Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom operator by users on Thursday said that it is planning to raise funds through private placement of bonds and debentures. The latest development could be seen as a move by India's No. 1 telco to build up a war chest to take on 4G entrant Reliance Jio Infocomm, which too is planning to invest Rs 30,000 crore in its network to enhance coverage and capacity... Read More
Reliance has indeed changed the internet landscape of India by announcing voice calls free forever, and eliminating the roaming charges. The provider has also stated its data charges to be the lowest in the country at Rs. 50 per GB. The announcement has raised a new hullabaloo across the market. Counteracting the existing Jio tariff may sound tough for its competitors (although there are tariff reductions getting announced here and... Read More
Bharti Airtel’s managing director of India and South Asia, Gopal Vittal, said that the entry of Reliance Jio, Mukesh Ambani’s telecom venture, could shake up the Indian telecom market, and has the potential to kick-off a tariff war. “We have seen brutal tariff wars over the last 20 years. Today our tariffs are 33-34 paise on voice per minute, which I think is unsustainable. A new entrant coming in with... Read More
No doubt about the fact that all the major telecom operators are now gearing up for the 4G war. When it comes to India’s top service provider Bharti Airtel, it has not left any stone unturned to brace itself up against its formidable rival Reliance Jio. Project Leap, and 4G launch in every other city are some of the examples, which indicate that it is in no mood to compromise with... Read More
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