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Tanay Singh Thakur August 24th, 2024 1:11 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Announces 1.5GB of Free Data for Four Days for Northeast Users

Bharti Airtel, India's second largest telecom operator, has announced free data and calling for customers in Northeast. This is in light of the excessive rainfall that has taken place in regions including Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, and Meghalaya. Airtel has decided to extend its support to its customers living in these areas. Thus, Airtel has announced free benefits for prepaid customers. Along with that, there is something for the postpaid users... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 23rd, 2024 1:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Gets Relief: GST Demand Reduced to Rs 194 Crore from 604 Crore

Bharti Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator, has received a major relief. The telco's GST demand has been reduced to Rs 194 crore from Rs 604 crore. The amount was reduced by the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Apellate Authority after the telco challenged the original amount. The GST department was seeking Rs 604 crore from Airtel under the reverse charge mechanism on the license fee and spectrum usage charges on... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 22nd, 2024 5:23 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Payments Bank Brings Face Match: Learn What it Is

Airtel Payments Bank has introducued a new feature called Face Match. It is meant to make the account more secure for the user. Face Match uses sophesticated machine learning algorithms for calculating a threat score for each savings bank account user. This will depend on several factors such as user behaviour, transaction location and patter, device, and more. Also Read: Airtel Payments Bank launches BizKhata for Small Businesses and Merchants The... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 22nd, 2024 4:43 PM 0 COMMENTS

Jio and Airtel Expand their Wireless Users Base in June 2024: TRAI Data

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recently published the performance data of telcos for June 2024. According to the data, the trend of Airtel and Jio adding users while BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) and Vodafone Idea (Vi) losing customers continued. Let's take a look at the figures. Reliance Jio added 1.91 million wireless users while Airtel added 1.25 million active users. State-owned BSNL lost 0.75 million and Vodafone... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 21st, 2024 7:42 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel and Jio Cheapest 5G Prepaid Plans

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, two of the leading telecom operators in India, recently announced that they will only offer 5G with plans that come with 2GB daily data or more. This means that 5G plans became expensive. Now, recently Jio introduced a new prepaid plan with 2GB of daily data. Thus, it is important that you know about the cheapest 5G plans from Airtel and Jio that are available... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 17th, 2024 6:55 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel’s Focus is Fiber as First Protocol for Homes over Wireless: CEO

Bharti Airtel saw its homes business growing in Q1 FY25 driven by accelerated adoption of Wi-Fi services which offer both fiber and AirFiber services. The company added 3,50,000 customers during the quarter in its home broadband business and continued to expand FWA (Fixed-Wireless Access) services throughout India. The FWA services are now available in 1300 cities. "We now have a single pricing across fixed wireless access and fiber," Airtel's CEO,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 16th, 2024 3:05 PM 31 COMMENTS

Airtel CEO Explains Why 5G SA Makes More Sense for FWA

Bharti Airtel has said that it is upgrading its mobile networks to 5G SA (standalone) to offer FWA (fixed-wireless access) services. Airtel's FWA or AirFiber services are now present in 1300+ cities. The company won't have to incur any significant incremental capex to run SA as Airtel's radio and core network is already SA-ready. Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel, said, "It is really some software that will need to... Read More

Srikapardhi August 14th, 2024 3:01 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Brings Connectivity to Remote Border Village of Phobrang

Airtel has extended its mobile network services to the remote village of Phobrang, located near the border in the Indian Union Territory of Ladakh. Bharti Airtel today announced the launch of its network in Phobrang village on the Indo-China border. This village, situated at a high altitude and close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, had limited access to communication services due to its remote location and... Read More

Tanuja K August 13th, 2024 2:03 PM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel Chairman Affirms that Focus will be India for Next 2-3 Years: Report

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in India, has the potential to tread overseas in a larger capacity after two to three years. Bharti Enterprises chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal, said that for the next 2-3 years, the focus for Airtel will be India business. However, once the business is well settled here, and the cashflows grow even further, then the company could tread overseas said Mittal. For the unaware, Bharti... Read More

Srikapardhi August 12th, 2024 1:31 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Global to Acquire Around 24.5 Percent Stake in BT Group from Altice UK

Bharti Global, the international investment arm of Bharti Enterprises (Bharti), has reached an agreement to acquire a 24.5 percent stake in BT Group from Altice UK. The acquisition will be executed through Bharti Televentures UK, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bharti Global. Initially, Bharti Televentures UK will purchase a 9.99 percent stake in BT's issued share capital, with the remaining 14.51 percent to be acquired following regulatory clearances. Also Read: Airtel... Read More

Kripa B August 11th, 2024 2:03 PM 3 COMMENTS

Airtel Wi-Fi Services: Entry-Level Plan Options and Benefits Detailed

Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel has been expanding its Wi-Fi services across the country to additional households, thereby bringing its high-speed internet service to new homes in multiple cities. Airtel has announced the expansion of its Wi-Fi services in Gujarat, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana, West Bengal, and most recently in Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh. Also Read: Airtel Wi-Fi Now Available in Over... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 9th, 2024 2:32 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Payments Bank Quarterly Revenue Crosses Rs 600 Crore for First Time

Bharti Airtel-owned Airtel Payments Bank is growing its business rapidly in India. Taking the digital-first approach to reach the under-banked population in the country, Airtel Payments Bank has achieved a milestone of crossing Rs 600 crore revenue for the first time in a single quarter. In FY20, the company had first time achieved the annual revenue run rate of Rs 1,000 crore. Now, it has more than doubled with this.... Read More