With every passing quarter, the Average Revenue Per User (APRU) of top telcos- Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea has been dipping alongside that of Reliance Jio's. But the Mukesh Ambani-led telco's ARPU has been slightly better than that of the other two telcos. In order to increase their ARPU, telcos have come up with a plan and that is to remove talk time prepaid plans. Yes, you heard it right.... Read More
Large telecom operators including Vodafone Idea Ltd and Bharti Airtel have begun rolling out an 'alternate digital KYC process' for new connections, which will replace the Aadhaar-based electronic verification process. Reliance Jio sources indicated that the operator has a plan on alternate digital KYC and will roll it out soon. However, it is not immediately clear if telecom service providers are, for now, continuing Aadhaar eKYC for verification of new... Read More
One of the major reasons why Jio has been so successful in the Indian telecom industry is because of its LTE-only network. Incumbent telcos Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea lost their huge chunk of 2G subscriber base to Jio because the new entrant offered affordable tariff plans. In order to boost its ARPU and push its 2G and 3G subscribers to shift to 4G, Airtel has revealed its intentions of... Read More
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel today began rolling out, in select circles, an 'alternate digital KYC process' for new connections, to replace Aadhaar-based electronic verification, a company official said. The alternate digital KYC process has begun with select circles including Delhi, UP (East) and UP (West) and will be extended to other locations in the coming days, the official privy to the development told PTI. The alternate digital process for KYC entails... Read More
Telecom operators already confirmed that they would focus heavily on improving user experience through their self-care apps. Just a few days after Jio rolling out a new update to the My Jio app, former leading telecom operator, Airtel has now rolled out a major update to its self-care app My Airtel. With the latest update, Bharti Airtel has added a new interface to the application, but sadly, the new interface... Read More
Bharti Airtel now seems to have found a new way about selling differently priced plans as compared to Reliance Jio. The telco has decided that selling to the customers who are paying as low as Rs 35 per month is just not worth the hassle. As such, the telco will now focus on catering to better-paying customers, and it is going to be the telco’s new strategy against competing with... Read More
OpenSignal’s speed test reports for all the telcos in India are out now, and Bharti Airtel has emerged as the winner among all by recording the highest download speeds on 3G and 4G network. In the speed test, Airtel recorded a speed of 7.53 Mbps followed by Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and BSNL which averaged speeds of 5.47 Mbps, 5.20 Mbps, 4.92 Mbps and 2.70 Mbps. In the past two... Read More
While we have already seen a lot of offers from phone manufacturers with Diwali drawing closer, the telecom operators are also not far behind when it comes to launching new offers and plans for luring in the consumers. With the festival around the corner, telcos have already started rolling out plans which offer very attractive data benefits along with free calling and bundled SMS. Some of these Diwali festive offer... Read More
Bharti Airtel reported a drop in consolidated net profit for the tenth straight quarter as losses on mainstay India business widened due to pricing pressure from aggressive competition. Overall, the consolidated net profit of Rs 118.8 crore in July-September represented a drop of about 65% from Rs 343 crore in the year ago period, according to a company statement. The loss from India operations (before exceptional items) mounted to Rs... Read More
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel on Thursday reported a 65.4% drop in consolidated net profit at Rs 119 crore for the second quarter ended September 2018. Its net profit stood at Rs 343 crore in the same period of the previous year, according to a company statement. Total revenue came in at Rs 20,422 crore for the September quarter, which was 6.2% lower than Rs 21,777 crore notched in the year-ago... Read More
Bharti Airtel, at the ongoing India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2018 has showcased a wide range of upcoming digital technologies and futuristic products based on 5G and Internet of Things platforms. Airtel stated that the showcase is part of the company's Airtel 3.0 vision under which it's aiming to build networks and services that enrich the lives of customers by enabling advanced digital experiences. At the IMC, Airtel displayed 5G network... Read More
Telecom operators are going aggressive with every passing day as they are constantly launching new tariff plans to lure users. Keeping heavy data users in mind, Bharti Airtel has introduced a prepaid recharge of Rs 181 taking on the likes of Reliance Jio and Vodafone India. However, Airtel's Rs 181 prepaid plan is in its own league because it ships with 3GB daily data and that Airtel has introduced it... Read More
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What did you do to use so much data on mobile Network
What did do to use so much data on mobile Network,
I’ve used 1300 GB/1.3 TB in 28 days, in December. (365 plan)
I've used 1300 GB/1.3 TB in 28 days, in December.
yes its been a while i will check today
