June 18th, 2019 2:08 PM 60 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Becomes First Operator to Launch 4G Services in Lakshadweep Islands

Telecom operator, Bharti Airtel, today announced the launch of high-speed 4G internet services in Lakshadweep Islands. With this launch, Airtel becomes the first telco to offer 4G services in the Islands and also connects it to the digital superhighway. Starting today, Airtel 4G is live across Agatti, Bangaram and Kavaratti islands, and the company says the coverage will be gradually expanded across the islands over the next few months. Until... Read More

June 17th, 2019 4:44 PM 0 COMMENTS

DCC Seeks Trai’s Views on Revising Rs 3,050 Crore Penalty Imposed on Vodafone Idea and Airtel

Digital Communications Commission, the apex decision-making body of the telecom department, Monday approved imposing penalty on Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea for not providing points of interconnection to Reliance Jio. However, before imposing the penalty, the Commission has decided to seek Trai's views on revising Rs 3,050 crore penalty recommended by the sector regulator amid financial stress in the sector. While Digital Communications Commission (DCC) approved imposing penalty on the... Read More

June 14th, 2019 8:24 PM 8 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Starts Providing Unlimited Data With Rs 1,999 Broadband Plan

The data consumption of every mobile data or broadband user has gone up significantly in the last few months. The statistics available out there also supplement this fact with the truth and this has been mainly catalysed by the coming of fibre-based high-speed broadband services. Since Reliance Jio is also planning on launching its GigaFiber FTTH service in India, the broadband connections in India have not only become faster but... Read More

June 13th, 2019 1:35 PM 8 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel Reach Out to Samsung for 4G and 5G Equipment After USA-Huawei Fiasco

Two major telecom operators of India, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel are in exploratory talks with the Korean telecom equipment manufacturer, Samsung, as Huawei's future seems to be surrounded with uncertainty, reported an ET Telecom report. Notably, Huawei has been in trouble lately and has been banned in the USA. A person familiar with the strategies of the two companies said that the two telecom operators don't want to be... Read More

June 13th, 2019 7:08 AM 45 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Finds Its Way Back into Growth and Stability After Two Years of Data Tariff War

It is very well known that the data tariff war which was started by the entry of Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator Reliance Jio, pushed the other telecom operators to the brink of losses and heavily damaged the balance sheet of these companies. However, there is one telecom operator which has managed to climb out of the pit finally and is making impressive improvements to its financial parameters and is... Read More

June 10th, 2019 2:04 PM 74 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Deploys LTE 900 Technology in Delhi NCR After Completing Upgradation in North-East

After the consolidation in the Indian telecom sector, the operators are trying hard to lure in more and more subscribers with the help of different ways. As part of this, they are also working to increase the quality, coverage and capacity of their network as well. We have already seen Vodafone Idea deploying new equipment in the Delhi NCR region and other parts of the country with a particular focus... Read More

June 7th, 2019 3:43 PM 3 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Prepaid Users Can Avail Extra 400MB Daily Data on Select Plans Through Mobile App

Bharti Airtel recently revamped its consumer programme and also rolled out a new version of its mobile app My Airtel. Airtel's mobile app is now called 'Airtel Thanks' which is in-line with its customer programme. In order to push its users to download the new mobile app, Bharti Airtel is providing additional 400MB daily data on select prepaid plans of Rs 399, Rs 448 and Rs 499. For example, the... Read More

June 7th, 2019 1:29 PM 58 COMMENTS

Airtel Boosts 4G Network in North East Region With Deployment of LTE 900 Technology

To ramp up their operations and to match the levels of Reliance Jio, the telcos are starting to increase their network capacity and coverage. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have both been on this task, and they are heavily investing in the quality, capacity and coverage of their 4G network. In the latest news, as part of its network expansion exercise, Bharti Airtel has boosted its 4G network in the... Read More

June 6th, 2019 1:56 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Launches OYO Store on Airtel Thanks App for Seamless Accommodation Booking

Bharti Airtel has been betting heavily on its Airtel Thanks application. The Sunil Bharti Mittal led telecom operator launched the revamped Airtel Thanks application for its subscribers with new benefits and more. Even with this, Airtel is not stopping and is continuously introducing new features and integrations for the users. In its latest move, Airtel has partnered up with OYO Hotels and Homes to launch OYO store on the Airtel... Read More

June 5th, 2019 3:26 PM 32 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio in Support of Early 5G Spectrum Auction; Vodafone Idea and Airtel Urge for Price Reduction

There has been a massive divide in the opinions of telecom operators in the industry about whether or not the 5G spectrum auction should be held in 2019. A lot of the telecom operators are against it and are asking for a reduction in prices recommended by the telecom regulator, whereas some players in the industry deem the prices and the early auction as an appropriate step. A new ET... Read More

June 5th, 2019 7:27 AM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel TV App for Android Gets Dark Theme, New Navigational Changes and PiP Mode With Latest Update

In the recent times, telecom operators had a switch regarding the type of offers they want to provide to the customers. While at one point of time, data, voice and SMS were the main offerings, now most prepaid and postpaid plans are being judged based on how much free content they offer and Live TV apps make up a big part of it. One of the biggest Live TV app... Read More

June 4th, 2019 8:12 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Payments Bank Now Allows Merchants to Collect Payments Using BHIM UPI

Airtel Payments Bank has announced today that it has finally started offering open loop BHIM UPI based transactions at over 500,000 merchant points across India. This new introduction will allow the consumers to make digital payments for goods and services by using any BHIM UPI enabled bank or payments app over their mobile phones. It is worth noting that Airtel Payments Bank has been providing payments solutions to consumers to... Read More

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