We recently discovered that Airtel is offering smart SIM to customers in Andhra Pradesh. Rightly branded as Smart SIM, this SIM Card from Airtel is actually a nano SIM offered along with adapters for using the SIM card as a micro or mini SIM (the standard sized SIM card). More and more smartphones (even budget ones) are coming with micro-SIM slot(s) these days. Hence a SIM card that can be... Read More
Amidst huge criticism they received after hiking the price of 2G internet bundles, Airtel has quietly launched the Night Store. All the plans in the Night Store can be availed only online and can be consumed only between 12AM to 6AM. All the data as well as calling plans are quite attractive and are being offered at pretty low fares. All the plans associated with the Night Store are listed... Read More
Although WhatsApp, LINE and WeChat are considered as the major contenders in the IM (instant messaging) space, no one has won the war yet. There are still a number of IM apps that want to acquire a majority of the market share. Hike is a cross platform IM app co-developed by Bharti Airtel & SoftBank to stop users from flocking to other services like WhatsApp and WeChat. ... Read More
Moving closer on the heels of national operator BSNL, Airtel seems to have taken a leap ahead of the former in tariff revisions. TelecomTALK learned from anonymous sources (which were also verified after calling Airtel Customer Care) that the tariff revisions happened in the near past. Airtel New Data Pack One of the widely used data pack costing Rs. 125 will now provide a validity of three weeks instead of... Read More
Bharti Airtel in collaboration with Samsung, is offering data bundles with the new Galaxy S5 to both pre-paid and post-paid customers. This is a part of Samsung's large scale collaboration with SingTel, a Singapore based Telecommunications company which owns 32% stake in Bharti Airtel. As a part of what they call as a 'Retail Collaboration Programme', Airtel will offer mid-range and high-end smartphones... Read More
Multiple mobile handset vendors as well as OEMs are in collaboration with telecom operators in India for faster 4G LTE network rollout. India uses TD-LTE technology for the deployment of 4G networks over Band 40 (2300 MHz). Earlier, this technology was being used only by China and India but now, more and more countries in Asia are adopting it due to its lower cost of deployment when compared to LTE FDD. [caption... Read More
Airtel will Credit 50MB free data for its prepaid mobile customers in Delhi NCR, Haryana and Kerala – thus giving customers an option to go online and read about candidates before casting their votes Airtel is encouraging voters to make an informed choice of candidates by offering 50MB of free data usage for its prepaid mobile customers on the Polling Day from 7am to 7pm. This will allow more and... Read More
Nokia, in association with Bharti Airtel , today announced an exclusive FREE 3G Data offer for the newly launched Nokia X the forked Android smartphone. Airtel prepaid customers across all circles buying the Nokia X will now be able to enjoy 500 MB of free 3G data per month for 3 months. Customers in non 3G circles can enjoy the same benefit on 2G data. Post exhaustion of the 500... Read More
Bharti Airtel today announced that it has crossed the milestone of 100 Company-Owned-Company-Operated (COCO) Airtel retail outlets opened across India over the last 14 months. These all new Airtel stores are in line with the company’s long term drive towards delivering the best service experience for customers and will offer end-to-end service support for their Airtel mobile, dongle and broadband connections. Airtel ventured into its COCO stores with the opening... Read More
It is well known that IT companies wait for long term contracts be it for benefits on one hand or for stability/performance related issues on the other hand especially when it comes to service or support related. We have one such huge and lucrative contract in the Telecom as well as IT field and the news is all about the latest 5 year Service Agreement between Airtel, IBM and other... Read More
India's Department of Telecom (DoT) has finally cleared US-based Qualcomm Inc's sale of 100 percent stake in its broadband wireless entity, Wireless Business Service Private Ltd (WBSPL), to Bharti Airtel. In October last year, Airtel has acquired 100 per cent stake in Wireless Business Services (WBSPL), a company founded by Qualcomm which holds 4G BWA Spectrum in Mumbai, Delhi, Haryana and Kerala telecom circle. Bharti Airtel has 4G (BWA) license... Read More
Bharti Airtel today launched the World's First Paper Recharge Coupon with a Quick Response Code (QRC). An innovative product currently available for Airtel prepaid mobile customers in Andhra Pradesh, the ‘Smart Pack’ provides a never-before convenience factor for customers to recharge their phones within 2 seconds. Customers can now easily scan the QR code to recharge their phone and forget the hassle of entering the 16 digit PIN after scratching... Read More
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um no no i meant how 3500mhz doesnt penetrate through walls and such
That not gonna happed instead Government should mandate all new phone (Smartphone & Keypad phone) should come with 4G Network…
Target is mid May for 1L sites. I don't have any doubt that it won't be covered. I am keeping…
2G should be shut down immediately by all three operators. BSNL should fast track LTE on 700Mhz and 900Mhz bands…
6G frequency should be around 7-8Ghz and bandwidth should be atleast 500Mhz per operator and sub-Ghz bandwidth should be 30-40Mhz(600/450Mhz).
