August 1st, 2017 3:17 PM 2 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and HPCL Announces Strategic Partnership; 14,000 Fuel Stations Across India Act as Banking Points

Airtel Payments Bank and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) today announced a strategic partnership to give a boost to digital payments in the country and to add customer convenience. Starting today, all 14,000 HPCL fuel stations will act as banking points for Airtel Payments Bank. All Airtel Payments Bank customers would be able to access a range of convenient banking services at these 14,000 fuel stations. For example, customers can... Read More

July 31st, 2017 11:58 AM 46 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular to Launch VoLTE Service by 2018: What to Expect?

Idea Cellular recently joined the bandwagon of notifying its users about shifting its voice call technology to VoLTE (Voice Over LTE). India’s third largest telecom service provider, Idea Cellular, two days ago revealed that it would launch voice over LTE or VoLTE service on its 4G LTE network by early calendar year 2018. The company, however, earlier said that it would introduce VoLTE within 2017 calendar year. Another telecom operator... Read More

July 28th, 2017 8:04 PM 21 COMMENTS

5 Things Bharti Airtel Might Announce in Coming Months

Bharti Airtel, at an event in New Delhi recently announced its Project Next, the company's current project, which is a digital innovation program aimed at transforming the customer experience across all of its services and touchpoints. Under this project, Airtel would be investing close to Rs. 2,000 crore over the next three years. Under the Project Next, Airtel would be changing how a customer and company interaction will carry out,... Read More

July 27th, 2017 7:34 AM 11 COMMENTS

Airtel Seeks Bundling Opportunities With Handset Companies to Grow Market Share : Gopal Vittal

India's leading telco Bharti Airtel will look at bundling opportunities with handset companies to grow its market share, the telco's managing director (India & South Asia), Gopal Vittal said. The strategy will be aimed at countering Reliance Jio, which just launched an SIM-locked 4G feature phone, JioPhone. Vittal, during the earning call on Wednesday, clarified that the telecom operator wouldn't launch a device at subsidised rates as Jio did. "Airtel... Read More

July 26th, 2017 7:41 PM 50 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel to Roll Out Pan-India VoLTE Service by the End of March 2018: Gopal Vittal

Leading telecom operator, Bharti Airtel yesterday reported around 75% yearly decline at Rs 367 crore in its first quarter profit from Rs 373 crore in the January-March quarter. The profit was impacted by the price war introduced by Reliance Jio. Gopal Vittal, MD and CEO (India and South Asia) today said that the company had done VoLTE trials in 5-6 cities, and the service will reach pan India by the... Read More

July 26th, 2017 5:06 PM 17 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Woos 4G Home WiFi Users by Offering 1GB Data per Day for Rs. 499

Airtel has recently announced new plans for Airtel 4G Hotspot users, and they have announced the same for Airtel 4G Home Wi-Fi users. The Airtel 4G Home Wi-Fi is way different from the Airtel 4G Hotspot device and is priced at Rs. 2,500. Airtel 4G Home Wi-Fi Router functions same as the Airtel 4G Hotspot, however, in 4G Hotspot, you can connect up to 10 devices at a time, but... Read More

July 25th, 2017 9:37 PM 18 COMMENTS

Airtel Q1 Net Profit Plunges 75% at Rs 367 Crore; Overall Customer Base Reaches 379.9 Million Across 17 Countries

India's leading telecom Bharti Airtel on Tuesday reported around 75% yearly decline at Rs 367 crore in its first quarter profit from Rs 373 crore in the January-March quarter. The profit was impacted by the price war introduced by Reliance Jio. Airtel's consolidated revenue fell 14% to Rs 21,958 crore from a year earlier Its India revenues stood at Rs 17,244 crore, declined by 10.0% Y-o-Y primarily led by a... Read More

July 25th, 2017 6:27 PM 63 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal Asks Trai to Reject Bill and Keep Regime

Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal has reportedly asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to reject the 'bill and keep' (BAK) regime and continue to allow telcos to levy interconnect usage charge (IUC) as per global practice, and said that the free/affordable phone calls customers are enjoying prove that IUC does not come in the way of affordable rates, adding that charges levied by a telco on incoming calls... Read More

July 25th, 2017 10:36 AM 117 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Counters Reliance Jio With A High Data Usage Pack For Prepaid Users Priced At Rs. 799

Reliance Jio’s Dhan Dhana Dhan offer has come to an end now, and Jio has launched new plans for prepaid as well as postpaid users to continue enjoying the benefits. Reliance Jio plans start from Rs. 19 and go up to Rs. 9999 for prepaid users, whereas Jio postpaid plans start from Rs. 309 and go up to Rs. 999. To counter Jio, Airtel has brought a new high volume... Read More

July 25th, 2017 8:51 AM 56 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Tops OpenSignal’s Average Peak Speed Report With 56.9 Mbps Speed

How many of you remember OpenSignal's report released a few months ago, which rated Bharti Airtel as India's fastest network? Well, OpenSignal is back with yet another report named as 'Average Peak Speeds Report,' on India's top four telecom operators- Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone India, and Idea Cellular. That being said, this new report is different from the average 4G download speed report released by OpenSignal a few months... Read More

July 17th, 2017 4:49 PM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel Completes a Total of 32.7 Million Aadhaar-Based Acquisitions Last Year: Report

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications company, has released its 2017 India Sustainability Report that outlines the operator's approach towards responsible, sustainable business practices and making a positive impact on all stakeholders including customers, suppliers, local communities, investors, employees and government bodies for the entire last year. Green Initiatives Bharti Airtel has highlighted the company's Green Initiatives in the report saying that 81% reduction has been done in CO2 emissions across... Read More

July 15th, 2017 7:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

5 Important Features What Airtel SelfCare Portal Offers to Its Users

Bharti Airtel is working on several changes to compete with the rival networks, and the brand even announced its 'Project Next,' which focusses on making the network digital. As a part of the project, Airtel announced that a new Postpaid Promise scheme, under which the operator promises various new features. For example, all the changes made to your postpaid network will happen in real time. For example, if you want... Read More

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