After announcing the roll-out of 5G services in 8 cities at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022, Airtel today officially launched its 5G services which it is calling ‘Airtel 5G plus’ in 8 cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Siliguri, Nagpur and Varanasi.
Airtel today announced that it has demoed India’s first immersive Virtual Reality (VR) advertisement powered by 5G at the IMC 2022. The advertisement format on the Airtel Thanks app opens new avenues for brands to engage with consumers in an immersive environment that was previously not possible in the traditional advertising paradigm, said the company.
At the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Enterprises announced that Airtel will roll out 5G services in India in 8 cities, including Delhi, Varanasi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, and Siliguri starting today.
Airtel Payments Bank has launched Micro ATMs to help debit card customers outside of metro and Tier 1 cities withdraw cash. The banks will leverage their network of over 500,000 banking points in India to facilitate cash withdrawals.
Bharti Airtel has launched Xsafe, an end-to-end home surveillance system that is simple to use and is equipped with a variety of Wi-Fi-based advanced cameras. This system gives customers complete peace of mind by keeping them connected to their homes even when they are away.
Airtel said that it will be deploying 5G in India in August, but it is yet to reveal the launch date for 5G service for the public. Today, it announced Edge CDN and other products in Edge Cloud Portfolio. Airtel said that it will utilise Qwilt’s Open Edge Cloud solution for deployment
Airtel acquired 5G spectrum worth Rs. 43,084 crore in the 5G auction a few weeks back, and the company said that its 5G deployment will start in August 2022. Today, Airtel said that it has paid Rs 8312.4 crores to the Department of Telecom (Government of India) towards dues for spectrum acquired in the recently … Continue reading “Airtel pays Rs. 8312.4 crore upfront payment for 5G to DoT”
Airtel has quietly introduced two new prepaid plans, Rs. 519 and Rs. 779, respectively. These plans include 1.5GB of data per day as well as some additional benefits. This is a welcome move by the company, as 1.5GB/day plans are popular among consumers and offer low-cost alternatives in the face of rising tariff costs. Let’s … Continue reading “Airtel launches two new 1.5GB/ day prepaid plans”
Nokia today signed a partnership with top telecom operator Bharti Airtel for the implementation of 5G radio access networks (RAN). This multi-year agreement comes on the heels of the recently concluded 5G spectrum auctions and the allocation of pan-India spectrum to Bharti Airtel, demonstrating the company’s commitment to ushering India into the 5G era. To … Continue reading “Airtel 5G deployment to begin this August”
5G spectrum auction ended today after 40 rounds, and the government received bids worth Rs. 1,50,173 crore for 71% of total 5G spectrum bid. A total of 72097.85 MHz of spectrum in various Low (600 MHz, 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz), Mid (3300 MHz) and High (26 GHz) … Continue reading “India 5G auction: Jio acquires spectrum worth Rs. 88,078 crore, Rs. 43,084 crore for Airtel, Vi spends Rs. 18,784 crore”
In India, 5G is crucial for both the telecommunications sector and other sectors that heavily rely on automation. Typically, 5G operators will set up private network solutions for industries to boost the effectiveness of that particular business.
Bharti Airtel has launched Airtel Xstream Fiber, a Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) broadband service in Ladakh and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. With the establishment of fibernet, the firm has become the first private ISP to roll out FTTH broadband in these remote areas, providing customers with world-class digital access. Over the next three years, the company … Continue reading “Airtel Xstream Fiber launched in Ladakh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands”
Airtel today launched Xstream multiplex, an extension of Airtel’s Xstream Premium offering, which it says is the India’s first multiplex on the Partynite Metaverse platform. Yesterday, the company said that it has achieved a 2-million subscriber milestone within 100 days of its launch.
Airtel has announced that the Airtel Xstream now has 2 million paid subscribers. The company said that it is India’s fastest growing OTT aggregator platform.
Airtel has launched three new all-in-one plans to take on JioFiber. The company said that these are built for the evolving entertainment needs of today’s connected homes. There are three monthly plans – Rs. 699, Rs. 1099 and Rs. 1599 that offer 40Mbps, 200Mbps and 300 Mbps speed, respectively.
