Indian telecom industry wants more spectrum and the Narendra Modi government should make it available said Sunil Mittal, Bharti group Chairman on the sidelines of the India Economic Summit. The event was organised by the World Economic Forum in New Delhi. "We want from the government more spectrum. Every country has the same amount of spectrum and it is not that India has less... It needs to be vacated from... Read More
India’s biggest mobile operator, Bharti Airtel has canceled its plan to purchase business and assets of Mumbai based small operator Loop Mobile for about Rs 700 crore. It has been reported that the merger deal between Airtel and Loop has been hampered by Department of Telecommunication (DoT). The company owned by Dubai based IP Khaitan and family, which operates only in Mumbai has three million users and Airtel has around... Read More
Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has written a letter to the Bharti Airtel top gun Sunil Mittal appreciating and thanking him for his efforts in restoring the telecom services in the Hudhud affected Andhra Pradesh. The CM had questioned telecom operators regarding restoration of the services in the area and had gone on to accuse them of being only profit driven after the services weren't restored even after a... Read More
Airtel has just increased the postpaid rentals by 12% in the NCR region. The hike has been for low rental plans. "Effective 3-Dec 2014, bill plan rental for your Airtel mobile will be revised from Rs. 199 per month to Rs. 224 per month," is what the country’s largest telecom operator communicated to its customers. Upon being contact, Airtel said that it had increased the tariffs of only a few of the low cost... Read More
At the Code/Mobile conference in Half Moon Bay, California, Airtel's Chief Product Office Anand Chandrasekaran disclosed that Airtel hopes to get 40 to 50 percent of its revenue from data, and more specifically from 4G. "For every operator in the US, 50 percent of their revenues is from data. Part of my journey is getting that 12 percent (current data revenue percentage) to 40 or 50, through 4G and apps... Read More
Airtel has come up with a new 3G scheme that carry forwards your 3G prepaid balance if recharged before the pack expires. The recharge has to be done via airtel online recharge portal. I had around 800MB of Data left in my device and then recharged Rs 102 which added up 300MB to the tally and the total usage was brought to 1200 MB, another good part is that it... Read More
Right information is something that companies can't go wrong with. Misleading information will not just become a nuisance for the consumers but they also start spinning a negative opinion about the Telecom operators. I was on a lookout for a good netbook as my Windows machine had become lethargic and sometimes used to just go spoof without saving my work. My main requirement was excellent battery life, lightness and fast... Read More
It appears that Airtel has partnered with E-Commerce sites to promote Airtel Money, its mobile wallet service. The complete list of E-Commerce sites and services it now supports can be found here. Airtel has also started aggressively promoting Airtel Money by informing its subscribers about various discounts it offers on partner sites if one uses Airtel Money as their mode of payment. It isn't surprising that Airtel is pushing Airtel... Read More
Bharti Airtel has rolled out its 2G services on prepaid in Bomdila, Jameri, Zero Point and Tenga Valley making it the first private telecom operator to set foot in the region. Airtel Customers can now remain connected to their loved ones by recharging with packs priced as low as Rs. 10 and enjoy never before mobile services with Airtel's world class voice and data offerings. C Surendran, CEO - North Eastern... Read More
The Government of Telangana and Bharti Airtel, today launched the State’s first “Public Wi-fi”. This has been launched as a pilot in 17 tested hotspot locations in the hub of Hi-tech city enabling customers across operators to avail public Wi-Fi and enjoy internet services of upto 750 Mb per day per user. To begin with, these public Wi-Fi hotspots have been set up between Cyber towers to Madhapur Police Station,... Read More
The ongoing spectrum battle has reached a new pinnacle with the countries biggest operators Airtel and Vodafone battling out with Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for not facilitating the extension. The spectrum was won by the operators way back in February but still has not been allocated to the operators causing a delay of more than six month. The licence is set to expire next month. It is believed the telcos... Read More
Looks like operators are trying to utilise their network resources optimally especially during nights. Operators have already started offering night plans to users across circles and now Airtel has started offering an unlimited night Youtube pack. We have not yet tested or analysed how effective this pack is as it is available only across selected circles. We have received this information from one of our West UP reader who was able to... Read More
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