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Rudradeep Biswas July 14th, 2016 5:30 PM 11 COMMENTS

Airtel launches ‘Happy Hours’ to allow prepaid customers to get 50% data back for all in-app content downloads between 3.00 – 5.00 am

Airtel, today announced the launch of Happy Hours for its prepaid customers. Happy Hours allows Airtel prepaid customers to get 50% data back for all in-app content downloads scheduled between 3.00 am and 5.00 am. E.g. If a customer schedules a video download of 100 MB then 50 MB will be credited back to his/her account. Any App developer can integrate with Airtel Happy Hours in four simple steps and... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas July 11th, 2016 10:38 AM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel launches public wi-fi hotspots in Gurgaon

Gurgaon today took another major step towards becoming fully digitally integrated, with the launch of public wi-fi hotspots powered by Airtel. The initiative, which is promoted by the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon, was launched today by Shri Manohar Lal Khattar, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Haryana. Starting today, people visiting MG Road, Sadar Bazaar, Sector 29 market and Sarhaul Village can enjoy free Wi-Fi sessions on their devices. The Wi-Fi... Read More

Srikapardhi July 8th, 2016 6:18 PM 29 COMMENTS

Airtel to launch 4G LTE in six new circles to extend footprint ahead of Jio commercial launch: Report

Bharti Airtel, India's leading telecom operator will extend its 4G footprint to 19 circles in next 3-4 months with the launch of services in six circles using spectrum acquired from Videocon Telecommunications, Business Standard reported on Friday. Bharti Airtel, which was the first operator to launch 4G network in Kolkata in April 2012, currently offers 4G LTE services using 1800 MHz and 2300 Mhz bands in over 350 cities in India.... Read More

Imon July 8th, 2016 1:53 PM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel launches paper recharge vouchers for Cyber Café pack

After six weeks of launching Cyber Café pack for its customers , Bharti Airtel has now launched Cyber Café paper vouchers. Cyber Café pack offers Airtel customers to enjoy unlimited data for an hour at a nominal cost. Earlier, Cyber Café internet pack was available through USSD code *121*8# to activate the pack. remembering USSD codes is difficult & wrong code can direct the user to activate another pack, hence the... Read More

Srikapardhi July 7th, 2016 7:57 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel’s India consumer director Srini Gopalan quits, to join Deutsche Telekom in October

Srini Gopalan, Bharti Airtel's Consumer Director India, is set to leave the company to join Deutsche Telekom on October 1, and after an onboarding period, will assume the duties of Claudia Nemat – who will head the new Technology and Innovation Board department and relinquish responsibility for the Europe segment – effective January 1st, 2017. Deutsche Telekom Thursday said that its Supervisory Board has... Read More

Srikapardhi July 6th, 2016 2:09 PM 18 COMMENTS

Airtel soon launch 4G services in Gujarat invites customers to upgrade their existing SIMs to 4G ready USIMs free of cost

Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today said that customers can switch their existing 2G/3G SIMs with 4G ready USIMs completely free of cost at Airtel retail stores across the state. Airtel plans to launch 4G services in Gujarat soon. With the USIM upgrade, customers can continue enjoying their existing 2G/3G services, while staying ready to experience Airtel 4G from the day of its launch. Murthy Chaganti, CEO, Gujarat, Bharti Airtel... Read More

Tharun G June 24th, 2016 10:11 AM 11 COMMENTS

Airtel 4G VS idea 4G in Andhra Pradesh: Let’s Test The “widest small change!”

After Delhi and Mumbai we have got another 4G speed test report from Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. After launching on metro cities telecom operators have have moved to Tier-II Cities for launching 4G service. Idea is said to have the best 4G coverage in Andhra Pradesh, while Airtel 4G service is limited to few cities. Let's, see which one performs better in Andhra Pradesh. The tests were conducted by our reader Sri Rajasimha Reddy on his OnePlus Two smartphone.... Read More

Srikapardhi June 14th, 2016 5:34 PM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel customers will now be able to see network coverage signal strength in any location addition to network site deployment status

In another industry first initiative, Airtel has opened up its entire mobile network information to its customers through an interactive online interface. The new interface will display Airtel’s mobile network coverage/signal strength across India in addition to network site deployment status. Using a simple colour scheme, the interface will allow customers to check if the Airtel mobile network in an area is excellent, good, moderate or non-existent, along with the... Read More

Tharun G June 11th, 2016 6:22 PM 113 COMMENTS

Airtel 4G Vs Vodafone 4G in Mumbai: Which is faster?

Now that 4G has become so common in India, not even operators want to talk about 3G anymore. Till last year, only Airtel had launched 4G service in India, but this year we saw Vodafone and Idea catching up with Airtel in many circles on 4G front putting up serious competition. Few circles in India now have more than one 4G operator and Mumbai is one of it. Today we find who is... Read More

Imon June 5th, 2016 7:16 AM 37 COMMENTS

Airtel launches new 3G/4G night data pack at Rs. 125 with 28 days validity

Airtel has launched a new “3G/4G night data” pack at Rs. 125 for the customers. The new offering will provide 1GB of data for 28 days between 12am to 6am. Airtel has launched this new offer after the company has announced 'Get 100% extra data for Nights' scheme, which offers various data packs between 500MB to 20GB. Vodafone too is offering a similar pack. However, its 1GB night pack costs... Read More

Imon June 3rd, 2016 11:56 AM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel withdraws Rs. 20 talktime referral offer of My Airtel app

Bharti Airtel seems to have silently withdrawn the “Rs. 20 talktime referral offer” that came with its self-care app ‘My Airtel’. Initially, the prepaid Airtel users had the privilege to refer three friends in a month to use My Airtel app and get Rs. 60 as talktime (Rs. 20 per referral). Although there were several conditions such as the referee should have never installed My Airtel app before, new install... Read More

Ria Lakshman June 1st, 2016 1:07 PM 20 COMMENTS

Airtel launches Platinum 3G in Bengaluru and Punjab

Airtel has announced the launch of its Platinum 3G network for customers in Bengaluru and Punjab. Powered by the dual spectrum band of the efficient 900 Mhz along with 2100 Mhz, Airtel’s Platinum 3G is said to offer better indoor coverage, better voice clarity, and faster internet speeds. The Platinum 3G is merely an enhancement of the existing 3G network, hence, the customers need not require to do any additional... Read More