October 3rd, 2017 7:00 AM 74 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Again Counters Reliance Jio With a New Rs. 199 Plan Offering 1GB Data and Unlimited Voice Calls for 28 Days

Leading telecom operator, Bharti Airtel has come up with new tariff plans for its subscribers. Countering Reliance Jio, Airtel is now offering a Rs. 199 plan (might be applicable for select customers) that offer benefits which are on-par with Reliance Jio's Rs. 149 plan. While the Rs. 199 is valid for existing Airtel customers, the operator has a Rs. 178 plan which is applicable for new customers. The Rs. 199 plan... Read More

September 28th, 2017 7:58 PM 61 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel to Launch Its Affordable 4G VoLTE Smartphone in the First Week of October: Report

Earlier this month, it was reported that India's leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel is looking to launch an affordable 4G VoLTE smartphone around Diwali this year. And a new report now says that Airtel will launch the device in the first week of October, in-line with earlier rumours. As per a report from 91mobiles, Bharti Airtel will launch the device in the first week of October before Diwali itself. It... Read More

September 27th, 2017 4:39 PM 29 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel to Launch VoLTE Services in Chennai Soon

Earlier this month, Bharti Airtel launched VoLTE services for its Mumbai subscribers. At the same time, Airtel confirmed that it will expand the VoLTE support to other cities such as Chennai and Kolkata very soon, eventually rolling out across the country by March 2018. Industry sources now say Chennai is next in the queue for Airtel VoLTE services. Airtel VoLTE tests are in advanced stages in Chennai, and the services... Read More

September 26th, 2017 2:56 PM 83 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Users to Soon Enjoy Up to Triple Data Speeds as the Company Deploys Massive MIMO – India’s First 5G Capable Technology

Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecommunications service provider, today announced the deployment of India’s first state-of-the-art Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology which is a key enabler for 5G networks in the future. As one of the few commercial deployment of Massive MIMO globally, the deployment puts India on the world map of technology advancement and the digital revolution. Airtel is starting with the first round of deployment in Bangalore & Kolkata... Read More

September 25th, 2017 7:00 AM 29 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel is Offering a 4GB Daily Data Plan of Rs. 999 for Select Customers

Leading telecom operator, Bharti Airtel has revised its plans for some of its users. In order to combat Reliance Jio, Airtel is now offering 4GB data per day with one of its tariff plans. However, do make a note that these new plans are valid only for select customers. But, at least one below-mentioned plan is valid for every user. Airtel is now offering a Rs. 999 plan, under which... Read More

September 22nd, 2017 1:51 PM 105 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Upgrades Its Network Infrastructure in Hyderabad; Data Speeds Increased

India's leading telecom operator, Bharti Airtel recently sent out a message to its subscribers in Hyderabad saying that the operator is upgrading the network infrastructure in the city for improving the customer experience. And now, we have noticed that the data speeds in the city are increased drastically when compared to what we used to get a month ago. Let' speak about the data speeds first. A month ago, I... Read More

September 20th, 2017 10:43 AM 41 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India Says the Lower IUC Charges Benefits Only the New Entrant

So, it finally happened. The obvious thing which all the top telecom operators never wanted, but the new entrant wanted. Yesterday, The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) slashed the Interconnect Usage Charges (IUC) to 6 paise per minute, down from the earlier 14 paise per minute. In addition, Trai also announced that the new IUC charges will be effective from October 1, 2017, and they would be ultimately reduced... Read More

September 19th, 2017 2:21 PM 6 COMMENTS

Indian Mobile Subscriber Base Reaches 948.54 Million At the End of August 2017; Down by 6.41 Million Compared to Last Month

Indian Telecom sector body, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) today released the latest telecom subscriber numbers for the month ending August 2017. As per the data released by COAI, India’s private telecom service providers have a total of 948.54 million subscribers, including those of the new entrant Reliance Jio’s till the end of July 2017 (As per TRAI Data). Amongst the individual companies, Bharti Airtel continued to hold the... Read More

September 18th, 2017 5:17 PM 14 COMMENTS

Airtel Payments Bank Became the First Payments Bank in India to Integrate the Unified Payments Interface (UPI)

Airtel Payments Bank, the digital payments platform on Sunday announced the integration of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on its digital platform. By integration UPI on its platform, Airtel Payments Bank becomes the first payments bank in India to offer UPI services on its platform. "This would allow all our 20 million bank customers to create their personalised UPI handles on the Airtel app and enable them to make digital payments... Read More

September 16th, 2017 8:07 AM 140 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Doubles Down Free 10GB Monthly Data; Makes It 60GB From 30GB for Airtel Postpaid Customers

Bharti Airtel has come up with a new free data offer for its postpaid users, after the Airtel Monsoon offer expiry. This new offer from Airtel gives up to 60GB free data for Airtel postpaid users for downloading and installing the Airtel TV application, under which the operator is providing Live TV services. Airtel doubles down the data from the previous 30GB and makes it 60GB. Earlier, it was for... Read More

September 14th, 2017 12:50 PM 17 COMMENTS

Are You An Airtel Subscriber in Mumbai? Here’s How to Enable VoLTE Services in Your Supported Smartphone

Bharti Airtel, a couple of days ago became the second Indian telecom operator after Reliance Jio to offer VoLTE services in the country. Although Reliance Jio is offering pan-India VoLTE services, Bharti Airtel is rolling it out in a phased manner, meaning Airtel VoLTE services will go live in select cities first. The pan-India roll out for the same is expected to be done by March 2018. So, for now,... Read More

September 13th, 2017 10:47 AM 14 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Partners With SK Telecom to Jointly Work Towards Evolution of 5G, NFV, SDN and IoT in India

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications service provider, and SK Telecom, Korea’s largest telecommunications company and a world leader in building cutting edge networks, today announced a strategic partnership under which, Airtel will leverage SK Telecom’s expertise to build the most advanced telecom network in India. The partnership will work across several areas including developing bespoke software to dramatically improve network experience, leveraging advanced digital tools including machine learning, big data... Read More

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