March 10th, 2016 1:53 PM 11 COMMENTS

TRAI’s Quarterly report (July to September 2015) suggests Airtel’s 2G performed the best in Maharashtra and Mumbai

The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators for the quarter ending September 2015 reviews telecom operators on Quality of Service of Cellular Mobile Service including ‘Network Availability, Accessibility, Retain ability and Point to Interconnection (POI)’ ‘Call Set-Up Success Rate’ ‘Connection with Good Voice Quality’. Telecom regulator TRAI’s report for quarter ending September 2015 suggests that Airtel offered the best quality 2G mobile network in Mumbai and Maharashtra in that period. The... Read More

March 10th, 2016 1:47 PM 2 COMMENTS

Solan, fourth town in Himachal now to avail Bharti Airtel’s 4G services

Airtel has commercially launched its 4G services in Solan in Himachal Pradesh. After Shimpla, Baddi and Mandi, Solan is the fourth town in Himachal Pradesh, where 4G services have been launched by the company. The company said that with 4G services, customers can get on to the digital superhighway and enjoy uninterrupted HD video streaming, superfast uploading and downloading of movies, music and images. Airtel 4G is available to customers... Read More

March 10th, 2016 3:04 AM 6 COMMENTS

8 months 8 towns for Airtel 4G in Odisha; Jharsuguda added to the tally of the 4G Cities since official launch in July last year

As a part of its ongoing network transformation program ‘Project Leap’ Airtel today announced the launch of 4G servies in Jharsuguda town in Odisha. The company was the first one to introduce the 4G Network in state last July. Very recently Idea cellular has also introduced the LTE services in the region. Yet to commercially launch its 4G Mobile services, Reliance Jio too is vying customers by offering 4G high... Read More

March 9th, 2016 7:17 PM 1 COMMENTS

Project Leap – Airtel’s Platinum 3G Network launched in Imphal and Churachandpur

Airtel, today announced the launch of its Platinum 3G network for customers in Imphal and Churachandpur under 'Project Leap'. The network will deliver faster Internet speed, enhance voice clarity, and offer a superior network experience for customers in the circle. Recently, the operator had also commenced the implementation of its network transformation program 'Project Leap' in North East and Assam. To give the customers an added benefit of long extended... Read More

March 9th, 2016 2:08 PM 9 COMMENTS

Airtel’s new parental leave policy allows maternity leave of up to 22 weeks to women employees

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications services provider, announced that its women employees can now avail maternity leave of up to 22 weeks – up from 12 weeks currently. The enhanced benefits are applicable for adoption as wee - women employees can avail 12 weeks of maternity leave if the child’s age is leass than 2 years and 6 weeks if age is above 2 years. The male employees can also... Read More

March 8th, 2016 10:39 AM 46 COMMENTS

Airtel slashes price of 4G WiFi hotspot device from Rs 2,299 to Rs 999

Airtel has slashed down the price of 4G WiFi hotspot device from Rs 2,299 to Rs 999 in the Kerala circle. In this highly competitive 4G market, Vodafone and Idea still haven’t managed to launch their 4G WiFi device by giving Airtel edge over its rivals. The Huawei made Airtel WiFi hotspot is powered by a 1500 mAh Li-ion Polymer battery and can connect 10 devices for up to 6... Read More

March 7th, 2016 1:08 PM 15 COMMENTS

Airtel withdraws double data offer on its 3G and 4G plans in Kerala

In order to maintain competitive edge over Idea, Airtel had started offering double data on 3G/4G plans starting from Rs 247 and above, but now the company has withdrawn the special offer in Kerala circle. Idea Cellular was the first to offer double data on all 3G/4G data packs above 1GB. With Airtel withdrawing the special double data offer, leaves Idea the sole operator in the circle offering double data... Read More

March 6th, 2016 12:10 PM 21 COMMENTS

Airtel Corporate customers can now use prepaid data packs on postpaid connections

Airtel has introduced Prepaid on Postpaid’ plan a flexible solution to  customers by offering prepaid data packs on top of their respective postpaid corporate plans. This is yet another industry first from Airtel. However, some customers on corporate plans are unable to access mobile internet on their connections, as their (respective) company policy does not allow it or limits the use of mobile data under their plans. This, in several cases,... Read More

March 2nd, 2016 12:33 PM 19 COMMENTS

Airtel announces night plan with ‘voice cash-back’ offer

India's largest telecom operator, Bharti Airtel has started offering cash backs on used voice calls, similar to their 'Data Cash Back' offer. It means that users will now get half of used voice-calling balance credited back to their main account. The new offer comes as an outcome of Airtel's 'Data Cash Back' strategy, which worked well in the market. The offer fetched maximum new users for the company in the... Read More

February 28th, 2016 11:26 AM 9 COMMENTS

50% of those who leave us always want to join back I was also one of them: Bharti Airtel’s Gopal Vittal

Commenting on Bharti Airtel’s key achievement, which has been rated as one of the best companies to work for in India in a survey conducted by Business Today, the company’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Gopal Vittal has said that 50% of its employees who leave the company always want to join back. “We are proud of the fact that about 50% of employees who leave us always... Read More

February 28th, 2016 9:55 AM 10 COMMENTS

Airtel withdraws dedicated WhatsApp data plans to comply with new TRAI guidelines

In the latest development, Airtel removed its dedicated WhatsApp data plans for 2G and 3G users. The reason is to comply with the recent regulation by the Indian telecom regulator on differential pricing and net neutrality rules. Recently, Telenor also withdrew its WhatsApp data packs on similar grounds. Airtel launched dedicated WhatsApp data plans two years ago. It offered 200MB of WhatsApp usage for one month starting at Rs 36, with... Read More

February 26th, 2016 3:58 PM 11 COMMENTS

Kannur, Kerala gets Airtel 4G, Project Leap too launched in state

Airtel has announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services in Kannur, Kerala, taking the total number of 4G launches in the state to 100. It’s within six months that Airtel achieved the milestone of 100 towns.     With this, Airtel customers in Kannur who avail 4G services can experience uninterrupted HD video streaming, superfast uploading and downloading of movies, music and images. The service can be... Read More

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