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February 16th, 2017 12:29 PM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel tops Netflix’s ISP Speed Index for January 2017; RCom settles down at 8th position

Netflix has just announced its ISP Speed Index rating revealing that Bharti Airtel was the fastest internet service provider in the country for January 2017. With a speed of 2.25Mbps, Airtel managed to climb to the top spot leaving behind Spectranet whose speed was recorded to be 2.10Mbps. Despite topping the chart, in comparison to previous Netflix’s ISP rating, Airtel's speed has decreased from 2.33Mbps to 2.25Mbps. The same holds... Read More

February 14th, 2017 4:41 PM 6 COMMENTS

200 Villages In India Go Digital Due To Airtel Payments Bank, Says Airtel

Airtel Payments Bank has helped 200 villages in India to go digital, according to a release by Airtel. These 200 villages now get access to basic banking services and options to do digital transactions, making them less reliant on cash. Airtel will continue to expand its Payment Bank services to 5000 villages soon. The service provider has not announced any timeframe to achieve the same. “We are fully committed to... Read More

February 13th, 2017 12:50 PM 9 COMMENTS

Airtel Self Care Portal Now Offers Features Which Will Help You to Compare Your Monthly Usage to that of Previous Ones

India’s largest telecom network, Bharti Airtel is working on several changes to compete with the rival networks. Of late, they have been introducing various offers primarily to compete with Reliance Jio. At the same time, the company is focusing on bringing in better customer experience. Airtel has completely revamped their Airtel MyAccount Self Care portal with better navigation and detailed statistics of the customer’s usage per month. The best part... Read More

February 10th, 2017 2:01 PM 108 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel hits back at Reliance Jio for causing ‘huge loss’ to company

The PoI war continues to gain pace as the operators, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, blaming each other for call failures.Yesterday, Bharti Airtel reinforced its claim that it has provided enough number of points-of-interconnect (PoIs) to Reliance Jio, reports Times of India. According to Airtel, it has given PoIs to serve over 190 million customers, which is much higher than the customer base claimed by Reliance Jio (which is 72.5... Read More

February 9th, 2017 2:44 PM 14 COMMENTS

Exclusive: To counter Jio DTH Airtel is Reportedly Working on a High-Tech hybrid DTH STB with Support for Online Surfing and DTH Service Over Wi-Fi

Ever since the rumors came out regarding Jio’s Set Top Box to be launched in India with FTTH service, other telecom operators started to work on something different. And today, we have an exclusive information regarding an upcoming service from India’s leading telecom network, Airtel. According to our sources, Airtel is working on a hybrid DTH STB, which is said to provide online surfing and DTH service over Wi-Fi or... Read More

February 9th, 2017 1:57 PM 9 COMMENTS

PoI dispute between Jio and Airtel is a serious consumer issue, says TRAI Chairman: Report

In the latest development, the Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) R. S. Sharma said that the points-of-interconnect (PoI) issue, surfacing between Reliance Jio and incumbent operators, is a “consumer issue” and the regulator will continue to monitor it. “We have been deliberating on this issue...It is not an issue of (operator) A versus B. It is an issue of consumers,” TRAI Chairman R. S. Sharma said during... Read More

February 8th, 2017 7:39 PM 55 COMMENTS

Here’s How Airtel is Countering Jio with its myHome Service by Offering Free Data to Consumers

India’s leading telecom operator, Bharti Airtel has come up with yet another initiative to combat other telecom operators in the country. In this offer, Airtel Broadband users will get 5GB of additional data for every Airtel postpaid and/or DTH connection that they link with their broadband account. So, what exactly is the offer? Suppose, you are a customer of Airtel DSL (Direct Subscriber Line) connection, you are eligible to get... Read More

February 8th, 2017 6:01 AM 74 COMMENTS

Airtel says PoIs issued to Jio highest amongst all telcos, call failures due to Jio’s own network issues

Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said that it had provided a total of over 35,000 Points of Interconnect (PoIs) to Reliance Jio in “record time of just five months.” It claimed that 79% of the total PoIs or 27, 719 PoIs - have been dedicated to incoming calls from Jio customers, which is the highest amongst all operators. The telco said that the capacity provided is ideal for serving over 190... Read More

February 7th, 2017 11:01 PM 41 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Lodges Complaint Against Misleading Campaign On The Internet

Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecom network today lodged a complaint against a person in Gurgaon police station saying as the person is allegedly claiming that the telecom network is running a ‘malicious’ campaign, which in return is benefitting another incumbent operator in the country. In the same complaint, Airtel said that they had received more than 3000 emails from the sender with the subject as ‘Oppose Airtel from Misleading Consumers.'... Read More

February 6th, 2017 7:53 PM 66 COMMENTS

Airtel accuses Jio of “creating a monopoly for itself, files complaint with CCI

Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telco by users has reportedly complaint the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against Reliance Jio. According to various media reports Airtel, in its counter complaint, accused the Mukesh Ambani-led telecom operator of “creating a monopoly for itself” through predatory pricing with intention to kill competition. Airtel, in a letter dated 2 February to the competition watchdog, said that Jio’s predatory free pricing strategy is to “injure... Read More

February 6th, 2017 3:50 PM 29 COMMENTS

Airtel achieves two million home broadband subscribers, offers ‘Airtel Surprises’ to its users

As a token of gratitude to mark the two million home broadband subscriber milestone, Bharti Airtel has introduced ‘Airtel Surprises’ for its home broadband users. The surprises comprise of free additional data and free access to Airtel Movies. “We are happy to cross this milestone of two million customers, further consolidating our leadership as the second largest player in the fixed broadband sector in India. For us, our customers are... Read More

February 4th, 2017 3:56 PM 33 COMMENTS

Airtel now pushing users to opt carrier billing option on Google Play Store

Just a couple of days ago, Google had reportedly enabled support for carrier billing service on Google Play Store for two of the biggest telecom operators in India — Bharti Airtel and Vodafone. And now, the service seems to have gone live for Airtel subscribers in India. We received a message from Airtel today which read “Introducing Airtel Billing option for Google Play Store. Now purchase apps, games and more... Read More

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