-Home) based plan comes at a monthly rental of Rs. 2199 and offers 1200GB of ultra-high speed data along with unlimited STD and local calling benefits. […]
