With the ongoing changes in the prepaid sector, it's pretty evident that more and more customers will choose postpaid as their service option going forward. Back in August 2016, postpaid plans used to offer better benefits than prepaid plans as the combo plans didn't exist back then. But the scenario has now changed as combo prepaid plans have become a thing in the industry now. Telcos such as Bharti Airtel... Read More
Telecom operators in India are currently in the process of simplifying their tariff lineup. Bharti Airtel is amongst them as the telco has now removed the Rs 799 prepaid recharge in all the 22 markets where it has operations. That said, the Rs 799 plan is not alone as the Sunil Mittal-led telco even removed the Rs 549 prepaid plan in 16 circles and some subscribers are even reporting the absence... Read More
Ever since the two big players of the Industry, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular merged, there has been a consolidation in the telecom sector with three players, all vying for the top spot. Although the competition might look calm on the surface, the telcos are still going against each other with similarly priced plans, new revision and new plans launches. Out of all the plans and across their entire portfolio,... Read More
In order to push unlimited prepaid plans, top telcos- Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea seem to have taken yet another major step. After removing the talk time plans, telcos are now barring outgoing and incoming calling facility on prepaid numbers. According to the information we have, Airtel and Vodafone Idea started restricting its users from making outgoing voice calls without an unlimited prepaid pack. In a country like India, where... Read More
Bharti Airtel, which launched its VoLTE service back in September 2017 is now providing the service in 21 telecom markets. At the moment, Airtel is not providing the Voice over LTE service only in Jammu Kashmir, but it's expected to make the service available in the said circle too very soon. Very recently, Airtel rolled out the service in Himachal Pradesh circle which took the service availability to 21 circles... Read More
Sunil Bharti Mittal led telco, Bharti Airtel has shown distaste for participating in any early spectrum sale of 5G airwaves citing that there is not the right kind of ecosystem present in India currently to support 5G. Bharti Airtel’s leadership spoke in an analyst meet and clarified its stance on the 5G spectrum auction saying that the technology is three to four years away and it would not be in... Read More
Bharti Airtel which used to be the leading telecom operator in terms of subscriber base already lost its place to the merged entity of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular. It's currently second on the list, but in the next four to six months, it might sacrifice the place to Reliace Jio which is adding subscribers on a big number every month. Jio already has over 250 million subscribers as of... Read More
Bharti Airtel has made a revision to the Rs 399 entry-level postpaid plan and it now ships with Amazon Prime subscription. Furthermore, the telco is now offering 40GB of data every month without any expiry period. Earlier, Airtel offered 20GB of additional data on top of the standard 20GB data benefit for a period of 12 months or one year. But that has been removed now and the plan ships... Read More
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
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