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Sneha Bhardwaj April 14th, 2019 4:41 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Launches My Circle Safety App for Women in Collaboration With FICCI Organisation

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel and the FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) on Sunday launched a safety app My Circle - aimed at aiding women in the event of distress or an emergency situation, by sending an SOS alert. The carrier-agnostic app can be installed by both Airtel and non-Airtel customers. "My Circle app enables women to send SOS alerts to any five of their family or friends in 13 languages including... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj April 11th, 2019 6:47 PM 0 COMMENTS

DoT Gives Conditional Approval to Airtel and Tata Teleservices Merger

The Department of Telecom has given approval for the merger of Tata Teleservices (TTSL) with Bharti Airtel, subject to the condition that the Sunil Bharti Mittal-led firm furnishes Rs 7,200 crore worth bank guarantee, a government official said to reporters at PTI. On April 9, telecom minister Manoj Sinha gave a conditional nod for the merger, the official said. Subsequent to the minister's approval, the official told PTI, that DoT... Read More

Arpit Sharma April 11th, 2019 12:41 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel, Singtel and Warburg Pincus to Make an Additional Offer of 26% to Dish TV Over its Initial Offer

Singtel, Warburg Pincus, and Bharti Airtel are in the initial stage of the talks to buy the 61% stake of Zee founder Subhash Chandra’s family in Dish TV, as per an ET Telecom report. Followed by this buyout, the trio will then make an offer for an additional 26% stake in the company as the Sunil Bharti Mittal led telco is in a bid to ramp up its operations in... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj April 10th, 2019 8:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea, Jio and Airtel Paid Over Rs 10,000 Crore as Spectrum Dues

Leading telcos Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have paid the government over Rs 10,000 crore in spectrum dues slated for April 10, but debt-ridden Reliance Communications has so far not deposited its outstanding amount of Rs 492 crore, a source said. The payments are towards the latest instalment in deferred spectrum liability for radiowaves bought in the past auctions. The source privy to the development told PTI that... Read More

Arpit Sharma April 10th, 2019 7:33 PM 69 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel to Transition from 3G to 4G Network By Refarming 2100MHz Spectrum in Nine Circles

Major telecom operator, Bharti Airtel has started the process of re-farming spectrum for using it in the 4G network. The airwaves which Bharti Airtel will be reused for the 4G network, thus transitioning from 3G, will be in the 2100MHz band. Also, currently, the telecom operator has reformed the spectrum in 9 circles and plans to transition from 3G to 4G network in these regions slowly. According to an ET... Read More

Arpit Sharma April 10th, 2019 1:39 PM 8 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Signs VoLTE Deal With Ericsson, First VoLTE Contract for Swedish Manufacturer in India

The Swedish equipment manufacturer Ericsson has bagged a new contract from the telecom giant Bharti Airtel to deploy VoLTE technology for the company and IP Multimedia Sub-systems (IMS), as reported by ET Telecom. This move comes in the light of Bharti Airtel’s strategy to combat Reliance Jio, the rival telco which was also the first one to deploy nationwide VoLTE technology and VoLTE calling with its arrival in the market... Read More

Arpit Sharma April 9th, 2019 7:47 AM 2 COMMENTS

Airtel, BSNL and Vodafone Wi-Fi Hotspots Compared Across Footprint, Data and Pricing

There has already been an announcement in the telecom industry about the deployment of more than a million Wi-Fi hotspots across the country by the year-end. Almost all big telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and BSNL, are deploying massive Wi-Fi hotspot sites to extend internet availability for their subscribers. These telecom operators are offering free data to their subscribers in these hotspots, providing a broad footprint of hotspots across... Read More

Chakri K April 7th, 2019 2:43 PM 4 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Rs 248 Prepaid Plan for First Time Recharge Users Launched

Bharti Airtel has launched a new Rs 248 prepaid plan for the first time/second-time prepaid recharge users. That said, the benefits of this new recharge plan is similar to what the Rs 229 prepaid plan that Airtel used to offer in the past. So Airtel basically hiked the price of Rs 229 First Recharge (FRC) plan to Rs 248. At the same time, the telco also removed some of the... Read More

Arpit Sharma April 4th, 2019 1:13 PM 3 COMMENTS

Airtel Digital TV and Singtel Will Make Majority Stake Acquisition Offer to Dish TV Together

Just like the data tariff war triggered by the entry of Reliance Jio sent a wave of consolidation in the telecom industry, the new Trai tariff regime might have done something similar for the DTH industry. Previously, there were rumours of Airtel making an acquisition offer to Dish TV, but now it seems that there has been some substance found to these talks. The Indian telecom giant, Bharti Airtel along... Read More

Arpit Sharma March 30th, 2019 6:12 PM 29 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Providing Free 4G Wi-Fi Hotspot Device on Six-Month Advance Rental Plans

Keeping the prepaid and postpaid segment aside, Bharti Airtel is focusing on other ventures like 4G Hotspot device and also providing free Wi-Fi to users across the country. Before the launch of JioFi hotspot device, Airtel and Vodafone used to offer their own hotspot devices at exorbitant prices, but that has changed with JioFi's launch. As you might already know, Reliance Industries, the parent company of Reliance Jio Infocomm is... Read More

Chakri K March 28th, 2019 4:16 PM 11 COMMENTS

Dhanbad Tops 4G Availability Chart in India With 95.3% Coverage: OpenSignal

OpenSignal, one of the well-known portals that test the network availability and speeds of telecom operators today released a new report of 4G availability in India's 50 largest cities. The report, which is named as 'OpenSignal's Hottest city for 4G Availability' reveals the 4G Availability in 50 cities. Out of the 50 cities, Dhanbad, which is also known as the coal capital of India has the highest 4G availability of... Read More

Chakri K March 26th, 2019 5:02 PM 12 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Rs 169 Prepaid Plan Now Comes With 28GB Data for 28 Days

The Indian telecom industry has reached a point where telecom operators are struggling to revise existing tariff plans. In recent times, we've seen operators modify postpaid plans, but there's no major development in the postpaid segment. It has over 15 months since Jio revised its tariff plans because they're still the best in the business. Bharti Airtel has now revised its Rs 169 open market plan to compete with Jio's... Read More