A couple of days ago, we reported that BSNL would be coming with three new plans along with the revised STV339 plan. BSNL was late in responding to Jio’s Dhan Dhana Dhan offer, but the government-owned entity finally came out with the best plans in the industry right now. BSNL’s Triple Ace plan of Rs. 333 would be the best data-centric plan available right now as the company is offering... Read More
It’s been not more than six months since the inception of Reliance Jio in the Indian telecom sector, and it has already changed the entire telecom scene in the country. With free 4G data, unlimited voice calls to any network within India, and free access to various other services in the offering, Reliance Jio has literally urged other telecom operators in the country to cut down the prices for their... Read More
Bharti Airtel, the leading telecom operator in the country, has been named as the fastest mobile network by Ookla — one of the world’s most credible speed test organisation yesterday. To celebrate the achievement, Gopal Vittal, CEO, Bharti Airtel sent out an email to all the postpaid users teasing that a surprise is on its way. He added in the email that... Read More
Google, yesterday announced that they are teaming up with carriers such as Bharti Airtel and SK Telecom to share its mobile networking technology, which helps the carriers in building their next generation networks efficiently. Google will be sharing their advanced technologies such as software defined networking, network function virtualization, and site reliability engineering and helps the operators to deploy the 5G network quickly. Google in a statement issued said "Over the... Read More
India's leading telco Bharti Airtel said that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Telenor South Asia Investments to acquire the latter's India operations, Telenor Communications Private Limited or Telenor India. The move will allow Airtel to further bolster its strong spectrum footprint in these seven circles, with the addition of 43.4 MHz spectrum in the 1800 MHz band. Also, Airtel will also be able to expand its user... Read More
India's leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel is reportedly planning to poach customers of Vodafone and Idea Cellular, which are in talks of merging operations in the country. Mint on Friday reported that Bharti Airtel is planning to bring many innovative schemes and tariff plans in at least six circles where the Vodafone-Idea combined entity will exceed the 50% subscriber and revenue market limit, and as per regulations the entity will... Read More
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom company today said that they rolled out an upgraded 4G network across 400 towns of Maharashtra and Goa to deliver best-in-class mobile network experience to customers. Airtel already has 4G services in Maharashtra and Goa, but with the upgraded 4G network, the company is promising uninterrupted HD video streaming along with improved data speeds and better indoor and outdoor network reception. Airtel has deployed a... Read More
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, India’s top telecom operators have increased focus on their secondary businesses to offset revenue related challenges in their mobile operations, according to an Economic Times report. These telcos’ respective revenues from the mobility business are set to go down following Reliance Jio’s free offer, coupled with the government’s move to demonetize Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes. These developments could reduce their Ebitda... Read More
India's telecom operators may spend around Rs 1 lakh crore to acquire 3G and 4G spectrum in the forthcoming auction expected in the next 2-3 months, according to ratings agency Crisil, which said that a healthy participation is likely from incumbent telcos as they may look at ramping up their 3G and 4G spectrum holdings to better compete with Reliance Jio. Private telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and... Read More
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has informed the Lok Sabha that Bharti Airtel owes the government maximum Rs 11,235.50 crore in licence fee, spectrum charges and arrears, and penalties among others. Total outstanding dues against state-run BSNL is Rs 9,936.26 crore, followed by Vodafone 9,206.03 crore, Idea Cellular 5,435.41 crore, Reliance Communications Rs 6,355.43 crore, Reliance Telecom Rs 494.04 crore, and Tata Teleservices Rs 3,472.52 crore. State-run MTNL owes Rs 4,091.31... Read More
Bharti Airtel, along with Reliance Communications and Sistema Shyam Teleservices (MTS India), in their submission to the Trai, have objected to the telecom regulator's recent directive that fixed broadband operators ensure a minimum 512 kbps download speed at all times, media reports said. The Indian telecom regulator, had last month, in a draft direction on boosting transparency in delivery of internet and broadband services, asked fixed broadband operators to ensure... Read More
Anand Chandrasekaran, Former Airtel Chief Product Officer, has joined leading Indian e-commerce company Snapdeal in a similar capacity. The senior leadership team of Snapdeal is delighted to have him on board. According to Rohit Bansal, Co-Founder, Snapdeal, "Our company is going through a hyper growth phase. I believe, it will set new benchmarks for highly engaging and intuitive products not just in India, but at international level under Anand's leadership."... Read More
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