Probably, many of you already know about the Airtel Call Manager which we reported about, way back in July 2009. This VAS was very useful in letting users block unwanted calls. Now, Airtel has planned to launch Airtel Call Manager app for Android as well as iOS so that consumers can access the service right from their smartphones as a regular app. To use this app, you need to pay... Read More
Airtel today announced the launch of 4G on mobile in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula with the roll out of Airtel 4G services, customers can experience an all new ‘electrifying’ internet browsing experience anytime, anywhere. Customers using Apple iPhone 5s or 5c have to just upgrade their existing SIM to a 4G SIM and select from any 4G plan or pack to start... Read More
We recently reported about Airtel's drastic tariff changes in terms of validity for 2G data packs and rate cutter benefits in North Zone. As expected this change has spread to South Zone. We had compared Delhi NCR and South's Tamil Nadu then. The current revisions which took effect yesterday are similar to the reductions made in Delhi NCR. However the usage limit is higher in South Circle (Tamil Nadu) when... Read More
India's Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) today quashes all penalties imposed by Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone and allows 3G intra-circle roaming facility by saying the pacts (3G ICRA) didn't violate any license conditions. In March 18, 2013, DoT slapped a penalty of the Rs. 350 crore on Bharti Airtel to violating license conditions And a Dedication the 3G services By a Intra-Circle... Read More
We recently discovered that Airtel is offering smart SIM to customers in Andhra Pradesh. Rightly branded as Smart SIM, this SIM Card from Airtel is actually a nano SIM offered along with adapters for using the SIM card as a micro or mini SIM (the standard sized SIM card). More and more smartphones (even budget ones) are coming with micro-SIM slot(s) these days. Hence a SIM card that can be... Read More
Amidst huge criticism they received after hiking the price of 2G internet bundles, Airtel has quietly launched the Night Store. All the plans in the Night Store can be availed only online and can be consumed only between 12AM to 6AM. All the data as well as calling plans are quite attractive and are being offered at pretty low fares. All the plans associated with the Night Store are listed... Read More
Although WhatsApp, LINE and WeChat are considered as the major contenders in the IM (instant messaging) space, no one has won the war yet. There are still a number of IM apps that want to acquire a majority of the market share. Hike is a cross platform IM app co-developed by Bharti Airtel & SoftBank to stop users from flocking to other services like WhatsApp and WeChat. ... Read More
Moving closer on the heels of national operator BSNL, Airtel seems to have taken a leap ahead of the former in tariff revisions. TelecomTALK learned from anonymous sources (which were also verified after calling Airtel Customer Care) that the tariff revisions happened in the near past. Airtel New Data Pack One of the widely used data pack costing Rs. 125 will now provide a validity of three weeks instead of... Read More
Bharti Airtel in collaboration with Samsung, is offering data bundles with the new Galaxy S5 to both pre-paid and post-paid customers. This is a part of Samsung's large scale collaboration with SingTel, a Singapore based Telecommunications company which owns 32% stake in Bharti Airtel. As a part of what they call as a 'Retail Collaboration Programme', Airtel will offer mid-range and high-end smartphones... Read More
Multiple mobile handset vendors as well as OEMs are in collaboration with telecom operators in India for faster 4G LTE network rollout. India uses TD-LTE technology for the deployment of 4G networks over Band 40 (2300 MHz). Earlier, this technology was being used only by China and India but now, more and more countries in Asia are adopting it due to its lower cost of deployment when compared to LTE FDD. [caption... Read More
Airtel will Credit 50MB free data for its prepaid mobile customers in Delhi NCR, Haryana and Kerala – thus giving customers an option to go online and read about candidates before casting their votes Airtel is encouraging voters to make an informed choice of candidates by offering 50MB of free data usage for its prepaid mobile customers on the Polling Day from 7am to 7pm. This will allow more and... Read More
Nokia, in association with Bharti Airtel , today announced an exclusive FREE 3G Data offer for the newly launched Nokia X the forked Android smartphone. Airtel prepaid customers across all circles buying the Nokia X will now be able to enjoy 500 MB of free 3G data per month for 3 months. Customers in non 3G circles can enjoy the same benefit on 2G data. Post exhaustion of the 500... Read More
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