Bharti Airtel might be contemplating purchasing the rival Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator, Dish TV. Bharti already runs a DTH business under the brand — Airtel Digital TV. The telecom operator is in early-stage talks with Dish TV to buy a majority stake in the company, reports Mint. Nothing’s finalised yet as the discussions are still in the early stage. However, Dish TV’s shares jumped 4.8% in the early trade session on... Read More
While offices can work with the traditional broadband plans offered by Airtel Xstream Fiber, the thing is, they are meant for normal consumers. Offices would benefit more with the corporate broadband plans that Airtel Business offers. For the unaware, Airtel Business is a B2B arm of the telco that offers connectivity solutions and services to enterprises. Bharti Airtel offers corporates broadband internet service with the ‘Airtel Office Internet’ plans. These... Read More
The demand for data has been increasing consistently and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) across the country have been coming up with exciting offers and plans to attract a wider user base. Especially since the beginning of the pandemic, the demand for home internet usage and broadband connections has been sky-rocketing. So, it becomes important for the ISPs to come up with data plans that are affordable as well as provide... Read More
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea have asked for more time from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for conducting 5G trials. While this is not a new development, there might be many who will be wondering why did the DoT allow a time extension. If delays in trials amount to delay in 5G roll out, wouldn’t it be bad for India? There are a lot of factors at play... Read More
Telecom stocks, including Vodafone Idea (Vi), Bharti Airtel, and Reliance Industries Limited (owns Reliance Jio), saw a strong opening on Tuesday morning. All the telecom operators were trading in the green shorts after the market opened. At the time of writing, Vodafone Idea (listed as Idea) is trading at Rs 11.55, which is 3.13% in the green. Vi’s stock had previously closed at Rs 11.20 and opened at the same... Read More
The recent price hikes by the telcos of the country have been the talk of the town. The major telecom companies have increased the tariff for their prepaid plans. The telco giant Airtel has also surged tariffs for its prepaid plans by around 25%. Reports suggest that the changes in these tariffs will pave way for telecom companies to invest in 5G mobile services over the medium term. In this... Read More
The recent hike in prices of the prepaid plans by the telecom companies has been the highlight for more than a week. Now, as events unfold, it is being reported that Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are expected to witness an additional $1 billion increase (around Rs 7,500 crores) in each of their Free Cash Flow (FCF) annually. According to an ET Telecom report citing Goldman Sachs, this rise in... Read More
The Internet Service Providers in the country have been providing lots of exciting offers to attract a wider user base. Even though customers always want the most cost-effective plan, it's always a cherry on the top when they get additional benefits with the plans. Most of the ISPs provide streaming benefits to their customers with their high-priced data plans. Not only do these plans provide high-speed internet but also access... Read More
Airtel Digital TV, the Direct-to-Home (DTH) arm of Bharti Airtel, has reported a 6% growth in quarterly revenues for the quarter ending September FY22. Airtel Digital TV reported total revenues to be Rs 797.9 crore, which is 6% higher compared to Rs 954.8 crore in the same quarter last year. During the previous quarter (ending June), Airtel Digital TV had reported revenues to be Rs 809.5 crore. So while the... Read More
In the recent development of events, Airtel has decided to take back some of the data benefits it was offering as an additional benefit along with some of its prepaid plans. The telecom giant said that the move will be helpful in avoiding any confusion that customers might have while comparing and choosing the plan for themselves. As reported earlier Airtel has also increased the prices of its plans by... Read More
The new prepaid plans from Bharti Airtel are now live on the website of the company. Airtel has hiked the tariffs of multiple prepaid plans starting today. But along with that, the telco has also upgraded the data benefits of four prepaid plans. Airtel users recharging with the Rs 719, Rs 299, Rs 265, and Rs 839 plans will be able to get half a gigabyte or 500GB of data... Read More
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country has become the first company to test 5G technology using the spectrum in the 700 MHz band. The telco completed the test in partnership with Nokia. Bharti Airtel is conducting 5G trials with the spectrum that was allotted to the telcos by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). This 5G test using the spectrum in the 700 MHz band was conducted in... Read More
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Yes, But some investment is better than none. Also as said by CEO, these funds and 18k crore FPO money…
IMO, Airtel only needs to buy sub GHz ( like B8/B5 ) to have atleast 10 MHz in that. &…
Yes I like your detailed reply. I have noticed same in Kolkata circle. Under many metro train station, Jio 4G…
It's good that Airtel is sharing number of 5G customer circle by circle to attract new customer from that circle…
Thank you Rupesh for good realistic long writing on Vi and BSNL.??
