Tag: Airtel

Airtel can continue 3G Intra-circle roaming, but cannot add new 3G customers in 7 circles, says SC

Supreme Court has ordered Bharti Airtel not to extend its 3G Intra-circle roaming services to new customers in the 7 circles, where it did not have licences for 3G spectrum, according to a report from The Economic Times. Airtel got a temporary relief earlier this week, when Supreme Court allowed them to continue their 3G intra-circle roaming till April 11th. Last month DoT had asked Bharti Airtel to stop 3G services in 7 circles and asked them to pay Rs. 350 crore (Rs. 50 crore per circle) for illegal roaming pact with Vodafone and Idea . Delhi High Court temporarily stalled the execution of DoT’s order until the final hearing, after Airtel appealed against it. Continue reading “Airtel can continue 3G Intra-circle roaming, but cannot add new 3G customers in 7 circles, says SC”

Gopal Vittal to replace Sanjay Kapoor as Bharti Airtel’s India CEO

On completion of a 15 year stint with Bharti Airtel, CEO Sanjay Kapoor has quite the company. He will continue in his current role as Bharti Airtel’s India CEO till 28th February. He will also be available to assist on key ongoing matters to easy out the transition process.

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Airtel launches WiFi hangout – a prepaid hotspot service in select cities

India’s leading mobile and broadband provider Airtel has now sought after a new way to provide its broadband internet as a service. While the notion of a paid WiFi hotspot is nothing new in India, there has not been a wide commercial push that has widened its reach, and Airtel may fix just that, with its new “WiFi Hangout” service, a prepaid WiFi hotspot, initially launched in three cities/regions namely Mumbai, NCR and Bangalore.

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Airtel Data Share plan offers 5GB 3G data at Rs.1000 between 3 devices

Airtel today announced an interesting data plan which will be very useful for users who carry multiple devices and also if you want to share a data plan with family members or friends.The Airtel Data Share Plan allows one to share 3G data between 3 devices. The plan is available for both prepaid and postpaid customers. Continue reading “Airtel Data Share plan offers 5GB 3G data at Rs.1000 between 3 devices”

Apple iPhone 5 launched in India

At events across the country, the long awaited iPhone 5 has been launched in India. Featuring a larger 4″ screen and a much more powerful A6 processor, the iPhone 5 is a major step up from the iPhone 4S. The phone is now incredibly slim with a thickness of just 7.6mm. The svelte smartphone is also remarkably light weighing just 112gms.

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Airtel starts taking Pre-Orders for iPhone 5 in India, priced at Rs.45500 for 16GB

Airtel  which is one of the leading mobile operators in India has started taking Pre-Orders for the Apple iPhone 5 on its website. Airtel is promoting the iPhone 5 on its homepage and has requested interested customers to pre-order the device. The date of availability is mentioned as November 11th 2012 which is a good 10 days later than the previous November 2nd date we have been hearing from distributors.The prices seem to be exactly the same as what we had heard prior to this.

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Airtel launches 60-days-60-deals offer for new prepaid customers


Airtel has launched new offer called 60-days-60-deals, for new prepaid customers across India. This limited period offer would offer daily deals for new customers for 60 days, across various Airtel services such as SMS, Data, STD calls, night minutes, Value Recharge and Value Added Services for new prepaid customers joining Airtel. Continue reading “Airtel launches 60-days-60-deals offer for new prepaid customers”

Airtel Rising Stars launched to hunt the best under-16 soccer players across India

 

Airtel has launched, Airtel Rising Stars, a new under-16 soccer talent hunt that would choose 12 talented footballers who will get the chance-to attend a week long training camp with Manchester United in Old Trafford, England. Starting mid-July 2012, this 3-months long talent hunt will be conducted in 16 cities (including Mumbai, Delhi, Goa, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Calicut, Chandigarh and Jaipur) with the support of the respective State Football Associations. Continue reading “Airtel Rising Stars launched to hunt the best under-16 soccer players across India”

Get Tamil Nadu State Board 10th exam results on Airtel

Airtel has introduced new VAS for its prepaid and postpaid customers in Tamil Nadu to access their state board results for Class 10 on their mobile phones. The board results for class 10will be declared on 4th June, 2012. Continue reading “Get Tamil Nadu State Board 10th exam results on Airtel”

Airtel launches more than full Talk Time packs in Gujarat


Airtel has launched more than full Talk time packs for prepaid customers in Gujarat. These packs would offer more talk time than the recharge value. These packs start from Rs. 110 that would offer 115 minutes of talk time. Continue reading “Airtel launches more than full Talk Time packs in Gujarat”

Airtel partners with Qualcomm to bring 4G to Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala


Bharti Airtel has announced an agreement to acquire 49% interest in Qualcomm Asia Pacific’s (Qualcomm AP) India BWA entities. Under this Agreement, Bharti has made US$ 165 million approx investment to acquire Qualcomm AP’s India BWA licenses in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala. Qualcomm won BWA Spectrum in these circles in 2010 by paying about USD 1 billion approx to acquire it. Continue reading “Airtel partners with Qualcomm to bring 4G to Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala”

Airtel launches online Shop

 

Airtel has launched their Online store – shop.airtel.com where they sell mobile devices from different brands such as Apple, Samsung, Nokia Sony, LG, HTC and BlackBerry. They also offer 33% offer on mobile devices with exclusive airtel plans such as 500MB free 3G data for 1 month on select phones. They have partnered Infibeam to sell and deliver the Mobile phones.

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Airtel launches new unlimited 3G Plan for BlackBerry postpaid customers


Airtel has launched a new 3G plan for BlackBerry postpaid customers that offers unlimited 3G internet browsing on the device. This plan also comes with 1GB of off-device (When BlackBerry device is used as a modem) 3G data free per month. Continue reading “Airtel launches new unlimited 3G Plan for BlackBerry postpaid customers”

Airtel offers local outgoing calls at just Re.1/min while roaming in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh


Airtel has introduced new Airtel South Asia rates for its mobile customers in India traveling to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This new plan would let the Airtel users in India enjoy home call rates as low as Re.1/min to keep in touch with family and friends while visiting Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Continue reading “Airtel offers local outgoing calls at just Re.1/min while roaming in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh”