Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

A few days ago, Bharti Airtel became the first telecom operator in India to launch VoWi-Fi service and Reliance Jio shortly followed it. Airtel Wi-Fi Calling or Airtel VoWi-Fi service is now spotted working on other broadband operators as well. For the unaware, Bharti Airtel said the Wi-Fi Calling feature could be availed on supported smartphones only through Airtel Broadband or Airtel Xstream Fibre Wi-Fi network. However, we can now confirm that the Airtel Wi-Fi Calling is working on other ISPs as well. Additionally, Airtel users in multiple cities- Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad are noticing Airtel Wi-Fi symbol on their handset. Starting today, Airtel Wi-Fi Calling is available in Mumbai circle on all the supported smartphones, and yes, there are few more smartphones added to Airtel Wi-Fi Calling supported list as well.

Airtel Wi-Fi Calling Now Working With Other ISPs as Well
Firstly, let’s address the elephant in the room. When Airtel announced the Wi-Fi Calling feature last week, it firmly said that the service works only with Airtel Broadband, meaning Airtel Xstream Fibre plans only. However, a lot of users are now observing that the Airtel Wi-Fi Calling is even working on other ISPs. For example, one of our reader, Anoop Jain from Chennai is now using Airtel Wi-Fi Calling on BSNL FTTH, and the smartphone is Apple iPhone SE. Besides, several other readers of TelecomTalk also shared that they are using Airtel Wi-Fi Calling on OnePlus 7 Pro and Apple iPhone 11 on JioFiber network. Even in Delhi, users of Airtel confirmed to TelecomTalk that the feature is being available on other ISPs like ACT Fibernet, Spectra and JioFiber.
