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Srikapardhi April 10th, 2017 8:00 PM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel Payments Bank Opens 1 Lakh Savings Accounts in Madhya Pradesh Since its Inception

India’s first payments Bank, Airtel Payments Bank has announced that the company has opened over one lakh (1,00,000) savings accounts in Madhya Pradesh. Airtel said that approximately 70 percent of these accounts had been opened in rural areas. The telco commenced the Airtel Payments Bank operations back in January 2017. Airtel Payments Bank has been successful in most of the areas ever since its inception and Airtel has converted all... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas April 10th, 2017 4:58 PM 107 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Expresses Disappointment Over Jio’s Continuation of Summer Surprise Offer: Report

Recently, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) asked Jio to stop its Summer Surprise offer, but the company still hasn't taken down the offer and now India’s largest telecom network, Airtel expresses its disappointment asking TRAI to take ‘suitable action.’ Airtel’s spokesperson, in a mail to EconomicTimes has said as follows “We are surprised that Reliance Jio is openly continuing with its Summer Special offer despite the same being declared... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas April 7th, 2017 9:12 PM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel Payments Bank Receives Over 150,000 Savings Account Registrations in Odisha

Airtel Payments Bank, earlier today said that it had opened more than 150,000 savings accounts in Odisha since its inception in the city. Airtel also said that around 30 percent of accounts are opened in the rural areas, which is a noticeable thing. To recall, Airtel payments Bank services went live at the start of 2017 along with 28 other states. So, within just three months, the company has reached... Read More

Chakri K April 7th, 2017 6:21 AM 60 COMMENTS

Data War: Bharti Airtel Is Now Bundling More Data With Its Postpaid Plans

Of late, consumers in India have become more data-centric, thanks to Reliance Jio’s free data services from the past six months. To catch up the trend, almost every telecom operator in India has been providing excellent data offers for their users. Starting from India’s leading telecom operator, Airtel to state-run telecom operator, everyone is into the data game now. When Reliance Jio first announced its public operations and tariff plans... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas April 6th, 2017 11:59 PM 3 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Deposes VP and Head of Alliances for Violation of Code of Conduct

Bharti Airtel has terminated the services of its Vice-President and Head of Alliances, Pallab Mitra for violation of the code of conduct according to an official mail to employees sent by the company's Chief Human Resource Officer B Srikanth. This is the second high-profile termination since the telco sacked its CIO Jay Menon in December 2013. Srikanth, in an email to employees, said, "All employees are hereby advised that the... Read More

Chakri K April 6th, 2017 2:20 PM 39 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel has Deployed 1,80,000 Future-Ready Mobile Sites in Last Two Years Under ‘Project Leap’

Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecom network today said that the company has doubled its mobile network deployment over the past two years. Airtel, two years ago have kept an objective of building a future-ready network to lead India's data growth story, and the company has succeeded in achieving that. A total of 180,000 mobile sites are deployed by Airtel over the last two years (FY 16 and FY 17). Interestingly,... Read More

Chakri K April 4th, 2017 5:20 PM 46 COMMENTS

Data War: Airtel Is Now Offering 30GB of Data at Rs. 1495 for 4G Handset Users to Counter Reliance Jio

Bharti Airtel has come up with yet another data offer to counter Reliance Jio’s attractive tariff plans. Airtel is now offering 30GB of 3G/4G data for the users with a 4G handset, and the best part is that the scheme will be valid for 90 days. However, if you don’t have a 4G handset, you will get only 15GB of 3G data valid for 90 days. The plan is available... Read More

Chakri K March 31st, 2017 6:08 PM 8 COMMENTS

ASCI Asks Airtel to Modify/Pull Down the ‘Fastest Network’ Ad

The battle is still on. Bharti Airtel has been titled as the fastest network in India by speed test service, Ookla. Later on, a flaw revealed in the Speedtest application raised several eyebrows related to the 'Fastest Network' title. Though Ookla explained the entire methodology, that isn't sufficient enough to convince ASCI (Advertising Standards Council of India) as the agency now asked Airtel to stop/modify the campaign. The Fast Track... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 30th, 2017 5:37 PM 14 COMMENTS

Wynk Music Crosses 50 Million Downloads and 45 Percent Users are Non-Airtel

Airtel has announced that its over-the-top (OTT) content music application, Wynk Music had crossed the 50 million app installations mark in just three years from its official launch in September 2014. Till date, the application has picked various updates, and Airtel has been continuously adding new features to attract the customers. According to Bharti Airtel, users of Wynk Music plays over one billion songs per month. When we compare the... Read More

Chethan S March 30th, 2017 7:36 AM 89 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel has Made a Right Move By Removing Roaming At The Right Time

So, the roaming free India is about to kickstart from three days to now. For the uninitiated, Airtel has already announced the scrapping of domestic roaming in the country, and the changes will be effective from April 1, 2017. That said, Airtel won't charge you anything extra even if you are on roaming. The scrapping of national roaming means that customers can enjoy free incoming calls/SMS, and there will be... Read More

Zara Ali March 28th, 2017 9:54 PM 8 COMMENTS

Airtel and TrueCaller Strike Partnership To Provide Caller ID Service For Feature Phones

Airtel and TrueCaller have come together for TrueCaller Caller ID function to feature phones. With this collaboration, even the feature phones would get the TrueCaller service without the need of the internet. As per the company, the callers will be informed of the caller's identity with the help of TrueCaller's database. The caller information won't be flashed directly on the screen as we see on smartphones but sent via a... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas March 28th, 2017 12:44 PM 5 COMMENTS

Airtel Sells 10.3 Percent Stake of Bharti Infratel for Rs. 6193.9 Cr

Bharti Airtel, today announced that they have successfully sold over 190 million shares of its subsidiary Bharti Infratel representing 10.3 percent, to a consortium of funds advised by KKR and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (“CPPIB”). The total value of this secondary deal is over Rs. 6193.9 crores (approx. Rs. 951.6 million), which also dubs to a price of Rs. 325 per share. Bharti Airtel will primarily use the proceeds... Read More