Bharti Airtel has awarded Nokia with a fresh contract for expanding the presence of 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) in India. Under this contract, Nokia will supply Airtel with its 5G FWA outdoor gateway receiver and Wi-Fi 6 access point, utilising Qualcomm Wi-Fi 6 and Modem-RF chipsets. This will enable Airtel in expanding the reach of high-speed broadband network in areas where fiber is hard to deploy. Bharti Airtel is... Read More
Bharti Airtel (Airtel) has been expanding its network to villages by deploying telecom sites to extend coverage to rural India. Over the last two years, Airtel has expanded its network to cover over 89,000 villages through the deployment of around 43,000 sites. In its presentation last September, Airtel stated that its 5G network coverage reaches 140,000 villages, while its 4G network coverage extends to 800,000 villages across India. Also Read:... Read More
Bharti Airtel's 2GB data per day prepaid plans with complimentary Unlimited 5G data are driving data monetisation for the second-largest telco, with an industry-leading ARPU of Rs 245 as of Q3FY25. After the July 2024 tariff revision, Airtel, along with the industry, revised the unlimited 5G data offering on prepaid plans of 2GB data per day and above. Bharti Airtel's Vice Chairman and Managing Director (MD), Gopal Vittal, during the... Read More
Bharti Airtel is fully prepared with its 5G Standalone (SA) Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) solution and can activate the network whenever the company deems it necessary. Additionally, over the last two quarters, Airtel's FWA availability has expanded across key locations, and the service is now live in over 2,000 cities. The company is also looking to double its broadband user base from over 45 million to anywhere between 80–90 million... Read More
Bharti Airtel, India's second-largest telecom operator, recently introduced new voice and SMS-only vouchers. Along with that, Airtel also made changes to its select prepaid plans. The two prepaid plans of Airtel that we will focus on today are the Rs 489 and the Rs 548 plans. These are affordable validity-focused plans from Airtel. The Rs 489 plan is cheaper than the Rs 548 plan on a whole basis, but also... Read More
Bharti Airtel's Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Gopal Vittal, recently confirmed that the company is not looking to invest in expanding 4G capacity anymore. The investments will flow towards increasing 5G capacity and coverage. At the Q3 FY25 results, Vittal said that Airtel will deploy more 5G radios as more 5G devices come into its networks. Since not everyone in India has a 5G phone, the company is slowly increasing... Read More
Union telecom minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia recently said that the cost of making a one-minute phone call in 2014 was 50 paise. Today, it has dropped to 3 paise, which is a reduction of 94%. The telecom industry tariffs saw a major restructuring and a dip in costs for consumers when Jio announced free calling and data in the initial days with its SIM cards. Competitors had to follow suit to... Read More
Bharti Airtel's Vice Chairman and Managing Director (MD), Gopal Vittal, said in a recent statement that the industry (telecom) needs further tariff repair to ensure sustained investments and long-term value creation. This statement comes right after the telecom operators hiked the tariffs and saw an uptick in their ARPU (average revenue per user). Bharti Airtel's ARPU reached a staggering Rs 245 during the quarter, the highest for any telecom operator... Read More
Telecom infrastructure company Indus Towers (Indus) will acquire mobile sites of Bharti Airtel Limited and Bharti Hexacom Limited for Rs 3,308.7 crore, the company said in a regulatory filing. The boards of Bharti Airtel and Bharti Hexacom have approved the sale/transfer of approximately 12,700 telecom towers and 3,400 telecom towers for Rs 2,147.6 crore and Rs 1,134 crore, respectively. The deal excludes the transfer of sites installed under Universal Service... Read More
Bharti Airtel has announced its quarterly results for Q3 FY25. The telco's quarterly revenues went up to Rs 45,129 crore, up 19.1% YoY and 8.8% QoQ. India business for Airtel posted revenues of Rs 34,654 crore, up 24.6% YoY and 9.8% QoQ, driven by tariff hikes in the mobile services. Even homes business saw revenues going up by 18.7% YoY. Let's take a look at every key detail about the... Read More
Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are the three major telecom operators in India that have 4G present in every nook and corner of the country. Thus, they command almost all of the postpaid mobile market share. Today, we will take a look at the cheapest or the most affordable postpaid plans from Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea. The postpaid plans from Reliance Jio and Bharti... Read More
Blue Ribbon Bags is a baggage service that allows travellers to fly with peace of mind. The service offers multiple things such as crisis concierge, a $1000 guarantee for each bag if the bag is not found even after four days of searching, and the service coverage is for airlines globally. Bharti Airtel, India's leading telecom operator is now bundling Blue Ribbon Bags service with its postpaid plans. It is... Read More
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This must be 5G only. Checkout iPhone service mode. I don't know what it is exactly called.
First outdoor tests Note:Vi hasn’t officially rolled out 5G yet ,as you dont see any announcements on Vi’s website or…
Hope babus in bsnl do something about it
bas 1 watt pr operate karna suru kareh to chamatkar hi chamatkar ho jayegi
Hypocrisy ki koi hadd nhi hai idhar lol
