Manesar | Telecom operator Airtel on Thursday showcased its high-speed 5G network and low latency capabilities to transform the users’ experiences to the next level, and it is fully prepared to launch the high-speed network in the country. Low latency helps in streaming a very high volume of data with minimal delay. Besides, some IoT solutions […]
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Airtel broadband, mobile services suffer mega outage across nation
New Delhi | Bharti Airtel broadband and mobile services experienced a mega outage on Friday as millions of students and workers across the country, including Delhi and Mumbai, were left without Internet amid ongoing online classes and work meetings for several minutes before it started appearing back for some users, albeit slowly. On Internet outage detector […]
Airtel raises prepaid tariffs by 20%, effective from Nov 26
New Delhi | Telecom major Bharti Airtel will raise the prepaid tariffs by around 20 per cent. Accordingly, the new tariffs will come into effect from November 26, 2021. “Bharti Airtel has always maintained that the mobile ‘Average Revenue Per User’ (ARPU) needs to be at Rs 200 and ultimately at Rs 300, so as to […]
Vodafone Idea loses 42.89 lakh subscribers, Jio gains 54.66 lakh users: TRAI
New Delhi | Reliance Jio topped the subscription race in June, followed by Bharti Airtel. Jio added over 54.66 lakh subscribers during the month, taking its total subscriber base to 43.67 crore, data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) showed. Bharti Airtel added over 38.12 lakh to take its total customers to over 35.21 […]
Jio tops subscriber race in April, Vodafone Idea user base erodes
New Delhi | Reliance Jio topped the subscription chart for April as it added over 47.56 lakh users during the month. With this addition, Jio’s subscriber base has increased to over 42.76 crore users, showed data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Bharti Airtel added over 5.17 lakh users during the month under […]
Mastercard invests $100 mn in Airtel Africa’s mobile money biz
New Delhi | Airtel Africa on Thursday announced the signing of an agreement under which global payments technology major Mastercard will invest $100 million in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV (AMC BV), a wholly owned subsidiary of Airtel Africa Plc. AMC BV is currently the holding company for several of Airtel Africa’s mobile money operations and is […]
Airtel announces 5G-ready network
New Delhi: Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced that it has become the country’s first telecom operator to successfully demonstrate and orchestrate live 5G service over a commercial network in Hyderabad city. In a statement, Airtel said that it has done this over its existing liberalised spectrum in the 1800 MHz band through the NSA […]
Airtel says Jio’s allegations ‘baseless’, condemns tower damage
New Delhi: Telecom major Bharti Airtel has said that Reliance Jio’s allegations claiming sabotage of the latter’s tower infrastructure by its rivals are baseless and outrageous. In a letter to Anshu Prakash, Secretary of Department of Telecommunications, Airtel also condemned the disruption of telecom networks and the instances of vandalism. “We have always advocated firm government […]
Airtel, Vodafone Idea sabotaging network in Punjab and Haryana: Reliance Jio
New Delhi: Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL) has said that there are “blatant efforts” to sabotage its network in the garb of farmers’ protest by the channel partners of Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea. In letters sent to Anshu Prakash, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and P.D. Vaghela, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI, Reliance […]
Jio adds 46 lakh users in March, Airtel, Vodafone Idea see dip
New Delhi: Reliance Jio continued to lead the subscription race in March with an addition of over 46.87 lakh customers during the month, taking its subscriber base to over 38.75 crore, according to data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The other two private telcos, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, witnessed an erosion in […]