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Reliance Jio and Airtel Comparison While Reliance Jio has averaged an ARPU of Rs 138 and has managed to only register a rise of Rs 0.2, Bharti Airtel has grown by leaps and bounds and has managed to surpass the figure of Rs 140, only to have its ARPU at Rs 146. Now, we have already talked at length about how Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel differ in their strategies. Bharti Airtel has always had eyes on a higher ARPU, and it thinks that it can prioritise adding subscribers at a slow pace while maintaining the overall paying quality of its subscribers....

Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, has launched new connectivity solutions for enterprises in the country. The new connectivity solution from the telco is based on Cisco’s Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) technology. This new solution announced by the telco will allow businesses, regardless of their size, to boost digital transformation for their customers. Further, this new solution from Airtel will enable organisations in delivering applications to users with better security, performance, and visibility....

Bharti Airtel is known for charging a ‘premium’ on its prepaid plans to differentiate its services from India’s top telecom operator Reliance Jio. Airtel strives to add more high average revenue per user (ARPU) customers to its bag so that it can have all the ‘quality’ customers who are not afraid to pay for premium services. Regardless, the telco offers a very economical prepaid plan where the users get 1GB of data for approximately Rs 3....

Bharti Airtel Revisits Trai Statements for Clarification Highlighting the matters with Trai, Bharti Airtel remarked that back on September 19, 2019, when Trai reduced the IUC from 14 paise to 6 paise and proposed a gradual shift towards Bill and Keep (zero IUC), the regulator had also gone on to mention the following. The Sunil Bharti Mittal led telecom operator, in its clarification quoted Trai’s words, “The Authority shall keep a close watch on developments in the sector particularly with respect to the adoption of new technologies and their impact on Termination cost....

Bharti Airtel might be contemplating purchasing the rival Direct-to-Home (DTH) operator, Dish TV. Bharti already runs a DTH business under the brand — Airtel Digital TV. The telecom operator is in early-stage talks with Dish TV to buy a majority stake in the company, reports Mint. Nothing’s finalised yet as the discussions are still in the early stage. However, Dish TV’s shares jumped 4.8% in the early trade session on Thursday to Rs 18....

Airtel’s Business arm is one of its most prominent businesses in the entire array of services that it offers. On the same lines today, Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of its ‘Airtel Office Internet’ which is a unified enterprise-level solution for the emerging digital connectivity needs of small businesses, SOHOs, and early stage tech start-ups. The new service has been launched in partnership with Google Cloud and Cisco. Bharti Airtel has noted that because of the pandemic, the digital connectivity needs have skyrocketed and the startups and businesses need more digital productivity tools more and more....

Airtel Rs 349 Plan Benefits Explained The Bharti Airtel Rs 349 prepaid plan comes with 2GB data per day, and it offers 28 days validity to the subscribers. In the total 28 days time period, the subscribers will be able to enjoy 56GB. Also, there is a benefit of 100 SMS per day with unlimited calling. It is worth noting that Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel are the only two telecom operators which are offering truly unlimited calling in the industry right now....

Bharti Airtel Takes a Jab at Reliance Jio The new tweet that we are talking about comes from Bharti Airtel’s official twitter account, and it says “For some, unlimited means something else. For us, unlimited voice calls have always meant truly unlimited voice calls. Switch to Airtel now.” The tweet is also accompanied by a video which denotes “free is not equal to 6 paise per minute.” It is worth noting that with this tweet, Bharti Airtel is clearly solving two purposes....

Everyone is almost trying to get a new broadband connection for their home today. This is because of the reliability factor they bring into the play. There are several ISPs (internet service providers) in the mix, and most of them offer different kinds of internet plans. Here are some ideas for how to make broadband plans more alluring in order to draw users and inevitably bring in money for the telcos and the ISPs in India....

