Bharti Airtel which is currently carrying out wide scale 4G LTE trials in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad seems to have come across a rather unusual hurdle. The subscribers using Airtel's 4G LTE network on their iPhone 6 are facing connectivity issues which have their roots in the sub bands being used by Airtel for its band 40 TD-LTE (2300MHz). Airtel’s Delhi network that uses the 2300 MHz on TD technology... Read More
Bharti Airtel Limited, today launched 4G trials exclusively for its customers in Shillong. Airtel 4G enables superfast internet speeds and allows customers to enjoy capabilities like high definition video streaming with zero buffering without compromising on the experience. As part of the trial offer, Airtel customers in Shillong can now avail a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at 3G prices and experience blazing Airtel 4G speeds. The company will assimilate... Read More
After Vodafone's data tariff hikes in Maharashtra circle, Airtel and Idea have also hiked data tariffs in the region. Incumbent operators Airtel, Vodafone and Idea dominate in Maharashtra. So the recent hike will have a huge impact on those loyal customers who use these networks. The three networks have a dominant control over the market in the region and cheaper operators like Aircel and Reliance do not provide 3G services.... Read More
Today Bharti Airtel has rolled out 4G trials at three places – Manipal, Udupi and Tumkur in Karnataka. The customers in these places can now access superfast internet that will enable them to download up to 10 movies in less than 30 minutes, connect multiple devices or watch HD videos without buffering. As an offer, customer can now avail 4G for the price of 3G. To avail the free upgrade,... Read More
Airtel has launched a new Combo Pack for prepaid users in Kolkata circle. The new combo pack offers 3G data with month-long validity and Talktime in main account. The Rs 192 combo pack gives users 250 MB 3G data along with Rs 90 Talktime in their main account. The Talktime will be added after some minutes post successful recharge. Many users use less data and also want more talktime to... Read More
Airtel launched 4G trials exclusively for its customers in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Airtel 4G enables superfast internet speeds and allows customers to enjoy capabilities like high definition video streaming with zero buffering, downloading up to 10 movies in less than 30 minutes, uploading entire photo albums in less than five minutes (i.e. uploading two high resolution photos per second), connecting multiple devices without compromising on the experience. As part of... Read More
Bharti Airtel is in talks with Orange S. A., a French multinational telecommunications corporation to sell fours of its African subsidiaries at Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville and Sierra Leone, all non-English speaking markets in Africa. The decision to sell arises from the consecutive decline in sales the subsidiaries contributed to the company’s consolidated revenue. According to reports, the four countries together have contributed about $650-660 million to Airtel Africa's... Read More
After hiking data packs in prepaid segment, Airtel hikes data packs for postpaid users now. In recent days, operators hiked data prices in many circles but those changes were for prepaid connections. However, this time Airtel postpaid users have to cough up more money for data. Changes have been implemented in both 2G & 3G data packs. They have revised old data packs with extra charge of Rs 50; however,... Read More
With NMNP facility, customers can easily switch circles and networks while still retaining the same number and avoid roaming charges. Now that this facility is already made available to users, Airtel hiked it's postpaid roaming packs/plans. Users have 1 roaming Top up pack - Rs75 and RTP/FR-RTP - two Rs99 plans with airtel postpaid segment as roaming benefit options to enroll earlier. While there is a hike in the pricing,... Read More
Airtel subscribers at Kochi in Kerala have been receiving messages from the operator stating an opportunity to upgrade their mobile connections to 4G SIM for FREE. The message looks like an indication that the operator has launched 4G in the area. To add to it, no documents are required to be submitted for this upgrading. Also, the subscribers can get the SIM card delivered to their houses, if sent a... Read More
Airtel, India's largest network provider, withdraws its 3G night packs in Kolkata circle. Recently Aircel had also removed 3G night packs in the same circle. 3G night packs are quite popular among those who surf more and people use these packs to download large files or for other purposes. Earlier Airtel was offering 1GB 3G night data at Rs 49 & 500 Mb 3G night data at Rs 29 to... Read More
Airtel has joined the efforts of Government to get rid of the fear of people on mobile tower radiation. The company’s CEO, Gopal Vittal is sending out letters to people stating the reason of call drops, a major concern of the time. In the letter, Mr. Vittal has stated company’s commitment in laying additional sites, which the company says it ‘physically’ does the process. He has requested the people, who... Read More
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Ask yourself, what Vi 5G will offer that Jio and Airtel hasn't in last 2 years besides core Vi fans…
It does have.
Jio has widest coverage since 2019, due to 850Mhz. And addition of extra 20Mhz in band 40 in 2021 made…
Can't wait to test it out when I am on trips.
Nope. Not from mine.
