Bharti Airtel will not deploy the Voice of LTE (VoLTE) technology in near future, and it will continue to use existing 2G and 3G spectrum for providing voice services in the country. The telco is currently testing the technology in its labs, and would deploy it once it’s fully matured, the Economic Times reported, quoting Airtel’s chief technology officer Abhay Savargaonkar. Savargaonkar... Read More
Bharti Airtel has started implementing its network transformation program ‘Project Leap’, entailing an investment of 60,000 crore across the country towards this strategic project in the next 3 years. “We see Project Leap as a transformation program that will significantly improve the quality of both voice and data service across the length and breadth of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Circle,” said Venkatesh Vijayraghavan, Chief Executive Officer, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana,... Read More
In order to facilitate communication with people living in rain-ravaged Chennai, Bharti Airtel has announced free of cost credit service for all its prepaid customers. The company has launched an auto approval of ‘Talk Time’ credit up to Rs 30 for its prepaid mobile customers and free of cost credit of 10 minutes of Airtel-to-Airtel calling with a validity of two days. Besides, there would be free of cost credit... Read More
Talking about its formidable rival Reliance Jio, Gopal Vittal, CEO & MD, Bharti Airtel, today said that the every competitor is a challenge, but the company is more focused towards serving its customers better. “We don’t spend sleepless nights over competitors; we spend sleepless nights over customers. So our obsession is how we serve our customers better, if we become obsessive about competitors, we will become reactive, defensive...but we want... Read More
Bharti Airtel has announced an investment of Rs. 60,000 crore over the next three years in the telecom network of the country. The project named ‘Project Leap’ aims to improve the network quality across the country as well as the customer experience. Bharti Airtel has already invested INR 1,60,000 crore in telecom network, including spectrum, fibre, submarine cables and systems. “Today we are excited to launch “Project Leap” which will... Read More
Bharti Airtel, one of the largest cellular operators in India, has released an update for the "My Airtel" application on Android. Unlike other operators, Airtel pays much heed to its self-care apps. It works towards making its applications more convenient for users, by introducing new features from time to time. Few weeks ago, the company changed the user interface of the "My Airtel" app. It also integrated wallet features into... Read More
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman, Bharti Enterprises, will take a voluntary cut of Rs 5 crores from his annual salary to support ‘Nyaya Bharti’ initiative that would provide financial and legal assistance to the underprivileged languishing in jails across the country for minor offences. Bharti Airtel, the telecom arm of Bharti Enterprises, will contribute Rs 10 crores annually on an ongoing basis towards the initiative. Nyaya Bharti will be ready to... Read More
Bharti Airtel, the largest telco by subscriber number, has emerged as the most trusted telecom brand in the country, according to Economic Times Brand Equity’s Most Trusted Brands report. Bharti Airtel stood at the eleventh spot, as compared to twelfth spot in an earlier study. Vodafone India also surged four spots to reach at 24 in the current findings, and became the second most trusted telecom brand in India. Idea... Read More
Riding on its strong data spectrum holding and data network coverage, country’s top telco Bharti Airtel has gained a ‘buy’ rating from ICICI Securities. The equity research firm has also placed a buy rating for Idea Cellular, but a sell for Reliance Communication (RCom). “We continue to prefer Bharti Airtel as it is well positioned to capture higher incremental data revenue market share led by its. Moreover, Bharti Airtel would see... Read More
The GSM mobile subscribers base rose by 63 lakh in October to 73.94 crore in the country, with top telco Bharti Airtel adding the highest 27.67 lakh users during the period. According to Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), Vodafone added 16 lakh subscribers, the second highest number of users, taking its total base to 189 million at the end of the month. Country’s third-largest operator Idea Cellular added 7.2... Read More
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has partnered with Government of Andhra Pradesh for mobile literacy mission in collaboration with SERP. Under the partnership, an initiative named ‘E-Shakti’ has launched to raise the mobile internet awareness of the women in Andhra Pradesh. Honorable Chief Minister, Government of Andhra Pradesh, N. Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the mission in Vijayawada. “Connecting the community and its members to the world through the Internet is becoming increasingly... Read More
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman, Bharti Enterprises, who is also the Vice-Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), has urged world leaders of the G20 nations to invest in developing digital infrastructure in order to ensure internet for all. During his address to a distinguished group at the B20–G20 session at the ongoing G20 Summit in Turkey, he said internet can become the cornerstone of a more inclusive global economic... Read More
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Airtel is not loaded in your site. That's the case. Airtel guves 20-25Mbps on 3-40C on 45Mhz at same location…
Speeds sometimes are capped. Sometimes not capped. I don't know. But good enough speeds.
It's loaded site.
Band 40 won't be released. 4200-4900Mhz will be released. Next auction band 600Mhz, 1400Mhz, 1900Mhz will be put into auction.
More bandwidth needed in bands where zero MHz remaining in few circles like B28, B8, B3, B1 and B40 &…
