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January 6th, 2018 9:21 AM 56 COMMENTS

Tariff War: Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular Increases the Validity of Tariff Plans, to Match Reliance Jio’s New Offers

Leading telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular revised their popular tariff plans. Both the operators have increased the validity to match Reliance Jio's new offers. Airtel increased the validity of Rs 448 and Rs 509 tariff plans, whereas Idea Cellular increased the validity of its Rs 449 and Rs 509 tariff plans. Also, these plans from both Airtel and Idea are open market plans valid across the country, meaning... Read More

December 25th, 2017 11:51 AM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Taking the Postpaid War to a New Level by Offering 50% More Data With the Entry-Level myPlan Infinity Postpaid Plans

Bharti Airtel is concentrating on both prepaid and postpaid users at the same time, which other telecom operators are failing to do so. India's leading telecom operator yet again updated its myPlan Infinity postpaid plans with better data offering compared to other telecom operators. At the same time, Airtel also removed a couple of myPlan Infinity postpaid plans to reduce the redundancy. Airtel has removed the Rs 649 myPlan Infinity... Read More

December 11th, 2017 10:28 AM 43 COMMENTS

Airtel to Add More than 2000 Mobile Towers in North East India; Expected to Offer Mobile Services in 2100 Uncovered Villages

Indian telecom operator Airtel, which has operations in over 17 countries today signed an agreement with the Department of Telecom (DoT) and the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF). Under the agreement, Airtel will be offering mobile services in identified uncovered villages and national highways in the North Eastern States of Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh. Bharti Airtel, in a press statement, released today said it would... Read More

December 4th, 2017 12:47 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Acquired a Strategic Stake in Juggernaut Books to Ramp Up its Content Platform

With pressure mounting on its head in the digital content space, Bharti Airtel, the leading telecom operator today said that it had acquired a strategic stake in Juggernaut Books, also known as Juggernaut, a popular digital platform to discover and read high quality, affordable books and to submit amateur writing as well. Vodafone and Idea Cellular are already offering the same service through Magzter platform, and now, Airtel has joined... Read More

December 1st, 2017 6:31 PM 41 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone Looking to Acquire RCom’s Spectrum in 2100 MHz and 900 MHz Band: Report

India's top two telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India are now eyeing debt-ridden Reliance Communications' spectrum in the 2100 MHz band in 13 circles that will expire in 2030. These circles are Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Northeast, Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Orissa, West Bengal and Rajasthan. Both the telcos are looking to enhance their spectrum holdings in these circles some of which are key markets in... Read More

November 27th, 2017 11:13 AM 88 COMMENTS

Sunil Mittal Says Indian Telcos Forced to Write Off $50 Billion Due to Jio Entry

Indian telecom service providers were forced to write off investments of up to $50 billion due to Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio’s prolonged free voice and data offers, and the latter is now opposing a relief package for the debt-laden sector, according to Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal. In an interview with ET, Mittal said, " My estimate is about $40-50 billion have been written... Read More

November 24th, 2017 5:03 PM 30 COMMENTS

Bloodbath in Telecom Still Continues; Only New Entrant Can Stop It: Bharti’s Sunil Mittal

Bharti Group chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said that the bloodbath in the Indian telecom industry is continuing and margins for all telecom operators are under pressure. Mittal told Hindu Business Line that "there will be some let-up in the next 6-8 months because ultimately three operators will be left." In a separate interview with the Times of India, he said that the sector would... Read More

November 24th, 2017 7:21 AM 3 COMMENTS

Vodafone’s Rs 2,999 RED Signature Postpaid Plan is a Worthy Alternative to Airtel’s Rs 2,999 myPlan Infinity Postpaid Plan

Price wars in Indian telecom sector don’t seem to end any sooner. Both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone have updated their existing postpaid plans, following aggressive price cuts for the prepaid subscribers. Bharti Airtel has eight postpaid plans starting at Rs 399, Rs 499, Rs 649, Rs 799, Rs 1199, Rs 1599, Rs 1999 to Rs 2999 under its ‘myPlan infinity' service for making unlimited free voice calls. All plans come... Read More

November 17th, 2017 11:38 AM 6 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone & Idea Gained VLR Subscribers in Last One Year; Industry Revenue May Revive Over 12-18 Months: India Ratings

India's top telecom operators, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, have gained VLR subscribers over the past year even as active subscriber base declines for most telcos in absolute numbers. Airtel gained 23 million VLR subscribers over the past year, while Idea Cellular and Vodafone gained 11.9 million and 5.1 million VLR subscribers, respectively, over past one year, India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) said in its report. These telecom operators,... Read More

November 16th, 2017 10:48 AM 6 COMMENTS

Airtel’s Long-Term Profitability to Benefit From Operational, Capital Spending Synergies Post Acquisitions

Bharti Airtel’s long-term profitability is expected to benefit from operational and capital spending synergies after completing its announced acquisitions, the latest of which was Tata Teleservices, Further, Airtel will also be a key beneficiary as smaller telecoms are forced out of the market and pricing stabilizes as competitive dynamics ultimately result in a three telecom company market, Ratings firm Moody's said in a recent note. The agency also said that... Read More

November 4th, 2017 7:26 AM 201 COMMENTS

Airtel’s Rs. 448 Tariff Plan is Here to Take on Reliance Jio’s Rs. 399 Plan; Gives Unlimited Voice Calls, 1GB Data Per Day for 70 Days

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has now silently come up with a new tariff plan of Rs. 444, with which the operator once again counters Reliance Jio. Airtel's Rs. 444 plan offers similar benefits as Jio's Rs. 399 tariff plan and even the validity is the same. In recent times, Airtel has been competing with Reliance Jio in every aspect possible, especially, Airtel is going neck on neck to Jio in... Read More

October 31st, 2017 5:18 PM 9 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Q2 ARPU Declines 23%, Data Usage per User Up 308% at 4GB

Bharti Airtel's average revenue per unit (ARPU) declined 23% to reach Rs 145 in the second quarter from Rs 188 in a year-earlier quarter. The company, however, revealed that its mobile broadband customer base increased 33.6% year-on-year to reach 55.21 million in the quarter. Airtel's overall data customer base increased 5% year-on-year to reach 65.7 million. Its overall subscriber base in India marginally increased by 0.5% in the second quarter... Read More

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