Bharti Airtel's CEO, Gopal Vittal, has made his stance clear on 5G monetisation and tariff hikes. Airtel doesn't mind taking the first step to raise tariffs, it is something that the telco has said time and again. When it comes to 5G monetisation, there's of course confusion in the industry. This is because of the lack of 5G applications. Why would a user pay anything extra for 5G? Read More... Read More
Bharti Airtel has announced a strategic partnership with IntelliSmart Infrastructure to empower up to 20 million smart meters. This collaboration marks Airtel's foray into high-end applications, including Advanced Metering Infrastructure, meter data management systems, Cloud, and Analytics. Positioned as the largest deal in India's smart metering sector, it strengthens Airtel's role to offer end-to-end IoT solution for smart metering including Head end system, Meter data management system, Cloud and Analytics. Also... Read More
Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are two of the leading Indian telecom operators. They fight with each other not only in the wireless segment but also in the wireline segment. Every month TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) comes up with a monthly performance report and through that, we get to see which operator did the best and worst in multiple segments such as wireless and wireline. Recently, TRAI released... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), a struggling Indian telecom operator has managed to add some active users in September 2023. While the numbers aren't great, they are better than being negative. Vi lost millions of active subscribers for several months and that led to the telco's active subscriber base declining below 200 million. But in September 2023, Vi surprised the industry by adding wireless subscribers. The telco has added subscribers despite not... Read More
Bharti Airtel's MD and CEO, Gopal Vittal hailed the Telecom Bill 2023 tabled in Lok Sabha on Monday. India's union telecom and IT minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw tabled the bill and it has made many industry players extremely happy. Airtel, a major telecom operator in India, has said that the bill is progressive and forward-looking. "I would like to warmly compliment the Government for introducing a progressive and forward-looking Telecommunications Bill... Read More
Bharti Airtel's Wynk Music App is set to close the year 2023 on a high note, leading both the Google Android Play Store and the iOS App Store top charts in the Music category in India. Specifically, Wynk Music holds the top position as the number one music app on the Android Play Store under the Music and Audio category and the second position on the Apple iOS Store. Top... Read More
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are the three private telecom service providers (TSPs) that serve most of the Indian market with their mobile network services. Today, we will look at their 2GB daily data prepaid plans that come with 84 days of service validity. For many consumers, the 84-day validity plan is good as it doesn't cost them too much money at once and also takes away... Read More
Airtel Xstream Play is the OTT (over-the-top) service of Bharti Airtel. It is meant for customers who are looking for a platform that aggregates OTT services into one viewing area. In simple words, with an Airtel Xstream Play subscription, you will be able to get access to several OTT platforms under a single platform of Xstream Play. There are multiple plans you can purchase that come with an Xstream Play... Read More
Airtel offers International Roaming Packs for your global travel needs, both in the prepaid and postpaid segments. By choosing just one pack based on the duration of travel, Airtel users can avail themselves of these International Roaming packs, valid across over 180 countries, without worrying about selecting the pack based on the country of travel. As the holiday season is around the corner, if you have any planned year-end international... Read More
Bharti Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator, has multiple entertainment prepaid plans in store for its customers. If you are an Airtel prepaid subscriber, now you have plans with Netflix and Disney+ Hotstar subscriptions at no additional cost. However, you will have to spend a little more when you are considering these OTT (over-the-top) bundled plans. The plans that we will talk about here were both introduced recently by Airtel and... Read More
Bharti Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator, is unsure about using Taara as its first choice of wireless backhaul technology. Taara is a technology developed by Alphabet, Google's parent company. Airtel's original plan was to use Taara as the backhaul for 4G/5G services, but that won't likely happen now because of the limitations of the tech found during the field trials. Airtel discovered that Taara's efficiency goes down when the weather... Read More
Bharti Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator, is offering customers a Wi-Fi extender only for Rs 99 per month. The service is called Coverage+. Bharti Airtel offers it to customers who are already Airtel Xstream Fiber customers. The product should also likely work for Xstream AirFiber customers who have a Wi-Fi router powered by Airtel's 5G network inside their house. The service from Airtel is a good one for customers as... Read More
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