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Ria Lakshman July 21st, 2015 6:50 PM 7 COMMENTS

Global: Airtel in talks to sell its four African subsidiaries

Bharti Airtel is in talks with Orange S. A., a French multinational telecommunications corporation to sell fours of its African subsidiaries at Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville and Sierra Leone, all non-English speaking markets in Africa. The decision to sell arises from the consecutive decline in sales the subsidiaries contributed to the company’s consolidated revenue. According to reports, the four countries together have contributed about $650-660 million to Airtel Africa's... Read More

Imon July 20th, 2015 5:50 AM 47 COMMENTS

Airtel Data Packs for Postpaid 3G and 2G Users to cost more

After hiking data packs in prepaid segment, Airtel hikes data packs for postpaid users now. In recent days, operators hiked data prices in many circles but those changes were for prepaid connections. However, this time Airtel postpaid users have to cough up more money for data. Changes have been implemented in both 2G & 3G data packs. They have revised old data packs with extra charge of Rs 50; however,... Read More

Srikapardhi July 19th, 2015 8:44 PM 13 COMMENTS

With NMNP into picture, Airtel hikes Postpaid Roaming Packs/Plans

With NMNP facility, customers can easily switch circles and networks while still retaining the same number and avoid roaming charges. Now that this facility is already made available to users, Airtel hiked it's postpaid roaming packs/plans. Users have 1 roaming Top up pack - Rs75 and RTP/FR-RTP - two Rs99 plans with airtel postpaid segment as roaming benefit options to enroll earlier. While there is a hike in the pricing,... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 16th, 2015 6:46 PM 44 COMMENTS

Airtel to launch 4G in Kochi, Operator asks people to upgrade SIM for FREE

Airtel subscribers at Kochi in Kerala have been receiving messages from the operator stating an opportunity to upgrade their mobile connections to 4G SIM for FREE. The message looks like an indication that the operator has launched 4G in the area. To add to it, no documents are required to be submitted for this upgrading. Also, the subscribers can get the SIM card delivered to their houses, if sent a... Read More

Imon July 16th, 2015 1:28 PM 20 COMMENTS

Airtel withdraws 3G night packs

Airtel, India's largest network provider, withdraws its 3G night packs in Kolkata circle. Recently Aircel had also removed 3G night packs in the same circle. 3G night packs are quite popular among those who surf more and people use these packs to download large files or for other purposes. Earlier Airtel was offering 1GB 3G night data at Rs 49 & 500 Mb 3G night data at Rs 29 to... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 16th, 2015 12:00 AM 49 COMMENTS

Airtel asks people to recommend sites for mobile towers, convinces people of safety of mobile towers through a letter from CEO

Airtel has joined the efforts of Government to get rid of the fear of people on mobile tower radiation. The company’s CEO, Gopal Vittal is sending out letters to people stating the reason of call drops, a major concern of the time. In the letter, Mr. Vittal has stated company’s commitment in laying additional sites, which the company says it ‘physically’ does the process. He has requested the people, who... Read More

P K Tarun July 15th, 2015 4:16 PM 18 COMMENTS

Airtel 4G goes live in Hubli and Dharwad

Airtel today launched 4G trials exclusively for its customers in in the twin cities of Hubli and Dharwad. As part of the trial offer, Airtel customers in Hubli-Dharwad can now avail a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at 3G prices and experience blazing Airtel 4G speeds. The company will assimilate valuable customer feedback from these early adopters and leverage the initial market response towards strengthening its service experience – thus... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 14th, 2015 3:38 AM 3 COMMENTS

DoT panel may favor Airtel Zero : Sources

The DoT panel on net neutrality is said to be in favor of Airtel Zero, sources reveal. Facebook’s internet.org is opposed for the reason that it gives preference to certain websites without mobile charges, which means that Facebook acts as a gate keeper who decides which website to be visited by the viewer. This principle goes against the principles of net neutrality. In May 2015, however, Facebook opened the platform... Read More

Srikapardhi July 9th, 2015 4:46 PM 9 COMMENTS

Airtel rolls out internet awareness training program E-Shakti for women

Airtel has partnered the Government of Madhya Pradesh for one of its Digital India Week initiatives. As part of this, the company rolled out ‘E-Shakti’, an initiative to build internet awareness and literacy among the women of Madhya Pradesh. The initiative was launched today by Mr. Hari Ranjan Rao, Secretary, Information Technology, Government of Madhya Pradesh at a ceremony held at Subhash Excellence School, Bhopal. A training session was also... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 9th, 2015 2:55 PM 72 COMMENTS

Airtel says portability within 24 hours not possible due to regulatory requirements

Airtel is educating its customers via social media citing the porting can't be done in 24 hours and not only that Airtel is also offering free incoming to customers for 4-7 days as well once they generate the porting code. Airtel has tweeted about this from their official handle yesterday. It seems to be a customer centric approach. As Airtel claims that the numbers can be ported within a span... Read More

Imon July 8th, 2015 3:37 PM 16 COMMENTS

Airtel hikes calling pack rates, reduces benefits and discounts

Telecom major Bharti Airtel hikes it's Calling Packs in Kolkata Circle, indicating next round hike in Calling Pack segment across the country. Bharti Airtel has reduced benefits by 10-25 per cent and has increased prices of some call vouchers for prepaid customers by Rs 5-15. Data Packs remain unchanged. The company has withdrawn discounts that it was offering for online purchase of mobile packs. Pack Details of Airtel Kolkata: Pack... Read More

Srikapardhi July 7th, 2015 3:18 PM 4 COMMENTS

Airtel 4G goes live in Panipat (Haryana)

Bharti Airtel Limited, today launched its 4G services on dongles, Wi-Fi CPEs (customer premise equipment), 4G Hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles in Panipat, Haryana. Announcing the launch, Manu Sood, Hub CEO – Upper North, Bharti Airtel (India) said, “We are delighted to launch 4G in Panipat and fulfill a huge market requirement that will give customers the power to upgrade to cutting edge 4G technology - the most advanced wireless broadband... Read More