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Srikapardhi August 13th, 2015 3:47 PM 3 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel partners ErosNow for Wynk Movies

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

Srikapardhi August 12th, 2015 4:34 PM 11 COMMENTS

Airtel launches 4G services in Agartala

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

Chethan S August 10th, 2015 6:17 PM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel launches 4G services in Pondicherry

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

Imon August 8th, 2015 1:54 PM 38 COMMENTS

Airtel announces unified 3G and 4G data plans for Kolkata circle

To promote "4G at 3G rates", Airtel has silently revised data plans for its prepaid users in Kolkata circle. Prior to this, Airtel was offering separate denominations for 4G and 3G data plans in Kolkata, but in the recent revision they have unified the data plans for 3G & 4G speeds. Check out the revised unified data rates in the table below. Airtel Unified Data Plans with details Price 4G/3G... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 7th, 2015 3:49 PM 62 COMMENTS

Airtel hints a tariff hike, CEO says ‘huge headroom to reduce discounts’

Bharti Airtel hinted a hike in tariff of the voice calls, saying that there was a big opportunity in reducing discounts and freebies on voice calls. “Voice realization is 30-33 paise per minute whereas our rack rates are almost about 90 paise, so there is huge headroom to reduce discounts,” Bharti Airtel (India & South Asia) MD & CEO Gopal Vittal said. Airtel already increased its data prices in last... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 6th, 2015 3:44 PM 199 COMMENTS

Participate in Airtel 4G Challenge and get your bills paid by Airtel for life!

Bharti Airtel has announced for a 4G Challenge, a test of download speed using Airtel 4G/LTE mobile connection against the speed of mobile internet services offered by other operators. The challenge, open in four cities -- Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata asks people to try the speed at designated centres, using the mobile devices offered at the centres. The challenge will be entirely conducted by an external agency to ensure... Read More

Srikapardhi August 6th, 2015 2:21 PM 30 COMMENTS

Airtel 4G services go LIVE in 296 towns across India

Bharti Airtel Limited, today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in 296 towns across India. This follows the successful trial of services in select cities and the feedback received from customers. Airtel also announced the launch of a new carrier agnostic mobile app – ‘Wynk Movies’ – a first of its kind movie mall that will offer a specially curated library of thousands... Read More

Imon August 6th, 2015 5:10 AM 49 COMMENTS

Airtel Increases 2G and 3G Mobile Internet Tariffs for Prepaid Users in Chennai and Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel has increased mobile internet tariffs for 2G and 3G services for prepaid users in Chennai and Tamil Nadu. The company has increased 3G charges by over 35 percent and 2G charges by over 25 percent for 1GB plans. The country’s largest telecom operator has increased the price for 1GB of 3G data to Rs 255 with a validity of 28 days against the earlier price of Rs 197.... Read More

Esmail August 4th, 2015 6:02 PM 19 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel releases consolidated results for first quarter of FY2015 ended June 30, Mobile Data revenues at Rs 3,459 crore

Bharti Airtel Limited today announced its audited consolidated IFRS results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2015. The consolidated revenues for Q1 16 at Rs 23,671 crore grew by 3.1% over the corresponding quarter last year. Consolidated Mobile data revenues at Rs 3,459 crore grew by 56.9% Y-o-Y, uplifted by data traffic growth of 86.5%. India revenues reported a growth of 10.0% Y-o-Y, led by 22.2% in „airtel business? (B2B)... Read More

Srikapardhi August 4th, 2015 4:16 PM 8 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel appoints Rajiv Mathrani as Chief Brand Officer

Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today announced the appointment of Rajiv Mathrani as Chief Brand Officer for its India operations. Rajiv will lead Airtel’s brand positioning, strategic initiatives and associations, and will report to Srini Gopalan, Director – Consumer Business, Bharti Airtel (India). He takes over from Mohit Beotra, who has decided to move on from Airtel to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities. Commenting on the appointment, Srini... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas August 3rd, 2015 4:11 PM 0 COMMENTS

Manish Khera to be appointed as CEO – Airtel Money

Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today said that Manish Khera, Co-founder & MD of YTS Solutions will be appointed as CEO of Airtel M Commerce Services Limited (AMSL), which offers Airtel’s flagship semi-closed wallet under the brand name ‘Airtel Money’. Once appointed, Manish will be a part of the Airtel Management Board and report to Gopal Vittal, MD & CEO of Bharti Airtel (India & South Asia). Commenting on the appointment, Gopal... Read More

Srikapardhi August 3rd, 2015 12:18 PM 10 COMMENTS

Airtel 4G goes live in Warangal

Airtel, today launched 4G trials exclusively for its customers in Warangal as part of the trial offer, Airtel customers in Warangal can now avail a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at 3G prices and experience blazing Airtel 4G speeds. The company will assimilate valuable customer feedback from these early adopters and leverage the initial market response towards strengthening its service experience – thus building a world-class 4G network infrastructure for... Read More