Facing the heat in the voice market after Jio's arrival and their free voice calling strategy, Bharti Airtel has been forced to offer unlimited calling at dirt cheap rates. The Mittal lead telecom operator which has more than 25 crore customers in India, has started offering on net unlimited calls at a low rate of Rs 148 as special offer to most of the circles for prepaid subscribers. The new... Read More
Bharti Airtel has introduced ‘V-Fiber’ for its fixed broadband, a technology capable of delivering speeds of up to 100 Mbps. Airtel is the first operator in India to deploy Vectorization. “‘V-Fiber’ will transform the home broadband for Airtel customers with consistently super fast data speeds and enable HD video streaming, heavy file downloads, and uploads in a multi-device environment (over Wi-Fi),” said a release from the company. To experience the... Read More
Haryana is the next state to avail the 4G services of Bharti Airtel. Airtel 4G will be available in all 22 districts of Haryana. On the occasion, Manu Sood, Hub CEO - Upper North, Bharti Airtel said, “We are inviting data savvy customers across Haryana to be 4G ready with a simple upgrade to an Airtel USIM. We look forward to serving our customers with world-class services on Airtel 4G... Read More
India’s leading telco Bharti Airtel will see its debt levels increasing by around $2 billion due to its spectrum wins in the recently concluded auctions, ratings firm Moody's said. The telco has acquired 173.8 Mhz spectrum across three spectrum bands that include 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz and 2300 MHz for a total of Rs 14, 244 crore, in the spectrum sale by the government. It has spent Rs 35.8 billion ($500... Read More
Copying MyJio app, Bharti Airtel has revised MyAirtel App with new sets of applications. Under the new MyAirtel App, there will be a section “Airtel Apps” showing a list of top apps. Many of these can be accessed without any subscription charges. However, normal plan/pack data charges will apply on all the mobile applications on MyAirtel App. Ditto TV, Hike Messenger app, Wynk Music and Wynk Movies, Juggernaut are some... Read More
After offering 15 GB data at the cost of 1 GB, Bharti Airtel is now offering 1.5 GB of 3G/4G data at only Rs 100 to few of its postpaid customers as 'Surprise' offer. After, Reliance Jio's service launch, Airtel has cut down the data tariffs for prepaid customers to almost half. The company even launched a data pack where one can get 1 GB data for as low as... Read More
To counter Jio's live TV streaming app Jio TV, market leader Bharti Airtel has now partnered with Zee Group's Ditto TV which is famous for low cost live tv streaming service. Jio which offers a host of digital content through its app suite has attracted millions of users towards its network. One of its main attraction is Jio TV which was earlier famous as Jio Play, the TV streaming app... Read More
After lowering the data tariffs, Airtel the largest telecom operator in the country is now offering data freebies to protect data customer base when Jio is preparing to home deliver sim cards, loaded with free data and calling benefits. To prevent the churn of its high revenue generating data consuming user segment, the Mittal led telco is now offering free data up to 15 GB to its customers through the... Read More
State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will increase its mobile broadband capacity by up to two-fold to 600 terabytes in a month in a bid to stay relevant in the country and to better compete with private players that are already offering 4G services. The telecom operator said that it sees enormous increase in usage of mobile data on its network. The surge in demand for mobile data... Read More
Bharti Airtel, the country’s leading telecom carrier, has begun offering 2GB of free cloud storage through a new feature on the myAirtel app called Airtel Backup, allowing users to backup audio, video, photos, documents, contacts and call history among others for free. The new feature is being introduced through a latest myAirtel (v4.1.3) update in India for Android. The service hasn’t been announced officially by the telecom operator but as per... Read More
Bharti Airtel the largest operator by subscriber base has managed to add a total of 173.8 MHz to its overall spectrum holding at a cost of Rs. 14,244 crore. With this purchase, Airtel now becomes the first operator to possess Pan India 2G/3G/4G spectrum. Through strategic buying, in the latest auction, Airtel has built new 4G/3G capabilities in 7 circles. The Company has spent Rs. 10,340 cr towards enhancing data capacities in... Read More
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today announced the launch of 4G services in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh. Starting today, Airtel 4G will be available to customers in Indore, Bhopal, Raipur, Jabalpur and Gwalior. Airtel’s 4G services in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh have been rolled out in the 1800 MHz (FD LTE) band. In an industry first, 10 Mhz of 1800 Mhz spectrum has been deployed to deliver a superior mobile broadband experience... Read More
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India will get 5G in 2030 for sure. Courtesy Jio. I doubt Airtel will get profitable by then.
2G customer base declining fast and are close to 250 million now. Even those 2G customers aren't shifting to BSNL…
2G came in 1992 (2003 in India) 3G came in 2002 (2009 in India) 4G came in 2012 (Airtel launched…
I really hope BSNL and MTNL improve their network that it atleast become usable. (not expecting high quality or higher…
