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September 5th, 2018 7:52 PM 11 COMMENTS

Sunil Bharti Mittal Optimistic About Profitability in Telecom Sector in a Few Years’ Time

The last two years have been a big one for the telecom industry since Reliance Jio stepped into a different segment altogether, two telecom giants finalised their merger and took the top spot from Bharti Airtel, and many small telcos were shown the exit after they weren’t able to survive the competition. Recalling all of this and commenting on the present state of the telecom Industry, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder... Read More

September 5th, 2018 9:23 AM 11 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Conducts Employee Townhall; Airtel CEO Sends Out Company-Wide Email as Things Heat Up

Soon after the finalisation of the Idea-Vodafone merger, the former market leader Bharti Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal sent out an organisation-wide email informing the employees about the competition that lies ahead and also talking about the strengths of the company. In a related development, one day after the companies' merger, the newly formed Vodafone Idea conducted a two-hour town hall which was streamed across the nation in Vodafone-Idea offices. The... Read More

September 4th, 2018 5:38 PM 32 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Goes For the Kill With Three New Prepaid Plans Priced Under Rs 100

Bharti Airtel is no more the leading telecom operator in India, and Gopal Vittal, the CEO of the company, has already urged its employees to focus on adding new customers to regain the top spot. And as a first step towards the same, Airtel has rolled out three new prepaid plans today, priced at Rs 35, Rs 65 and Rs 95. In the press statement issued by the company, with... Read More

September 4th, 2018 4:59 PM 13 COMMENTS

Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal Addresses Employees, Says Building Blocks in Place for Increasing Market Share

Ahead of the two-year milestone completion of the latest telecom entrant in the industry, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel CEO, Gopal Vittal wrote an email addressed to all the Airtel employees urging them to put in every effort to increase the Revenue Market Share (RMS) of the company. This move comes after Bharti Airtel lost its top spot to the newly merged entity Vodafone-Idea Ltd. The CEO said that for the... Read More

September 3rd, 2018 2:43 PM 37 COMMENTS

Number of 4G Smartphones Supporting Airtel VoLTE Surpasses 200

Airtel VoLTE is now supported by over 200 4G smartphones in India. Announced back in September 2017, Airtel VoLTE initially had less than 20 devices support, but exactly, a year later, the support has been extended to more than 200 smartphones. Popular brands such as Xiaomi, Samsung, Nokia and so on have added Airtel VoLTE software patches to its smartphones. Also, Motorola has added Airtel VoLTE support to its newly... Read More

September 1st, 2018 7:54 PM 23 COMMENTS

Airtel Falls Behind Jio With This 2GB Daily Data Plan Priced Under Rs 450

The former telecom leader, Bharti Airtel has not put down its defence against its biggest competition Reliance Jio. The Sunil Bharti Mittal led telco has launched a Rs 449 prepaid tariff plan which is providing benefits which surpass the offering by Reliance Jio. To recall, the Reliance Jio plan of Rs 449 offers 136GB of data spread over a period of 91 days. Whereas the Bharti Airtel prepaid plan of... Read More

August 30th, 2018 9:38 AM 11 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Shareholders Favours Merger Proposal With Tata Teleservices

Shareholders of Bharti Airtel has approved the proposed merger with Tata Teleservices, according to the company. The merger which is now looking for the approval from National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) is expected to be finished by the end of March 2019. In a regulatory filing, Airtel revealed that 99.97% of shareholders voted in favour of the merger. "The special resolution to approve the proposed composite scheme of arrangement between... Read More

August 29th, 2018 12:59 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Receives Green Signal from Government to Reduce 15% Stake in DTH Arm

Bharti Airtel's DTH arm, Bharti Telemedia has revealed in a regulatory filing that it has received government's nod for transferring 15% stake to private equity firm Warburg Pincus. "The said approval has been granted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting," Airtel said in a regulatory filing, as reported by PTI. The deal was announced back in December 2017 but was halted due to some FDI requirements from the government. Earlier... Read More

August 29th, 2018 10:36 AM 3 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Receives FDI Clearance for Selling 20% Stake in its DTH Arm to Warburg Pincus

Bharti Airtel has reportedly received FDI clearance from the government for selling 20% stake in its DTH arm to Warburg Pincus. The deal worth USD 350 million was announced way back in December 2017. According to a source close to PTI, the government has cleared the FDI which is required to sell 20% stake in Bharti Telemedia. The source privy to the development said that the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)... Read More

August 28th, 2018 6:55 PM 11 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel to Expand its 4G Network in Rajasthan by Deploying 9000 New Sites This Year

Bharti Airtel has now announced its massive network expansion plans for FY 2018-19 in Rajasthan. With this new expansion plans, Airtel is looking to improve its high-speed mobile data footprint in Rajasthan. Under its network expansion program, Project Leap, Airtel promised to add more than 9000 new sites in FY 2018-19, along with the addition of more than 4150 kms of optic fibre in Rajasthan. Airtel wants to step up... Read More

August 27th, 2018 12:24 PM 15 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Postpaid and Broadband Users to Get Free Netflix Subscription for 3 Months

Bharti Airtel today announced its partnership with content platform Netflix through which subscribers of select Airtel and V-Fiber Home Broadband plans will receive a three-month gift of a Netflix subscription. After three months, Airtel users will be able to pay for their Netflix subscription seamlessly, using their Airtel postpaid or home broadband bill. Airtel also confirmed that existing Netflix subscribers would also be eligible for this gift. Subscribers not eligible... Read More

August 25th, 2018 1:32 PM 22 COMMENTS

Airtel Thanks: Eligibility for Membership and Benefits Explained

Reliance Jio’s competitive pricing and strategies have troubled other telcos ever since the Mukesh Ambani led operator stepped into the playing field. One of the most sought-after programs for Reliance Jio subscribers was of the JioPrime membership which cost Rs 99 for an entire year and this year was renewed for free for all the existing Prime members this year. Now Bharti Airtel has come up with a similar program... Read More

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