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Esmail October 12th, 2015 6:43 PM 23 COMMENTS

Airtel launches Platinum 3G network in Deesa in Gujarat circle

Bharti Airtel, today announced the launch of its Platinum 3G network for customers in Deesa, Now available at 3G tariffs, Airtel’s Platinum 3G will boost indoor coverage, enhance voice clarity, deliver faster internet speeds and offer a superior network experience for customers. Additionally, Platinum 3G will help optimize the backend engagement between the network and mobile devices, thus allowing customers to enjoy extended battery life on their phones. Commenting on... Read More

Imon October 12th, 2015 10:09 AM 42 COMMENTS

Airtel hikes Roaming Pack charges in Delhi, reduces validity period

Bharti Airtel, the market leading telecom operator in the Delhi & NCR circle, has now made a revision in National Roaming Packs, making them costlier as compared to earlier. As per the latest revision data, the telco has slashed the benefits of Rs. 21 pack, which was offering 28 days validity earlier, will now provide only tariff validity of just 14 days . However, has launched another pack priced at... Read More

Srikapardhi October 9th, 2015 1:01 PM 6 COMMENTS

Airtel launches 4G services in Tirupur

Airtel today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in Tirupur. Commenting on the launch of Airtel 4G in the city, George Mathen, HUB CEO – Kerala & Tamil Nadu, Bharti Airtel said, “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... Read More

Imon October 8th, 2015 5:20 PM 14 COMMENTS

Airtel brings back SmartBytes for postpaid users

Airtel, India's largest telecom operator, has started offering SmartBytes for postpaid users once again starting today, after discontinuing it for four months. The company withdrew the service, which lets users top up their data balance even if they use up their data limits in a monthly bill period, in June earlier this year. Airtel is informing its users about the re-introduction of SmartBytes, but the company's website shows that the... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas October 8th, 2015 3:40 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel plans to roll out Wi-Fi zone nationally soon, Gurgaon gets its third Airtel Wi-Fi zone

Bharti Airtel Limited, today announced the launch of its Wi-Fi app – Airtel Hangout. Airtel customers can download the Hangout app free from Android or iOS store and seamlessly latch on to the network in these zones to experience faster internet speeds. With a big focus on Wi-Fi zones that provide customers a superior data experience, Airtel has already gone live across 8 locations in Delhi/NCR in a short span... Read More

Srikapardhi October 7th, 2015 4:01 PM 8 COMMENTS

Airtel launches 4G services in Sambalpur Odisha

Airtel, today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in Sambalpur Odisha. Now, customers across the country can experience high speed wireless broadband on Airtel 4G and get on to the digital superhighway to enjoy uninterrupted HD video streaming, superfast uploading and downloading of movies, music and images. Commenting on the launch of Airtel 4G in the city, Ravindra Singh Negi, CEO – West... Read More

Imon October 7th, 2015 1:56 PM 9 COMMENTS

Airtel users in Delhi can now get 250MB additional data in 1GB 3G data packs

Airtel users in the Delhi & NCR region can now can get more data in 1GB data packs as the company has revised data pricing in the telecom circle. The move came in as the company is facing stiff competition in Delhi after Vodafone launched its 'Double Data’ offer that gives double the data to select users. As per the latest telecom subscription data from COAI (as of August 2015)... Read More

Esmail October 6th, 2015 8:03 PM 28 COMMENTS

Airtel rolls out Platinum 3G in Kanpur and Jabalpur cities

Bharti Airtel the largest telecom operator in India has launched its Platinum 3G in two more cities. Platinum 3G is the name that Airtel has given its 3G offering in the sub 1 GHZ frequency zone using 900 MHz band 8 to provide HSPA+ services. The rationale behind using a lower frequency band is to provide better coverage indoors which the traditional 3G on band 1 2100MHz is not able... Read More

Esmail October 4th, 2015 7:39 PM 68 COMMENTS

A guide to Airtel 4G sim swap for existing subscribers in 4G cities

Bharti Airtel has launched its 4G services in 296 towns across India. In order to use this 4G network it is a prerequisite for Airtel subscribers to change their existing 3G sim cards with an upgraded 4G compatible Sim. The 4G smart sim by airtel comes as a kit with a Nano sim along with two adapters for making it compatible with Micro and Mini sim based smartphones. The sim... Read More

Esmail October 1st, 2015 9:59 AM 104 COMMENTS

Advertising standards council of India orders Airtel to stop airing misleading 4G challenge ad by 7th October

In view of the consumer complaints regarding Airtel's 4G ad campaign where the operator challenges subscribers to find a faster network than it's own and get their lifetime bills paid by Airtel, the ad campaign was thoroughly scrutinised by the 'Advertising standards council of India' (ASCI). After reviewing the supporting evidence provided by Airtel in its defence, the ASCI found that Airtel's ads were grossly misleading and ordered the operator... Read More

Imon September 26th, 2015 8:04 PM 27 COMMENTS

Airtel revises data packs in the Himachal Pradesh circle, adds extra data

Recently, telecom operators have started a trend of reducing data rates in many circles after continuously hiking data rates for a few months. Now, Airtel has added more data in existing packs for its prepaid users in Himachal Pradesh. A few days back, Idea Cellular revised all their prepaid packs in some circles by adding more data in them. This move of reducing data rates or adding extra data in... Read More