Airtel, today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in Kochi. Commenting on the launch of Airtel 4G in the city, George Mathen, HUB CEO – Kerala & Tamil Nadu, Bharti Airtel said, “As customers in India show an increasing propensity for consuming data services, we at Airtel are excited to take the lead in introducing the market to the power of blazing 4G... Read More
In a move to compete with Vodafone's Double Data offerings, and to gain more customers in the 3G segment, Airtel has reintroduced Night Data Packs in the Kolkata circle. A few months back, they withdrew the popular Night 3G Packs in that region. Similarly, following their footsteps, Aircel removed their 3G night offerings as well. However, Airtel has now launched the Night 3G Packs as Vodafone's newly launched 'Double Data... Read More
Bharti Airtel has updated its self-care app My Airtel for Android users. The largest telecom operator in India has integrated Airtel Money within the app under a new Wallet section. Airtel users who have Airtel Money account, and who uses the app to carry out recharges now don't need to open the Airtel Money app. Instead, they could now easily add money into their wallet balance using Airtel Money. However,... Read More
Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, and Uber today announced a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership in India. As part of this partnership, Uber riders across India can now pay for their trips using Airtel’s mobile wallet service -Airtel Money. Additionally, Mumbaikars will now be the first in India to enjoy free high-speed internet from Uber, powered by... Read More
India's top 3 telecom operators; Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea have hiked the prices of its on-net 10p/min calling STV (Special Tariff Voucher) in the Kolkata circle. India's largest telecom operator, Airtel, has hiked its on-net 10p/min calling voucher to Rs. 123 from an earlier price of Rs. 97, while Vodafone did similar changes for its prepaid users, and the new price of its rate-cutter plan is Rs. 118 as... Read More
As Reliance JIO is nearing the launch of its broadband & 4G services, Airtel is trying to counter them in every possible way. A few days back, Bharti Airtel announced that its 4G network is present in 300+ cities across India. Now, they have come up with offers in the broadband segment. Airtel is now offering free Wi-Fi router to every new user who buys a new broadband connection from... Read More
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave approval for 11 entities, including telecoms like Bharti Airtel and Vodafone to set up payment banks. These banks can accept deposits and remittances, but will not advance loans. Vodafone India finds this as an opportunity to accelerate India’s journey into cashless economy. “We are grateful to the RBI for giving us the license for setting up a payment bank. With over 90,000 ‘M-Pesa’... Read More
Bharti Airtel the largest operator by subscriber base and Idea cellular the third largest operator have both been allotted a new set of MSC codes by DOT for meeting the 1 million subscriber prerequisite in some circles. The details of MSC codes allotted to the two operators are given below. Sr. No. Name of Licensee Name of service area MSC codes allotted 1 M/s Idea cellular Ltd. Maharashtra 91460-91469 2... Read More
Vodafone and Idea have recently hiked the prices of mobile data packs for its customers in Delhi NCR, following the footsteps of Aircel and Airtel. Now, they have repeated the price hike for their subscribers in Tamil Nadu and Chennai. Vodafone has increased 3G charges by over 27 percent for 1GB plans, whereas 2G is dearer by over 25 percent. The country’s second largest telecom operator has increased the price... Read More
Bharti Airtel Limited (“Bharti Airtel”), the 3rd largest mobile service provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced a partnership with ErosNow, the cutting edge OTT (Over-the-top) Bollywood entertainment network of Eros International Plc, the NYSE-Listed leading global company in the Indian filmed entertainment sector, for its carrier agnostic mobile application – Wynk Movies. Kartik Sheth, CEO - Wynk said, “We always partner with the... Read More
Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in Agartala (Tripura). Commenting on the launch of Airtel 4G in the city, Saurabh Goel, CEO – Assam and North East, Bharti Airtel said, “As customers in India show an increasing propensity for consuming data services, we at Airtel are excited to take the lead in introducing the market to the power... Read More
Airtel today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in Pondicherry. Airtel has led the 4G story in India, having launched India’s first 4G network in Kolkata in April 2012. On 6th August 2015, Airtel announced that its 4G services were available in 296 towns across India. Prior to that, Airtel had successfully conducted trials of its 4G services in select cities and leveraged... Read More
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VI has improved its coverage in my area, indoor coverage issue is fixed, but still 40 Mbps cap exists, otherwise…
Yeah it literally beats its own 5g speed
Bhai mere area k neighbour me 3 bsnl tower h , 2 new h lekin usme 3g service hi show…
Who needs 5G when 4G results are like this? Long live Vi. ?
Except Ultra, nothing deserves such price tags.