In today’s day and age, the internet has become a necessity and more people rely on it than ever before. The demand for the internet has grown exponentially, particularly in the last couple of years due to unprecedented events that took place with the arrival of Covid-19. As the use of the internet spreads out more and more across India, so does the need for affordable plans. Not all users can afford or need high-speed high-priced internet connectivity....

Huawei to Participate in 5G Trials The person also highlighted, “Huawei will work with Vodafone Idea and Airtel in Delhi and Bangalore, respectively for 5G trials. Samsung and Jio will do the trial in Mumbai. Nokia and Ericsson will have similar arrangements with both VIL and Airtel for trials.” While Huawei will work with Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel to deploy 5G in Bangalore and Delhi, Samsung will be testing the network in Mumbai with Jio....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) provides prepaid plans with 3GB daily data benefit. Even though the telco hasn’t managed to succeed in expanding its 4G services throughout India, it focuses on bringing the customers a lot of value through its 3G prepaid plans. A lot of people want more than 2GB daily data. But with telcos such as Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, 3GB daily data plans can be quite expensive....

MTNL has sought a refund of interest that it paid for broadband wireless access spectrum which it was given by the government and asked to pay the price that was determined in auctions held in 2010. Both state-run telecom firms have asked for permissions to monetise their land assets as well as the voluntary retirement scheme for employees on the Gujarat model. Under the Gujarat model, an amount equivalent to 35 days of salary for each completed year of service, and 25 days of salary for each year of service left till retirement is offered....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is offering OTT (over-the-top) bundles to customers who want to watch entertaining content with their broadband plans. While there are some plans offered by the company that come with OTT benefits, there are others which don’t bundle any additional benefit. So for users on such plans, there’s an OTT bundle of Rs 249 which will bring access to 9 different OTT apps. Indian customers have become accustomed to OTT platforms since the pandemic started....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is one of the oldest broadband internet providers in the country. Over the last few years, BSNL has understood the importance of giving customers more than what they expect for a lesser price. Thus the telco offers its customers some really interesting broadband plans which aren’t priced too high but offer a ton of benefits. There are some BSNL broadband plans which provide a lot of data benefits to the customers and are always in high demand....

The fibre broadband industry in India is primarily dominated by three players – BSNL, Airtel and Reliance Jio. The trio has a pan-India presence and provides a competitive edge in pricing. Among the three, the government-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has comparatively cheaper plans with beneficial features to both urban and rural subscribers. Although the BSNL plans differ from one region to another, they come in similar price ranges with minor differences....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) had issued a notice a few months back that it would be discontinuing the Plan 99 from September 1, 2021. The Plan 99 is a postpaid offering from the company. The state-run telco had said that customers who are using the Plan 99 would be migrated to the Rs 199 postpaid plan. Because of the change, customers who received their postpaid bill in October were shocked to see the revised charges....

BSNL Invites Private Players in Multiple Circles Nagella Trinath, deputy manager marketing at BSNL, on Sunday shared the “new business opportunity” advertisement on Twitter. The ad highlights that the BSNL Hyderabad Telecom District is inviting business partners to provide high speed broadband services and install FTTH equipment through a revenue sharing agreement with BSNL. While the ad doesn’t specify the complete revenue sharing agreement, a Twitter user Vaithiyanathan shared that the TN circle is also inviting franchise players for the Bharat Fiber services under 50/50 revenue share agreement....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is currently offering users a Rs 2399 plan with long-term validity. With this plan, users get a complete year’s worth of validity. But right now, BSNL is offering this plan with even more validity. The company will offer users this plan with an additional validity of 60 days. This is a limited period offer valid until June 29, 2022. BSNL keeps on introducing such additional validity offers for the users....

Deployment of Network in LWE Regions According to a source in the department, “The telecom department (DoT) has changed tender terms from 2G to 2G+4G, and now considering to mandate 4G only in a telecom project covering as many as ten states affected by Left-Wing Extremism (LWE).” It was back in May 2019, when the Cabinet had issued approval for the connectivity programme which is to be deployed in the Naxalite-Maoist affected insurgency areas in the Red Corridor....