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Chakri K June 26th, 2018 6:06 PM 160 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio Adds 9.6 Million Subscribers in April 2018, Inches Towards 200 Million User Base

Reliance Jio has added a whopping 9.6 million subscribers during the month of April 2018, which takes the overall subscriber base of the telco to 196.2 million and is inching towards the 200 million subscriber base. During the same period, Idea Cellular has added 5.5 million new subscribers, followed by Bharti Airtel with 4.5 million new additions. State-run PSU, BSNL added over seven lakh new customers during the same period,... Read More

Chakri K June 26th, 2018 11:17 AM 4 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Appoints Ajay Chitkara as Director and CEO for its B2B Unit

Bharti Airtel today announced senior leadership appointments for its B2B unit – Airtel Business. Ajay Chitkara has been appointed as Director and CEO of Airtel Business. In his new role, Ajay will spearhead Airtel Business as an integrated unit that will include both domestic enterprise and global enterprise operations of the company. Ajay will continue reporting to Gopal Vittal, who is the MD and CEO of Bharti Airtel. [caption id="attachment_178504"... Read More

Chakri K June 23rd, 2018 6:21 PM 46 COMMENTS

3 New Ways Using Which Airtel Seeks to Attract More 4G Customers

Bharti Airtel is currently the leading telecom service provider with over 305 million subscribers, but the company's 4G user base is nowhere close to that of Reliance Jio's 186.6 million (as of March 2018). As per the latest Trai data, Airtel's 4G subscriber base is less than 100 million and that's a worry for the telco. But going forward, Airtel is looking to increase the 4G subscriber base to stay... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 21st, 2018 3:47 PM 6 COMMENTS

Airtel to Sensitise its Customer Care Executives After Social Media Row

After the row on Social Media against Bharti Airtel, the telco has clarified that it will train its staff to deal with sensitive consumers complaints which even distantly to caste, religion etc. On Monday, a matter surfaced on Twitter when a customer blamed the telco for giving in to religious bigotry. Later the issue went viral and garnered criticism from many people online. To tackle this issue, Bharti Airtel issued... Read More

Chakri K June 21st, 2018 12:46 PM 3 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Puts Pixel 2 Devices Up for Grabs on its Online Store With Bundled Postpaid Plan

Bharti Airtel, in its latest move, has stated that the Google Pixel 2 range of smartphones will now be available for purchase on the Airtel Online Store with bundled postpaid plans and down payment option. The down payment start at Rs 10,599 for the Pixel 2 and at Rs 15,599 for the Pixel 2 XL. Only the Pixel 2 devices are made available on the Airtel Online Store, not the... Read More

Chakri K June 20th, 2018 3:49 PM 7 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Announces Aggressive 4G Network Expansion in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel today announced its network expansion plans in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana under the company's dedicated network expansion programme- Project Leap. Airtel announced that it would add more than 15,000 new mobile sites in FY 2018-19 in the circle along with an addition of more than 3000 kms of the optic fibre. Alongside stepping up its 4G data capacities and taking services deeper into rural and unconnected... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 20th, 2018 2:01 PM 5 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Issues Letter Saying it Did Not Bow Down to Religious Bigotry

Late on Monday, a controversial matter spurted on Airtel’s turf to which the operator responded on Twitter saying that it did not bow down to religious bigotry. Airtel clarified on its Twitter response saying that their practices do not involve any kind of religious discrimination and also added that the organisation doesn’t hold any executive’s religious identity accountable for its work. The matter came into light when the telco was... Read More

Arpit Sharma June 15th, 2018 9:36 AM 4 COMMENTS

Prepaid Plans With 3GB Daily Data from Top Four Telecom Operators Compared

Reliance Jio, a couple of days ago, rolled out a new offer to keep the consumers as well as the other incumbent telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular at the edge of their seats. The telco rolled out a new Double Dhamaka offer which would offer additional data to the customers along with up to Rs 100 discount on every prepaid pack. The telco did not stop... Read More

Chakri K June 13th, 2018 6:46 PM 24 COMMENTS

Airtel TV to Offer Free Live Stream of FIFA World Cup in Hindi, English and Other Local Languages

Airtel TV, the OTT content application of Bharti Airtel announced the free live streaming of the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2018 football matches in Hindi, English and various local languages. Airtel stated that it rolled out a new update to both Android and iOS users bringing in a lot of new features to optimise the user experience throughout the tournament. All the Airtel users can watch the entire tournament for... Read More

Chakri K June 12th, 2018 6:52 PM 18 COMMENTS

Airtel to Provide 4G Services Across Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri

Leading telecom operator, Bharti Airtel stated that it would ensure seamless connectivity and convenience for its customers visiting the Char Dham locations - Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri over the next few weeks. Airtel also reaffirmed that it's the only private telecom operator to provide 4G/3G/2G connectivity at all the locations, enabling its customers to stay in touch all the time. The telco said it recently restored network connectivity at... Read More

Chakri K June 11th, 2018 7:19 PM 66 COMMENTS

4G in India: Airtel Achieved Better Download Speeds than Jio Between May 2017 and February 2018

4G in India has always been marred with various issues such as availability, download and upload speeds and so on. However, in recent times, things have changed a lot with increased download speeds and a whopping 96% of LTE coverage by a new entrant. OpenSignal, the network measuring firm recently released its report on 4G speeds offered by the country's top four telecom operators- Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone India... Read More

Chakri K June 11th, 2018 1:45 PM 59 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Plans 4G Expansion in Tamil Nadu With 12,000 New Mobile Sites This Year

Every other day, Bharti Airtel is revealing its network expansion plans for each circle in the country. After announcing its network expansion plans in Kerala, Airtel today said that it would continue to make significant investments to expand its operations and network footprint across Tamil Nadu even further. Airtel, under its ongoing network transformation program - Project Leap, stated that it's planning to roll out 12,000 new mobile sites across... Read More