Xiaomi has been one of the prime examples of being successful in the smartphone arena through an online-only sales model. India is one of the most important markets for Xiaomi, and its partnership through Flipkart has been going quite smoothly till now. But Xiaomi wants a bigger share of the pie and in addition to online-only sales, it has now entered the offline arena. Xiaomi has now tied up with The... Read More
Airtel has reported consolidated mobile data revenue of Rs 2,114 crore, up by 74.3% YoY in India, for the quarter ended December 31, 2014. The company has disclosed that the mobile data revenues now contribute more than 85% of the incremental revenues of the company. Consolidated revenues for the quarter were at Rs 23,217 crore, up by 5.8% YoY. Net Income was at Rs 1,436 crore, up by 135.4% YoY. India revenues... Read More
Airtel, the country’s largest private operator has been in the middle of quite a lot of controversy since it announced it plans on charging for VoIP services. But it took back the move after that and resumed providing regular services after that. Now the company has been struck by a systemic failure of its network in Hyderabad and, as a result, its cellular services have not been available since 6... Read More
During the launch of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G, the company had announced their partnership with Airtel to sell the device. Now, Airtel has started taking bookings for the Redmi Note 4G, and the device will be available from 133 Airtel stores across six cities – Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bangalore. Airtel will put up the Redmi Note 4G on sale in other towns subsequently. The... Read More
Airtel starts offering free WYNK subscription along with 3G data benefits to its users on recharging with respective 3G data packs in few circles. On recharging with Rs 265 and Rs 285 3G pack users gets 3G Data benefit along with free WYNK subscription. UP(West) & Uttarakhand Circle Benefits Karnataka Circle Benefits We expect the same to be rolled out in other circles soon. Dear readers, do you get benefited with these offerings?... Read More
Some time back we conducted the TT Poll : Share your views on Airtel myPlan and Idea !Plan. We usually get a good response for polls, but this one left us with a different experience as the responses received themselves spoke about the scenario and interest among users. Note : This survey mainly concentrates on the postpaid plans rather than on the prepaid myPlan as we feel there is no point... Read More
After the "Call me back SMS", Airtel has introduced another service Poke Call. So if your balance is below Re 1, you can request a missed call. This will be especially helpful for users caught in an emergency situation and their balance is below Re1. Dear readers, do let us know your opinion on this service from Airtel. Is this service really helpful in case of emergency when balance is... Read More
According to some reports Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is looking at examining Airtel's special deal with social media giants-Facebook and WhatsApp. The authority will examine Airtel’s data packages offering access to Facebook and WhatsApp to determine whether they amount to “preferential access” for such services. The offers being examined include Airtel's 5 bundle of 15 MB data for five days and the seven-day access package that costs a customer... Read More
Airtel will enhance its 3G network in the Mumbai, West Bengal and Bihar telecom circles using Nokia’s latest Single RAN (radio access network) Advanced platform. The deal includes an India-first dual band, dual carrier 3G network implementation, refarming 900 MHz to complement Mumbai’s existing 3G network on 2100 MHz. This will enable higher throughput and thus improved 3G services. Under the contract, Nokia... Read More
It appears that Airtel has partnered with E-Commerce sites to promote Airtel Money, its mobile wallet service. The complete list of E-Commerce sites and services it now supports can be found here. Airtel has also started aggressively promoting Airtel Money by informing its subscribers about various discounts it offers on partner sites if one uses Airtel Money as their mode of payment. It isn't surprising that Airtel is pushing Airtel... Read More
The Department of Telecom (DoT) could hamper the Airtel-Loop merger after all, as it will soon start sending out notices to Loop Mobile's subscribers to switch to another operator before the company's permit expires in November. Bharti Airtel and Loop Mobile had signed a definitive agreement in June 2014, where Airtel would acquire Loop Mobile's subscribers and assets for a rumoured Rs 700 crore price tag. However, the government fears... Read More
As a general practice users usually believe the information provided on official website regarding the offers and benefits obtained on different recharges and blindly recharge without thinking twice. But in a distrustful incident, we have received woes from customers and have also experienced it ourselves that Airtel’ s official portal Airtellive.com have misleading information regarding recharge benefits which differs from what users get after recharge. In a similar case reported,... Read More
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