Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, is soon expected to launch 5G SA (standalone architecture) services. The company has already confirmed that intially, the 5G SA will come for FWA (fixed-wireless architecture) customers. Then, once the maximum user base of Airtel is using 5G phones and there’s capacity issues with … Read More
In today’s hyper connected economy, reliable and fast internet is not a luxury it’s the backbone of digital transformation across industries, homes, and rural enterprises. Bharti Airtel, India’s second largest telecom player by subscriber base, is making strategic and aggressive investments in its network infrastructure. In the first quarter of … Read More
Bharti Airtel has delivered a robust financial and operational performance in Q1 FY26, continuing its momentum as one of India’s leading telecom providers. The company reported a significant 18.5% year-on-year (YoY) jump in Average Revenue Per User (ARPU), rising from Rs 211 in Q1 FY25 to Rs 250 in Q1 … Read More
India’s telecom operators, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, are leveraging Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies to streamline the expansion of their 5G networks and fixed wireless access (FWA) services, according to a senior executive of Esri India. The GIS-driven approach is helping telcos identify optimal deployment locations, improve network management, … Read More
Xtelify, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, today announced the launch of ‘Airtel Cloud’, a sovereign, telco-grade cloud platform. Initially developed to support Airtel’s digital operations in India to manage up to 140 crore transactions per minute, the platform is now being extended to serve enterprises across the country. Xtelify … Read More
In a move that underscores its transformation from a telecom operator to a digital technology powerhouse, Bharti Airtel has unveiled a sweeping vision to drive digital transformation for enterprises and telcos worldwide through its newly branded digital subsidiary, Xtelify. At the centre of this strategy lies the launch of Airtel … Read More
India added over 6,000 new 5G base stations (BTS) in July 2025, significantly higher than the over 4,000 BTS rolled out in the previous month of June 2025. Vodafone Idea (Vi) claims to be in the process of rolling out 5G in 17 priority circles—where the telco has acquired the … Read More
Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) users might be looking for the lowest denomination plan that suits their voice-centric or OTP-only usage on a secondary number. While having a secondary number isn’t mandatory, the IT implementations of various services that we use in our day-to-day life have made sure, … Read More
Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, has added a new Rs 399 prepaid plan to its offerings. The telecom operator used to offer the Rs 399 plan before the July 2024 tariff hikes too. However, now the benefits are definitely not the same as they were a year back. For … Read More
India is not a duopoly when it comes to telecom. There are still two more operators apart from Jio and Airtel that have more than 200 million users combined. However, Jio and Airtel have made the market in such a manner that it is almost a duopoly, but can’t be … Read More
Cisco Systems, a US-based digital communications technology company, is working with India’s Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), and says it is well equipped to handle space broadband traffic. The company has also validated networking equipment with Starlink, enabling integration of satellite-based broadband services into terrestrial telecom networks, according … Read More
When it comes to measuring the performance of telcos in the subscribers department, a key figure to note is the VLR users. VLR users are basically called the active users. The VLR subscriber count is important because it signifies that out o a tellco’s total user base, how many are … Read More
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