May 25th, 2014 11:27 AM 29 COMMENTS

An Exclusive Look Inside Airtel Network Experience Centre [Pics]

The technology footprint has increased in leaps and bounds over a period of time and so is the complexity of service delivery. Smartphone boom, new network rollouts, multiple service delivery increases the complexity within the industry putting customer experience at risk. Inorder to provide the best in Class Customer Experience, Airtel has set up a first of its kind, state of the art Network Experience Centre (ANEC) in Manesar, Gurgaon. ANEC... Read More

May 19th, 2014 10:05 PM 22 COMMENTS

Airtel 4G Ludhiana Plan Details – Tariff Chart for Prepaid and Postpaid

Earlier today we had reported about Airtel's 4G service launch in Ludhiana. Here we bring to you the tariff chart applicable for those services. Airtel 4G services on Dongles and CPEs are now available for customers with the following postpaid plans *VBC charges at 5p/100KB shall be charged with a bill shield of Rs 1000/-. Post which speed shall be throttled ** Only applicable for CPEs  Airtel 4G Device pricing... Read More

May 19th, 2014 11:35 AM 25 COMMENTS

Airtel Launches 4G Services in Ludhiana – Punjab, Offers 4G Plans as low as Rs 100

Airtel has launched 4G services in Ludhiana which will now offer service simultaneously on dongles, Wi-Fi CPEs (Customer Premise Equipment/ routers) and mobile phones. Airtel 4G Customers on iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c can start their mobile 4G experience right away by upgrading to a USIM (Universal SIM) / 4G SIM and selecting a plan/pack of their choice from an affordable range of offers. Customers can also enjoy the Airtel... Read More

May 15th, 2014 11:57 AM 10 COMMENTS

Airtel Pocket TV to Offer Two days of free viewing of all news channels To Watch Election results Live on Mobile

Airtel will offer TV viewing free for its customers on its mobile application – Pocket TV, enabling them to stay tuned to live television results on mobile all day. With this, customers across the country can now download the mobile application and enjoy two days of free viewing of all news channels (Hindi, English and vernacular) on the application and catch all the latest news updates on the poll results... Read More

May 14th, 2014 5:54 AM 20 COMMENTS

Airtel Postpaid Customers to get 3G Data in 1 GB Increments: A Smart Offering to Reduce Bill Shocks

Airtel recently announced that 3G data packs would be added in 1 GB increments to their postpaid customers after exhaustion of normal data limits. This marks a radical shift from earlier pay as you go where customers were being billed at 3 p/10 kb in most data slabs. This move from Airtel has sparked a storm over the social web with users hitting out at Airtel for auto-enrolling users to... Read More

May 13th, 2014 8:43 AM 131 COMMENTS

Airtel finally launches dedicated WhatsApp data plans starting at Rs 36 for 200MB per month

So instead of fighting over bandwidth issues with IM apps, it looks like Airtel has done what we've suggested last month. Airtel has finally launched dedicated WhatsApp data plans for its 2G and 3G users. Airtel is offering 200 MB of WhatsApp usage for one month starting from Rs 36 which varies according to circles. WhatsApp data plan can be activated by messaging 'WhatsApp' to 121. The WhatsApp plan is priced... Read More

May 12th, 2014 11:50 AM 11 COMMENTS

How can Airtel Continue to grow in terms of Market Share and Profitability? Our Comprehensive Analysis

Back in December 2013 we published a detailed analysis of how India’s national telecom service provider BSNL can turn profitable again. Our efforts bore some fruit and BSNL started taking corrective measures soon after. Now we are making a similar effort with a comprehensive analysis of how Airtel can continue its growth saga. Airtel is already profitable and is showing good growth but by tweaking certain things we felt they... Read More

May 5th, 2014 2:21 PM 61 COMMENTS

Airtel 3G Postpaid Tariff Card for ICR Circles: Costs 11% more

As we reported yesterday, Airtel’s 3G services are live in non 3G circles through ICRA. We noted that the circle specific 3G tariffs cost 40% more than 3G circles for prepaid customers. The postpaid customers are a little luckier as the tariffs are comparable to 3G circle tariffs. 1 GB data will cost Rs. 250 (for prepaid it costs Rs. 348) but 2 GB data will cost Rs. 50 more... Read More

May 4th, 2014 1:19 PM 72 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Airtel 3G to be back in non 3G Circles through ICRA on 5th May – to Cost 40% More?

Airtel will be the second operator after Vodafone to re-launch 3G services through ICRA in the country. TelecomTALK today received inputs from multiple sources that Airtel will start offering 3G data services through ICRA starting tomorrow. The circles which will see a launch of 3G are Haryana, Maharashtra & Goa, Kolkata, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and UP (East). The bad news now is the services will be expensive compared... Read More

May 1st, 2014 9:18 PM 10 COMMENTS

Exclusive: Airtel Introduces Talk time Auto Credit – Get Rs. 10 when your balance goes below Rs. 5

Airtel customers would be aware of talk time loan feature where a user with a balance of less than Rs. 5 could request for a credit of Rs. 10 either by IVR or USSD. Now Airtel has upgraded this to enable auto credit every time a user's balance goes below Rs. 5. Note that this is an opt-in feature and a user will have opt for the service through USSD... Read More

May 1st, 2014 2:54 PM 14 COMMENTS

[EXCLUSIVE] Airtel to launch Airtel Call Manager App for Android and iOS very soon

Probably, many of you already know about the Airtel Call Manager which we reported about, way back in July 2009. This VAS was very useful in letting users block unwanted calls. Now, Airtel has planned to launch Airtel Call Manager app for Android as well as iOS so that consumers can access the service right from their smartphones as a regular app. To use this app, you need to pay... Read More

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