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Rudradeep Biswas February 17th, 2016 12:38 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel makes top level changes in Africa, introduces new organization design

Bharti Airtel has made top level changes for its Africa operations to enable faster decision making as well as speed to market. It has elevated Christian Defaria, MD & CEO, Airtel Africa to the position of Executive Chairman, and has appointed Raghunath Mandava as Chief Operating Officer of the African business. The telco has created a new organizational structure which is aimed at enhanced empowerment at the operating level as well... Read More

Srikapardhi February 17th, 2016 11:34 AM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel launches 4G services in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh

Airtel, today announced the launch of its high speed 4G services in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. The launch marks the expansion of Airtel’s 4G footprints in the state and will be extended to customers in other parts of the state in the months to come. Airtel 4G is available to customers across a range of smart devices including mobile phones, dongles, 4G hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles. Commenting on the launch of... Read More

Chethan S February 17th, 2016 10:52 AM 9 COMMENTS

Transparent broadband services: Last date to file counter comments to TRAI

On January 20th,2016 Trai came up with a consultation paper named "Draft Direction under section 13, read with clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 11, of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997) to service providers for delivering broadband services in a transparent manner by providing adequate information to broadband consumers". This paper suggested defining broadband as a 512kbps connection. SAVETHEINTERNET coalition took part in this... Read More

Srikapardhi February 17th, 2016 8:32 AM 3 COMMENTS

Airtel gets new customer experience director for India & South Asia

Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecom operator said that it has appointed Sarang Kanade as Director – Customer Experience, India & South Asia. Sarang, who is currently CEO, Delhi Circle, takes over from Raghunath Mandava, who has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of Airtel Africa. He will report to Gopal Vittal, CEO – India & South Asia, Bharti Airtel, the company said. Sarang joined Airtel in March 2010 and... Read More

Imon February 14th, 2016 2:20 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel offering free talktime of Rs.20 to “My Airtel App” referrers, limited to Airtel users only

Airtel, the largest telecom operator in India has now launched special promotions to promote their self-care app "My Airtel". In order to promote the app to every end user who is using a smartphone, the operator is now offering a free talk time of Rs 60 per month. To win the Talktime, Airtel customers would be required to share a link with their friends who are on Airtel's network. If... Read More

Chethan S February 13th, 2016 10:07 PM 51 COMMENTS

Airtel wants to take you to the dial-up Internet Era

Recently TRAI had sought comments for a draft direction on delivering broadband services in a transparent way. In addition, to seeking comments on transparency measures like clear information of tariff plans and timely usage alerts, there was a key element on broadband speeds - ensure that download speed of broadband service provided to the fixed broadband subscriber is not reduced below 512 kbps in any broadband tariff plan What caught... Read More

Ria Lakshman February 12th, 2016 4:06 PM 2 COMMENTS

Udaipur, Rajasthan gets Airtel 4G services

Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of 4G services in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The service will be extended to other parts of the state in the upcoming weeks. With this, people in Udaipur can experience the benefits of the high-speed internet, with uninterrupted HD video-streaming, superfast uploading and downloading of data, video-calling etc. Airtel 4G services are available across a wide range of devices, from mobile phones to Wi-Fi dongles. “As... Read More

Imon February 12th, 2016 8:06 AM 8 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel, Malaysian Axiata Group may merge Sri Lankan units

Bharti Airtel and Malaysia’s Axiata Group are mulling over a merger of their operations in Sri Lanka, in a share-swap deal, to create a company serving half the country’s 25 million mobile connections, according to an ET report. Axiata Group’s Sri Lankan unit Dialog Axiata is the market leader with 10.5 million connections and 41% share, whereas Airtel Lanka has a 9% share with 2.3 million mobile customers. Mobitel, which... Read More

Ria Lakshman February 11th, 2016 3:13 PM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel launches 4G in Mandi, partners with Flipkart to sell devices with 4G SIMs

Bharti Airtel has announced the commercial launch of its 4G services in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. “As customers in India show an increasing propensity for consuming data services, we at Airtel are excited to take the lead in introducing the market to the power of blazing 4G speeds. With the help of the feedback received from the beta launches, we have now built India’s first commercial 4G network. Today, as we... Read More

Krishna Mukherjee February 10th, 2016 2:36 PM 13 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel goes green; turns 40,000 sites into green network sites

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has migrated over 40,000 of its network sites across India to green technology in sync with its commitment towards green network initiatives. More than 40,000 of these green network sites are designed to operate largely on battery-hybrid, lithium-ion and solar hybrid solutions with very little diesel consumption. Apart from these measures, Airtel maintains strict adherence to Indian Emission Norms along with its own safeguards that ensures emissions... Read More

Srikapardhi February 4th, 2016 6:52 PM 31 COMMENTS

Airtel Sets 4G Network 15 Kms In The Sea

Bharti Airtel has for the first time set up a 4G network 15 kms in the sea to provide data connectivity to the participants of International Fleet Review (IFR), which is being hosted by Indian Navy. In a first of its kind initiative Airtel claims that it has facilitated 4G network availability 15 kms inside the sea to provide coverage for nearly 100 warships that will land at Vishakapatnam as... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas January 29th, 2016 9:01 AM 1 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel, Axiata to merge operations in Bangladesh

Bharti Airtel said that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Axiata Group Berhad to merge their respective subsidiaries in Bangladesh that are Robi Axiata Limited (Robi) and Airtel Bangladesh Limited. The agreement follows the September 9, 2015 announcement of both parties entering into an exclusive discussion to explore possibility of combining the business operations in Bangladesh. Upon completion, Axiata will hold 68.3% controlling stake in the combined entity,... Read More