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Esmail August 21st, 2015 12:42 PM 0 COMMENTS

Now use ‘Airtel Money’ to pay for your Uber ride and enjoy free high speed Airtel internet onboard

Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, and Uber today announced a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership in India. As part of this partnership, Uber riders across India can now pay for their trips using Airtel’s mobile wallet service -Airtel Money. Additionally, Mumbaikars will now be the first in India to enjoy free high-speed internet from Uber, powered by... Read More

Imon August 21st, 2015 6:40 AM 14 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone & Idea hike prices of on-net calling rate-cutter plans

India's top 3 telecom operators; Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea have hiked the prices of its on-net 10p/min calling STV (Special Tariff Voucher) in the Kolkata circle. India's largest telecom operator, Airtel, has hiked its on-net 10p/min calling voucher to Rs. 123 from an earlier price of Rs. 97, while Vodafone did similar changes for its prepaid users, and the new price of its rate-cutter plan is Rs. 118 as... Read More

Imon August 20th, 2015 4:36 PM 83 COMMENTS

Airtel offers free Wi-Fi router to new Broadband users in hopes to counter Reliance JIO

As Reliance JIO is nearing the launch of its broadband & 4G services, Airtel is trying to counter them in every possible way. A few days back, Bharti Airtel announced that its 4G network is present in 300+ cities across India. Now, they have come up with offers in the broadband segment. Airtel is now offering free Wi-Fi router to every new user who buys a new broadband connection from... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 20th, 2015 9:59 AM 6 COMMENTS

Vodafone, Airtel get nod for payment banks from RBI

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gave approval for 11 entities, including telecoms like Bharti Airtel and Vodafone to set up payment banks. These banks can accept deposits and remittances, but will not advance loans. Vodafone India finds this as an opportunity to accelerate India’s journey into cashless economy. “We are grateful to the RBI for giving us the license for setting up a payment bank. With over 90,000 ‘M-Pesa’... Read More

Esmail August 19th, 2015 4:25 PM 1 COMMENTS

Airtel and Idea cellular allotted New MSC Codes by DOT for meeting 1 million subscriber mark

Bharti Airtel the largest operator by subscriber base and Idea cellular the third largest operator have both been allotted a new set of MSC codes by DOT for meeting the 1 million subscriber prerequisite in some circles. The details of MSC codes allotted to the two operators are given below. Sr. No. Name of Licensee Name of service area MSC codes allotted 1 M/s Idea cellular Ltd. Maharashtra 91460-91469 2... Read More

Imon August 17th, 2015 3:02 PM 23 COMMENTS

Vodafone and Idea hike data prices in Tamil Nadu & Chennai

Vodafone and Idea have recently hiked the prices of mobile data packs for its customers in Delhi NCR, following the footsteps of Aircel and Airtel. Now, they have repeated the price hike for their subscribers in Tamil Nadu and Chennai. Vodafone has increased 3G charges by over 27 percent for 1GB plans, whereas 2G is dearer by over 25 percent. The country’s second largest telecom operator has increased the price... Read More

Srikapardhi August 13th, 2015 3:47 PM 3 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel partners ErosNow for Wynk Movies

Bharti Airtel Limited (“Bharti Airtel”), the 3rd largest mobile service provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced a partnership with ErosNow, the cutting edge OTT (Over-the-top) Bollywood entertainment network of Eros International Plc, the NYSE-Listed leading global company in the Indian filmed entertainment sector, for its carrier agnostic mobile application – Wynk Movies. Kartik Sheth, CEO - Wynk said, “We always partner with the... Read More

Srikapardhi August 12th, 2015 4:34 PM 11 COMMENTS

Airtel launches 4G services in Agartala

Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in Agartala (Tripura). Commenting on the launch of Airtel 4G in the city, Saurabh Goel, CEO – Assam and North East, 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... Read More

Chethan S August 10th, 2015 6:17 PM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel launches 4G services in Pondicherry

Airtel today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in Pondicherry. Airtel has led the 4G story in India, having launched India’s first 4G network in Kolkata in April 2012. On 6th August 2015, Airtel announced that its 4G services were available in 296 towns across India. Prior to that, Airtel had successfully conducted trials of its 4G services in select cities and leveraged... Read More

Imon August 8th, 2015 1:54 PM 38 COMMENTS

Airtel announces unified 3G and 4G data plans for Kolkata circle

To promote "4G at 3G rates", Airtel has silently revised data plans for its prepaid users in Kolkata circle. Prior to this, Airtel was offering separate denominations for 4G and 3G data plans in Kolkata, but in the recent revision they have unified the data plans for 3G & 4G speeds. Check out the revised unified data rates in the table below. Airtel Unified Data Plans with details Price 4G/3G... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 7th, 2015 3:49 PM 62 COMMENTS

Airtel hints a tariff hike, CEO says ‘huge headroom to reduce discounts’

Bharti Airtel hinted a hike in tariff of the voice calls, saying that there was a big opportunity in reducing discounts and freebies on voice calls. “Voice realization is 30-33 paise per minute whereas our rack rates are almost about 90 paise, so there is huge headroom to reduce discounts,” Bharti Airtel (India & South Asia) MD & CEO Gopal Vittal said. Airtel already increased its data prices in last... Read More

Ria Lakshman August 6th, 2015 3:44 PM 199 COMMENTS

Participate in Airtel 4G Challenge and get your bills paid by Airtel for life!

Bharti Airtel has announced for a 4G Challenge, a test of download speed using Airtel 4G/LTE mobile connection against the speed of mobile internet services offered by other operators. The challenge, open in four cities -- Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata asks people to try the speed at designated centres, using the mobile devices offered at the centres. The challenge will be entirely conducted by an external agency to ensure... Read More