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Srikapardhi August 4th, 2015 4:16 PM 8 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel appoints Rajiv Mathrani as Chief Brand Officer

Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today announced the appointment of Rajiv Mathrani as Chief Brand Officer for its India operations. Rajiv will lead Airtel’s brand positioning, strategic initiatives and associations, and will report to Srini Gopalan, Director – Consumer Business, Bharti Airtel (India). He takes over from Mohit Beotra, who has decided to move on from Airtel to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities. Commenting on the appointment, Srini... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas August 3rd, 2015 4:11 PM 0 COMMENTS

Manish Khera to be appointed as CEO – Airtel Money

Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today said that Manish Khera, Co-founder & MD of YTS Solutions will be appointed as CEO of Airtel M Commerce Services Limited (AMSL), which offers Airtel’s flagship semi-closed wallet under the brand name ‘Airtel Money’. Once appointed, Manish will be a part of the Airtel Management Board and report to Gopal Vittal, MD & CEO of Bharti Airtel (India & South Asia). Commenting on the appointment, Gopal... Read More

Srikapardhi August 3rd, 2015 12:18 PM 10 COMMENTS

Airtel 4G goes live in Warangal

Airtel, today launched 4G trials exclusively for its customers in Warangal as part of the trial offer, Airtel customers in Warangal 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 building a world-class 4G network infrastructure for... Read More

Esmail July 31st, 2015 7:52 PM 79 COMMENTS

iPhone 6 users having trouble connecting to Airtel 4G LTE network

Bharti Airtel which is currently carrying out wide scale 4G LTE trials in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad seems to have come across a rather unusual hurdle. The subscribers using Airtel's 4G LTE network on their iPhone 6 are facing connectivity issues which have their roots in the sub bands being used by Airtel for its band 40 TD-LTE (2300MHz). Airtel’s Delhi network that uses the 2300 MHz on TD technology... Read More

Srikapardhi July 30th, 2015 11:15 AM 10 COMMENTS

Airtel 4G goes live in Shillong

Bharti Airtel Limited, today launched 4G trials exclusively for its customers in Shillong. Airtel 4G enables superfast internet speeds and allows customers to enjoy capabilities like high definition video streaming with zero buffering without compromising on the experience. As part of the trial offer, Airtel customers in Shillong can now avail a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at 3G prices and experience blazing Airtel 4G speeds. The company will assimilate... Read More

Imon July 28th, 2015 5:17 PM 52 COMMENTS

Maharashtra mobile subscribers feel the pinch as Airtel and Idea hike tariffs

After Vodafone's data tariff hikes in Maharashtra circle, Airtel and Idea have also hiked data tariffs in the region. Incumbent operators Airtel, Vodafone and Idea dominate in Maharashtra. So the recent hike will have a huge impact on those loyal customers who use these networks. The three networks have a dominant control over the market in the region and cheaper operators like Aircel and Reliance do not provide 3G services.... Read More

Ria Lakshman July 25th, 2015 10:19 AM 18 COMMENTS

Airtel offers 4G trials in Manipal, Udupi and Tumkur, exclusive partnership with Samsung and Flipkart

Today Bharti Airtel has rolled out 4G trials at three places – Manipal, Udupi and Tumkur in Karnataka. The customers in these places can now access superfast internet that will enable them to download up to 10 movies in less than 30 minutes, connect multiple devices or watch HD videos without buffering. As an offer, customer can now avail 4G for the price of 3G. To avail the free upgrade,... Read More

Imon July 22nd, 2015 12:06 PM 29 COMMENTS

Airtel Launches New Rs 192 Combo Pack for Prepaid Users

Airtel has launched a new Combo Pack for prepaid users in Kolkata circle. The new combo pack offers 3G data with month-long validity and Talktime in main account. The Rs 192 combo pack gives users 250 MB 3G data along with Rs 90 Talktime in their main account. The Talktime will be added after some minutes post successful recharge. Many users use less data and also want more talktime to... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas July 21st, 2015 7:06 PM 21 COMMENTS

Airtel 4G trials go live in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack

Airtel launched 4G trials exclusively for its customers in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Airtel 4G enables superfast internet speeds and allows customers to enjoy capabilities like high definition video streaming with zero buffering, downloading up to 10 movies in less than 30 minutes, uploading entire photo albums in less than five minutes (i.e. uploading two high resolution photos per second), connecting multiple devices without compromising on the experience. As part of... Read More

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