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Rudradeep Biswas June 28th, 2011 11:33 PM 9 COMMENTS

Without A Timeline Airtel’s Low Carbon Plan Turns To Be Deceptive

Greenpeace activists today intensified their campaign by blockading the entrance of Bharti’s group headquarters at Vasant Kunj New Delhi and unfurled banners displaying the message “Airtel- Switch off Diesel”. Greenpeace quotes this is because Bharti Airtel backtracked from its earlier assurance to commit to a timeline for the public disclosure of its carbon emissions from its entire operations and the phase out of diesel in powering its telecom tower operations.... Read More

Sanjay June 27th, 2011 4:45 PM 17 COMMENTS

Airtel Launches International 3G Video Calling Services

Airtel today announced the launch of its International Video Calling capabilities on 3G for its customers in India. With this Airtel 3G mobile customers can now be able to leverage Airtel internet on 3G to make international video calls and interact face to face with their loved ones and colleagues living abroad instantly sharing experiences and information. An Airtel 3G customer in India can see and talk with his friends... Read More

Sanjay June 24th, 2011 4:10 PM 14 COMMENTS

Airtel 3G Services Now In Assam

Bharti Airtel today announced the launch of 3G Mobile and Data services in Assam’s largest city – Guwahati. With this, Airtel’s 33 lakhs plus customers in Assam will now be able to enjoy a host of exciting 3G capabilities including fast mobile Internet access, video streaming, video calling, Mobile TV, social networking on-the-go and high definition gaming. To activate the 3G service on Airtel subscribers need to send a SMS... Read More

Sanjay June 21st, 2011 12:17 PM 8 COMMENTS

Airtel Launches SMS Based Health Pack

Airtel today announced the launch of its SMS-based health packs that will provide subscribers with information and content on a variety of health and medical care aspects. Airtel’s mHealth portal will be available over SMS short code 54444. Under this VAS, various packs like Women’s Health Pack, Men’s Health Pack, Disease Specific Packs, Lifestyle Packs etc are available in several categories relevant for customers and priced at Rs. 30 per... Read More

Sanjay June 18th, 2011 12:41 PM 63 COMMENTS

India Adds 9.5 Million GSM Subscribers in May – Airtel Leads

India's largest Mobile Service operator Bharti airtel has added a total of 2.45 million GSM subscribers which are the highest number of new mobile subscriber additions followed by Vodafone Essar which has added 2.44 million new subscribers in May 2011. Airtel's GSM subscriber base now reached 167 million, according to the COAI data. Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) today released the GSM subscriber base for May 2011, the new... Read More

P K Tarun June 8th, 2011 7:20 PM 25 COMMENTS

Airtel 3G Services Now In Srinagar and Shillong

Bharti Airtel today announced the launch of 3G Mobile and Data services in north Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir and Shillong in North East telecom circle. Airtel 3G services was launched in Srinagar today by Shashi Arora, Chief Executive Officer, Upper North, (Mobile Service) Bharti airtel in the city. The operator said that gradually it will be launched across the state in coming days. Aimed at empowering customers in Srinagar... Read More

Anirban Mukherjee June 3rd, 2011 4:13 AM 36 COMMENTS

Airtel Dials RCV 43, 30p/Min for All Local

If one can offer you cheap, there are many others to offer you cheaper.After the implementation of Mobile Number Portability the tariff war is playing the vital role in Indian telecom industry. Each & every operators are concern to retain old customer and attract new customer at any cost without any compromising. As you can remember, few days ago we have shared the news of Airtel launching of Rs.37 RCV... Read More

Rudradeep Biswas June 1st, 2011 5:10 PM 16 COMMENTS

Airtel Ignores Peoples Demand To Come Out Clean On Its Carbon Footprints

Greenpeace activists today gathered outside Bharti Airtel’s headquarters in Gurgaon, following the telecom leader’s failure to respond substantively to specific questions pertaining to reduction in its carbon emissions and shifting to renewable sources of energy to power its network operations, inspite of repeated requests. The activists displayed the sign “Switch off Diesel” at the company headquarters as a reminder of the demand made on the leader to shift. Close to... Read More

Sanjay May 20th, 2011 12:43 PM 10 COMMENTS

Airtel Offers Unlimited FREE BlackBerry Service for 2 Months

In an attempt to boost the Blackberry Mobile services, Bharti Airtel India’s largest GSM mobile service operator today announced the launch of FREE Unlimited BlackBerry Service offer for 2 months for its postpaid subscribers. Before you jump with joy, let me clarify it-The service is only for new Blackberry service subscribers and available on BlackBerry smart phones with Airtel Postpaid connections. As a promotional offer, the monthly service charge for... Read More

Sanjay May 19th, 2011 6:46 PM 86 COMMENTS

India Adds 11.1 Million GSM Subscribers in April – IDEA Cellular Leads

India’s leading Mobile Service operator Idea Cellular has added a total of 2.45 million GSM subscribers which is the highest number of new mobile subscriber additions in the month of April 2011. Idea Cellular’s GSM subscriber base now reached 91.9 million, as per the COAI data. Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) today released the GSM subscriber base for April 2011 and, quite expectantly, new additions continue at an average... Read More

Sanjay May 17th, 2011 4:58 PM 12 COMMENTS

Airtel 3G services Now in Shimla – Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel today announced the launch of 3G Mobile and Data services in north India’s summer capital – Shimla in Himachal Pradesh circle. Airtel 3G services launched in Shimla today by flagging off Airtel 3G mobike rally in the city. Aimed at empowering customers in Shimla with the ability to get a first-hand experience of the exciting capabilities that 3G services can deliver. The operator also set up five Airtel... Read More

P K Tarun May 17th, 2011 12:59 PM 21 COMMENTS

Airtel Launches USSD Based Facebook Access Service In India

Airtel today announced that starting today, its 150 million plus customers in India can now simply dial *325# (and “*fbk#” for non-qwerty mobile handsets) to access Facebook without subscribing to data plans. To deliver this, Airtel has launched the world’s first USSD-based service innovation that will allow its mobile customers to update their Facebook status messages, view / comment on / ‘Like’ news feed, post on friends’ walls, find /... Read More