Bharti Airtel said it has opened pre-booking for Samsung Galaxy S10+ and S10 on its online store. The S10 will be available for a total cost of Rs 81,000, including a downpayment of Rs 9,099, plus 24 equal monthly installments of Rs 2,999. In comparison,...
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Airtel launches 4G on ‘Band 8’ in Mumbai to boost indoor coverage
Bharti Airtel has deployed LTE on 900 MHz band, which has the ability to pass through walls and other obstacles much better than other 4G bands. With this, customers with handsets that support this frequency will see an improvement in 4G signal levels. This is...
Mobile data prices down 96% under Modi
Prices of mobile data have crashed by 96% under Modi’s tenure, while those of voice services fell by 76%, according to data released by Department of Telecom. On average, 1 GB of mobile data used to cost Rs 254.95 in December 2014, DoT said, while...
4G PRICES: Vodafone takes off gloves in fight with Reliance Jio
With a long and painful process of merger with Idea Cellular over, Vodafone India has started has begun slashing its 4G prices and has dislodged new entrant Reliance Jio as India’s cheapest 4G provider. Vodafone Idea, which has been bleeding millions of customers every month...
Airtel Africa gets $200 mln investment from Qatar Investment Authority
Airtel Africa Ltd, the holding company of Bharti Airtel’s Africa operations, said Qatar Investment Authority, the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar, has agreed to invest USD 200 million through a primary equity issuance in the company. The proceeds will be used to further reduce Airtel...
TRAI Rules: D2h adds support for Star channel packs
D2h, the DTH service from Dish TV India Ltd, has added support for several channel packs from Star India, in an apparent deviation from its earlier stance. The DTH operator had, like rival Sun Direct, omitted all channel packs from Star India when it came...
Airtel becomes first operator to launch 4G in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Bharti Airtel said it has become the first telecom operator to launch 4G services in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. “Airtel’s 4G services will enable local residents to enjoy digital services like HD quality video streaming, superfast downloads and uploads, high speeds internet browsing on Airtel’s...
Vodafone Idea withdraws all prepaid recharges, to have only 5 schemes
Vodafone Idea, India’s No.1 telecom operator, said it has decided to withdraw all existing recharges and replace them with five coupons with specific validity. The recharge balance has to be used within the validity period, or it will be lost. With this, a customer has...
Shravin Bharti Mittal, others join Airtel Africa board ahead of IPO
Bharti Airtel said shareholders of Airtel Africa Ltd, which houses the Indian company’s operations in 14 African countries, have constituted a board of directors, including Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal and his son Shravin Bharti Mittal. Others appointed to the board include both Airtel representatives as...
Bharti Airtel overtakes Vodafone Idea in mobile broadband
Bharti Airtel overtook the combined Vodafone-Idea entity in mobile broadband users in August due to a steep, 20% fall in Vodafone India’s wireless broadband users in the month. The sharp decline of 12.5 mln mobile broadband users on Vodafone’s network in August was at odds...
No delays in Africa IPO — Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel today denied a Bloomberg report that said that the company has delayed the IPO of its Africa unit. “We would like to categorically state that Airtel Africa IPO preparations are proceeding as per plan and there is no change in plans,” the Indian telco...
Airtel ends ‘lifetime free incoming’; to charge Rs 35/month
Bharti Airtel said it has stopped the policy of allowing users to continue on its network even if they spend nothing on outgoing calls and use their numbers only for receiving incoming calls. The company said it has done this by removing many of its...
Bharti Airtel says open to partnering with cable operators for broadband
Bharti Airtel today said that it was ‘open to’ partnering with cable operators to get access to last mile connections to customers for its broadband service. “We would be open to looking at partnerships to expand our access to the last mile,” said CEO Gopal...
As Jiophone sales rise, Bharti Airtel’s mobile revenue starts falling again
The pain for Bharti Airtel’s mobile business does not seem to be over, with the company’s India mobile revenue declining further in the September to a new low, belying expectations that it had hit bottom two quarters ago. Total India mobile revenue fell 2.2% on...
Bharti Airtel to list African unit, raises $1.25 bln pre-IPO
Bharti Airtel said it has raised $1.25 bln (Rs 9,150 cr) from institutional investors by selling shares in its Africa unit and intends to list Airtel Africa soon. The investors who have committed to invest in the UK-based unit include Warburg Pincus, Temasek, Singtel, SoftBank Group...
Bharti Airtel to deploy 5G tech in Bangalore, add 13,000 towers in state
Bharti Airtel said it will add 13,000 new mobile sites and introduce a key element of 5G technology in Karnataka in the next six months as part of its network upgrade. It also plans to add 4,500 km of optic fiber within the state in...
Bharti Airtel hopes for a 50% increase in 4G spends by consumers
Bharti Airtel, India’s second largest telecom company by revenue, said it sees a “massive opportunity” for growth in India, its key market, due to the exit of all but four players. “A 3+1 player industry is a great outcome,” it said at the CLSA Investors Forum...
Airtel, Netflix sign content-sharing, billing agreement
Airtel and Netflix announced an expansion of their partnership in India through which the telecom operator will sell and promote Netflix content to its customers. Airtel TV, the video app from the operator, will have a dedicated row of Netflix content. It is not clear...
Bharti Airtel offers international roaming pack at Rs 196
Airtel has announced simplified international roaming tariffs under a minutes-pack concept. Unlike other, more complicated tariffs, the new packs offer a certain number of minutes for international travellers that can be used to make either local calls in the foreign country or calls to India....
Airtel increases data capacity to Europe, Africa via cable deal
Bharti Airtel said it has signed an agreement to purchase capacity on four submarine cable systems between India and Europe from Telecom Egypt. “Airtel will get IRUs (Indefeasible Right of Use) on Middle East North Africa Submarine Cable (MENA Cable) and TE North Cable Systems. ...