August 19th, 2017 11:29 AM 91 COMMENTS

Airtel and Vodafone Says Reliance Jio’s Test Users Should Not Be Allowed to Enjoy Commercial Services

India's leading telecom operators, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India at an open house discussion yesterday urged that Reliance Jio should not offer commercial telecom services to the users who joined the network in the testing phase. Airtel and Vodafone raised a voice saying that the test users should not be allowed to use commercial services, and they should be made ineligible for the MNP services as well. However, a Jio... Read More

June 17th, 2017 1:00 PM 88 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Accuses Reliance Jio for Predatory Pricing, Demands IUC Correction

Bharti Airtel has rejected Reliance Jio’s accusation that the ongoing financial stress is created by incumbents telcos, and further accused the 4G entrant of predatory pricing. Bharti Airtel, which met the inter-ministerial group (IMG) on Friday, during its presentation demanded that telecom service providers should have the right to retail customers through offers and discounts. The telco told the IMG that the Mukesh Ambani-led telco is trying to win the... Read More

May 25th, 2017 10:31 PM 54 COMMENTS

TRAI Acts on Reliance Jio Complaint, Says No to Discriminatory Tariff to Same Set of Users

Acting on Reliance Jio's recent complaint against Bharti Airtel for offering discriminatory tariff to individual customers within the same class, the TRAI on Thursday directed all Indian telecom operators to stop providing such tariffs to the subscribers of the same category. The regulator has also directed telecom service providers to report all plans to the sector watchdog within seven days of their launch. "...in order to protect the interests of... Read More

April 10th, 2017 4:58 PM 107 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Expresses Disappointment Over Jio’s Continuation of Summer Surprise Offer: Report

Recently, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) asked Jio to stop its Summer Surprise offer, but the company still hasn't taken down the offer and now India’s largest telecom network, Airtel expresses its disappointment asking TRAI to take ‘suitable action.’ Airtel’s spokesperson, in a mail to EconomicTimes has said as follows “We are surprised that Reliance Jio is openly continuing with its Summer Special offer despite the same being declared... Read More

March 22nd, 2017 12:01 PM 22 COMMENTS

Data Accuracy and Neutrality is of the Utmost Importance: Ookla on Airtel-Jio Speedtest Issue

Ookla on Wednesday reiterated that it fully stands behind the accuracy and reliability of the methodology used to designate Airtel as ‘India’s Fastest Mobile Network,' claiming that it goes to great lengths to ensure that the information collected on any Speedtest internet test is verifiably correct. The company said that data accuracy and neutrality is of the utmost importance to the company. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio lately made public statements... Read More

December 20th, 2016 12:47 PM 56 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Updated their myPlan Infinity Postpaid Plans; Rs. 549 Plan Now Offers 3GB of 4G Data

Bharti Airtel today updated their recently announced myPlan Infinity of Rs. 549 and Rs. 799. With the increasing craze to 4G data consumption in India and to match Reliance Jio’s free data offering, Airtel is making this move. As we already know, Airtel recently unveiled two new Infinity plans under their postpaid scheme of Rs. 549 and Rs. 799 and they offer free voice calling along with a certain amount... Read More

April 19th, 2016 2:50 PM 20 COMMENTS

Airtel plans freebies, discounts for high-value customers to tackle Reliance Jio threat

In a bid to tackle the looming threat posed by Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel is planning to retain top 11% of its users or high-value customers that contribute around a sixth of its revenue through specially directed offers and discounts, according to a report by Economic Times. Historically, high-value users rarely switch their carrier unless service is truly terrible. A person familiar with the telco’s plan told the publication... Read More

November 30th, 2015 6:39 PM 36 COMMENTS

We don’t spend sleepless nights over competitors, but over customers: Airtel’s Gopal Vittal

Talking about its formidable rival Reliance Jio, Gopal Vittal, CEO & MD, Bharti Airtel, today said that the every competitor is a challenge, but the company is more focused towards serving its customers better. “We don’t spend sleepless nights over competitors; we spend sleepless nights over customers. So our obsession is how we serve our customers better, if we become obsessive about competitors, we will become reactive, defensive...but we want... Read More

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