Domestic telecom Tejas Networks has refuted Bharti Airtel’s allegations that its equipment is responsible for network interference in Rajasthan, asserting that the issue arises from Airtel’s tower deployments being positioned too close to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) sites. In a letter to the telecom operator, a senior Tejas executive … Read More
India’s 6 GHz spectrum band has emerged as the centre of a widening fault line between telecom operators and global technology giants, with each side laying out sharply different demands as the government evaluates how the spectrum should be used. The outcome will directly influence how fast mobile networks and … Read More
A quiet but significant development appears to be taking shape in India’s mobile voice ecosystem. Users across multiple telecom circles have started reporting that HD Voice typically limited to calls within the same network is now appearing during calls between Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. If confirmed, this would mark … Read More
Bharti Airtel has alleged that Tejas Networks, a Tata Group company, supplied “sub-standard equipment” that is causing interference in its 900 MHz network in the Rajasthan circle. In a letter dated November 14, Airtel said the issue has been affecting service quality since last December and that repeated technical discussions … Read More
Bharti Telecom, the holding company of Bharti Airtel, is looking to raise about a $1 billion via bonds. This is the second time in the last two months the company is looking to do so. The company will issue about Rs 90 billion worth ($1.01 billion) worth of bonds, which … Read More
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in India, will be taking a slow approach towards 5G SA (standalone architecture). The company’s staggered approach will be there because it doesn’t see an immediate need to invest in the SA, said S&P Global Ratings. Much recently, the research agency had upgraded its … Read More
Bharti Airtel’s Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Gopal Vittal, has shared his views on the 5G hype. According to him, 5G has not lived up to expectations or delivered the transformative impact it was marketed to achieve. The technology has neither disrupted business models nor boosted revenues—outcomes that telecom operators … Read More
Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have both stepped up their artificial intelligence (AI) offerings, marking one of the biggest shifts in India’s telecom market as operators begin bundling premium AI services at massive scale. Airtel’s Perplexity partnership covers its entire customer base, while Jio has widened access to Google’s Gemini … Read More
Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, has received a positive rating upgrade from S&P Global. The rating of the company has been upgraded from BBB- to BBB. The positive upgrade comes owing to the market competition and the continued growth of the telco. The analysts at S&P Global expect Airtel’s … Read More
Bharti Airtel has taken a long approach to upgrade to the 5G SA (standalone) for its users. Firstly, the company will bring 5G SA for the FWA (fixed wireless access) users. This is because Airtel believes that 5G SA would have been an overkill to begin with as 5G NSA, … Read More
Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telco, has become the first operator to reach Man and Merak, two of the remotest villages located on the Eastern Border of Ladakh. These two villages are in front Pangong Lake. Airtel is the only operator in the region to offer mobile connectivity. The eastern border … Read More
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator, has called Indus Towers a very undervalued asset in his recent comments to the analysts. For the unaware, Indus Towers, a telecom infrastructure company, was acquired by Bharti Airtel in the recent past. It wasn’t wholly acquired, but more than 50% stake was with … Read More
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