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September 19th, 2016 7:44 PM 25 COMMENTS

Update: Airtel ends 3G ICRA with Idea in Karnataka, Idea picks Vodafone as next ICRA partner: Sources

After offering 3G services through ICR to Idea customers in Karnataka for quite some time, Bharti Airtel has finally scrapped the ICR deal says sources. In this situation, Idea Cellular has partnered with another 3G operator Vodafone India to use their 3G network under new ICR agreement, to make sure none of their customers suffer with 3G connectivity issue in the circle. From last few years, top three operators were... Read More

September 19th, 2016 6:12 AM 71 COMMENTS

Airtel and Idea increase upfront data offered on annual data rate cutter STV Pan India

After receiving lots of criticism for high priced data packs with an upfront fee to cut down data rates, both Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular have increased the one-time free data limit in the pack for every circle. Last month, Airtel first launched the data pack at a denomination of Rs 1498 which came with upfront 1 GB one-time data then brought down the cost of 1 GB data at... Read More

September 18th, 2016 11:18 AM 14 COMMENTS

Airtel rolls out 20,000 units of Aadhaar based e-KYC solution, plans to have over 500,000 stores across India

Airtel, today said that it has successfully rolled out over 20,000 units of Aadhaar based e-KYC solutions across India. Over 50,000 customers, including those in rural India, are being on-boarded daily by Airtel using this digital solution. The Company expects the number of customers getting digitally on-boarded using Aadhaar based e-KYC to grow multifold as it ramps up the rollout of devices. In the first phase of deployment, Airtel has... Read More

September 17th, 2016 5:29 PM 46 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel to provide more PoIs following payments from Jio, to jointly conduct tests

Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecom operator on Saturday said that it is providing additional points of interconnections (PoIs) to Jio 4G following bilateral discussions earlier this week. With the latest augmentation, the total number of PoIs provided will become three times the present number of PoIs with capacity sufficient to serve over 15 million customers, which is much more than Jio’s total subscriber base. The telco said that both the... Read More

September 13th, 2016 1:38 PM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel rolls out Aadhaar based digital verification process in Bihar

Airtel has started Aadhaar based e-KYC solution in Bihar from today following the notification by the Department of Telecom, Government of India. Consumers in Bihar have appreciated the e-solution and started taking SIM based on Aadhar e-KYC. Airtel become the first company to roll out E-KYC solution in Bihar. The solution will facilitate and enable instant activation of Airtel mobile connection and thereby enhance customer convenience and experience. The digital... Read More

September 11th, 2016 6:25 PM 71 COMMENTS

Airtel crosses 1.5 crore subscribers in West Bengal circle, becomes second operator to do so

Bharti Airtel, the largest telecom operator in the country which enjoys 24.71 percent of market share with more than 255 million customers on their network has now crossed 1.5 crore subscriber mark in West Bengal circle, a category B circle where the Mittal owned telco has a robust network with 2G, 3G and recently launched 4G network became the second operator to cross the milestone. Vodafone was the first operator in... Read More

September 8th, 2016 11:12 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel to enable 4G data speeds up to 135 Mbps in Bengaluru, deploys 4G Advanced Carrier Aggregation

Airtel, today announced that it has deployed 4G Advanced technology (carrier aggregation across TD LTE and LTE FDD) in Bengaluru. The deployment will result in a superior 4G experience for Airtel customers through considerably faster data speeds and better coverage – indoors and outdoors. Customers with mobile devices that support 4G Advanced will be able to enjoy 4G data speeds of up to 135 Mbps. Airtel launched its 4G services... Read More

September 6th, 2016 1:33 PM 12 COMMENTS

Airtel soon to launch 4G services in Assam invites customers to upgrade USIMs free of cost

Airtel today said that customers can switch their existing 2G/3G SIMs with 4G ready USIMs completely free of cost at any Airtel retail store in 37 towns in Assam including Guwahati, Silchar, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Tezpur, Tinsukia, Bongaigaon, Sibsagar, Nagaon, Lakhimpur, Barpeta, Duliajan, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Dhemaji, Golaghat, Gaolpara, Mangaldoi and Nalbari. Airtel plans to launch 4G services in Assam soon. With the USIM upgrade, customers can continue enjoying their existing 2G/3G... Read More

September 3rd, 2016 1:55 PM 63 COMMENTS

Airtel doesn’t feel the desperate need to deploy VoLTE just yet

At a time when Mukesh Ambani's Jio has gone all in on VoLTE to deliver voice calling on its end to end IP network, and younger brother's Rcom planning to follow suit by year end, largest telecom operator Airtel isn't much interested in deploying VoLTE solution anytime soon. During an analyst call, answering questions on VoLTE, Gopal Vittal, MD and CEO - India and South Asia - Bharti Airtel said... Read More

August 31st, 2016 3:10 PM 7 COMMENTS

West Bengal’s 3rd City Baharampur Gets 4G from Airtel

Airtel has launched its 4G services in Baharampur of West Bengal yesterday. The network expansion in rest of West Bengal counts Baharampur as second city to get Airtel 4G after Kharagpur. It should be noted that Airtel launched country's first 4G network in Kolkata in April 2012 and then in August 2016 Airtel started expanding 4G network in the West Bengal circle as part of the company's Project Leap -... Read More

August 31st, 2016 2:23 PM 20 COMMENTS

Airtel deploys 4G Advanced Carrier Aggregation technology in Mumbai to offer 4G data speeds up to 135 Mbps

Airtel, today announced that it has deployed 4G Advanced technology (carrier aggregation across TD LTE and LTE FDD) in Mumbai. The deployment will result in a superior 4G experience for Airtel customers through considerably faster data speeds and better coverage – indoors and outdoors. Customers with mobile devices that support 4G Advanced will be able to enjoy 4G data speeds of up to 135 Mbps. Under the carrier aggregation deployment,... Read More

August 29th, 2016 7:36 AM 8 COMMENTS

Airtel launches ‘India with Airtel’ – a bouquet of end-to-end connectivity solutions for companies looking to set up businesses in India

Airtel has announced the launch of its ‘India with Airtel’  a bouquet of end-to-end connectivity solutions for companies looking to set up businesses in India. India with Airtel offers end –to-end telecom and connectivity solutions to companies under one roof, thereby eliminating the challenge of dealing with multiple vendors and integration issues associated with it. This solution is aimed at considerably improving the ease of setting up a business in... Read More

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