Bharti Airtel is all set to launch 4G services in India later this month in Kolkata. Bharti Airtel’s CEO Sanjay Kapoor confirmed it in GSMA event in New Delhi. It would also be the first operator in the country to launch 4G services. It is based on 4G LTE-TDD technology that would offer speeds up to 100 Mbps.
Airtel has launched new Fulltalk time offers at Rs.200, Rs. 300, Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000. These packs were already available on online Easy Recharge since the launch, but now these packs come with Fulltalk time without any validity. The previous fulltalk time packs of Rs. 333 and Rs. 444 is also available.
Airtel has launched new Packs – Message Mania RCV 11 and Talk around the Clock RCV 29 for pre-paid customers in Assam and North East. These packs offer maximum benefit for texting and talking. The SMS pack offers free local and National SMS across all networks and the talk time pack offers free Airtel-to-Airtel calling minutes.
Airtel has partnered with Bridge Alliance to offer unlimited data roaming in 11 countries in Asia Pacific region at Rs 500 (approximately US$10 excluding taxes) a day. This Bridge DataRoam Unlimited plan is valid for one day and is available for Airtel postpaid mobile customers.
Airtel has doubled the data benefits on its GPRS packs for its pre-paid customers in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. These packs range from Rs 12 to Rs 98 that would offer double data. Rs 149 will continue to offer 4GB of data including 2GB of night data (11 PM to 6AM) and 200 MB of Facebook data.
Airtel has expanded its Airtel Money, Mobile Payment Service that is now available in 300+ key cities across India. This enables the Airtel Money users load cash on their mobile devices and spend it to pay utility bills and recharges, shop at 7,000+ merchant outlets, transact online etc. They launched the Airtel Money services last year starting … Continue reading “Airtel Money – Mobile Payment Service now available across India”
Airtel has launched RC 24 and RC 46, new limited period offers for prepaid mobile customers in Kerala. These packs offer maximum talk value at cheaper rates.
Airtel has launched online self care service for prepaid mobile customers for the first time in India. This would let the Airtel prepaid customers to manage their prepaid account online and offers host of functionalities including checking balance, recharging, starting / stopping VAS services, viewing last 5 recharge details and more.
Airtel launched the BlackBerry BBM Plan for post-paid customers last month. This plan is now available for pre-paid customers. This would lets the Airtel customers enjoy unlimited use of Blackberry Messenger (BBM) and free 300 local + national SMS per month.
Airtel has offered Manual Mobile Office Setting instructions for Non-OTA devices after they received complaints about problem in GPRS settings on certain devices. Since the automatic GPRS settings doesn’t work on some devices, these instructions would help the customers to set manual settings for the these devices.
Airtel has launched Name Tunes, personalized Hello Tune service that enables you to personalize your caller tune with your own name. Airtel mobile customers can stamp their caller tune with their own identity by following a simple process that allows them to search and set their name as their Hello Tune.
Airtel has announced that the Easy Recharge for pre-paid customers on airtel.in now supports payments via Net banking. They launched the online recharge for the prepaid users across India last August. It had payment support via Master/Visa credit or debit cards. Now the net banking support is a great advantage for those who have online … Continue reading “Airtel Easy Recharge on airtel.in now supports Net banking”
Nokia has been voted as India’s Most Trusted Brand again and retains their first position from the last year according to a recent survey conducted by research firm Trust Research Advisory (TRA). In the telecom sector, Airtel leads by retaining the same 9th spot as last year. The Brand Trust Report, India Study, 2012 (BTR … Continue reading “Nokia, Airtel still rank as top trusted brands in India”
Airtel has launched new BBM Plan for mobile customers using BlackBerry smartphones. This would lets the Airtel customers enjoy unlimited use of Blackberry Messenger (BBM) and free 300 local + national SMS per month. Vodafone launched similar BBM plan for both the pre-paid and post-paid customers earlier today.
Airtel has launched Comedy FM, a new VAS (Value added Service) for mobile customers. This would offer jokes, fillers, standup comedy acts to humourous excerpts from sitcoms. Airtel customers can now dial 52747 to subscribe to Comedy FM to get daily dose of humour from Comedy Circus, FIR, Office-Office, Lapatagunj. Rangeela Raju and much more!
