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Chethan S August 4th, 2017 8:51 PM 17 COMMENTS

Bharti Enterprises Opts Out of Mega-Buyout Talks With Tata Group

Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Enterprises has reportedly opted out of mega-alliance talks with the Tata Group for their telecom, overseas cable and enterprise services, and DTH business. Notably, the alliance talks gathered momentum after N Chandrasekaran took charge as Chairman of Tata Sons in February. According to an ET report, Bharti Enterprises will now focus on strengthening its books via a strategic stake sale in its tower company Bharti Infratel and... Read More

Srikapardhi August 4th, 2017 7:08 AM 11 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel and Telenor’s Merger Now Receives NCLT Nod

Bharti Airtel is on the verge of merging with Telenor India and today, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has reportedly approved the proposed merger between both the operators. The proposed merger had earlier received a nod from Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), BSE Limited (BSE) and National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE). A report from Business Standard says that NCLT has "instructed the companies to hold... Read More

Srikapardhi August 3rd, 2017 7:20 PM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Likely to Counter JioPhone With Own Bundled 4G Feature Phones: JP Morgan

Incumbent telcos like Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular are likely to counter JioPhone proposition by tying up with handset vendors to bring to the market their versions of the VoLTE feature phone, a JP Morgan report said. The report added that the new product to counter Jio is more likely to hit the market once these telcos have a threshold VoLTE network up and running. Delay in VoLTE launch by... Read More

Chakri K 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

Srikapardhi 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

Rudradeep Biswas 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

Chakri K 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

Chakri K 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

Chakri K 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

Srikapardhi 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

Shruti R 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

Sharique R 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