Reliance Jio Rs 999 Prepaid Plan When it comes to long-term prepaid plans, Reliance Jio has two choices for the customers. One in which it ships no daily data limit, and the other ones in which the data is available with a daily FUP limit. The Rs 999 prepaid plan by Reliance Jio belongs to the first category, and it comes with 60GB data for the validity period of 90 days....
Supreme Court a few days back announced its decision on the matter of AGR dues. The apex court said that the telcos will have to pay all the remaining dues in the coming decade starting next financial year. Before that, each telco will have to pay the 10% dues in advance so the 90% will be left for the next 10 years. This clarity on the decision of AGR dues case has eased things up for the telecom industry....
Telecom operators have been elevating the subscriber count by offering an array of prepaid and postpaid plans. Recently, private telecom operators have made some changes in their prepaid and postpaid plans by increasing the price of some plans and launching new plans. The private telecom operators Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea offers a variety of postpaid plans that are packed with data and other benefits. In case you are not aware, Vodafone Idea recently launched postpaid plans to increase its subscriber count....
Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are the two private telecom operators in India after Reliance Jio. Both the telecom operators will enjoy extra attention after the network outage of Jio. Jio customers will be bummed about the fact that their plan’s validity is wasted on a network outage. While the networks of Jio are back for some people, there will be so many agitated customers. So if you are considering changing your primary SIM card from Jio to Vi or Airtel, then here are the unlimited plans from both the telcos that you can subscribe to....
Both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have benefited from the recent tariff hikes and the relief measures announced by the government. But things haven’t ended here for the telos. For 5G to become a reality, the telcos need to do more work and get more cash in hand so that they can be ready for more aggressive network investments. There are two things that both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea want from the government — a) affordable spectrum for 5G, and b) reduced litigation in the sector....
Telcos Go Against Trai in the Tariff Transparency Matter The Trai always urged telcos to maintain transparency in the sector. As part of the same, it ordered telecom operators to publish all the tariff plans, including the limited period offers and the plans which are available only to select customers. But telcos have now come together and expressed their concerns over this order from Trai. The current leading telecom operator, Reliance Jio, in a latter submitted to Trai said the publication of the offers could create confusion, which will ultimately lead to an increase in consumer complaints....
Bharti Airtel has just launched 5G Plus network services for customers who live in Patna. With this, Airtel has now reached 12 cities with its 5G services, and then the 13th city, which is Pune, only has 5G network live in the airport. Airtel 5G Plus services will be rolled out to customers in Patna in a phased manner in the coming months. Patna is also the first state in Bihar to get 5G network support....
In a new development, one of the leading telecom players, Bharti Airtel’s Africa arm is all set to raise $194 million via debt from International Finance Corporation (IFC). IFC is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset management services to encourage private-sector development in less developed countries and is a member of the World Bank Group. The money will be raised to fund the telco’s Capex needs of key subsidiaries and refinance existing loans....
Airtel Plans The cheapest plan from Airtel comes at a price tag of Rs 155. For Rs 155, Airtel offers a total of 1GB of data along with unlimited voice calls and 300 SMS. The plan has a validity period of 24 days. Next, the telecom giant offers another short-term pack at a price tag of Rs 179. For Rs 179, Airtel users receive 2GB of total data along with unlimited voice calls and 300 SMS for a validity period of 28 days....
Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, strategically launched Airtel Black service for customers in 2021. The service is meant to deliver everything a customer wants under a single bill. The major advantage of this for a customer would be to pay a single bill for several services. However, for Airtel, the major advantage is that the customer gets engaged in the ecosystem of its services. Airtel Black service ensures that whether it is mobile, broadband or DTH (direct-t0-home) services, the customer gets it from Airtel only....
Bharti Airtel Rs 398 Prepaid Recharge: Details and Benefits Airtel has launched this Rs 398 prepaid recharge recently and it comes with benefits of 1.5GB daily data, unlimited voice calls to any network across the country and 90 SMS per day, not 100 SMSes. Same as Reliance Jio, Airtel’s also providing unlimited local, STD and national roaming calls within India and there’s no limit on how many calls you want to make....
Bharti Airtel recently announced its quarterly profit was Rs 2,008 crore during Q4 FY22. The telco also reported an industry-leading average revenue per user (ARPU) figure of Rs 178. Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel, said that there are three reasons why Airtel is doing great and will continue to do so. Let’s take a look at all of them. Bharti Airtel CEO Says These Three Reasons Helping the Company Stay Optimistic for Future Vittal said the ability of the company to consistently execute a simple strategy of winning with quality customers and delivering the best experience to them is the first reason Airtel is doing good....
Bharti Airtel’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) business, Airtel Digital TV, has gained a new high rank among the top DTH players of India. It is mostly Tata Sky and Dish TV, which are in the top two rankings, but with the rising market share, Airtel Digital TV has taken the second spot in India. This comes directly from the CEO of Bharti Airtel, Gopal Vittal, who in a note shared that Airtel Digital TV’s market share grew from 22% in December 2018 to 27% in December 2020....
In the recently concluded 5G spectrum auction, Reliance Jio was the only one who went for the 700 MHz frequency band for offering 5G services. Airtel, which could have bid for the airwaves, didn’t go for it. This led to many questioning why Airtel didn’t go for the 700 MHz band. Well, Airtel’s CEO, Gopal Vittal, has cleared that for us. But before we do that, we need to understand what the 700 MHz spectrum actually does....
Bharti Airtel has announced the names of the winners of the first-ever Airtel IQ Hackathon. The jury decided that the winners are Green Receipt, a Gurgaon-based company, Vizard Info from Delhi and Frazor BFSI from Udaipur. Airtel launched the hackathon back in September this year. The objective of the Airtel IQ Hackathon was to identify and build new-age business solutions across five key sectors of the economy, including Travel & Hospitality, BFSI, Retail & Ecommerce, Contact Centre, and Ed-Tech....
Bharti Airtel doesn’t offer a 1.5GB daily data prepaid for 365 days. It is a big disappointment as its competitors, including Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea (Vi), provide their users with such a plan. Airtel is primarily looking for the customers to recharge again and again so that it can earn more through them at regular intervals. Long-term prepaid plans allow users to escape the effect of prepaid tariff hikes for some time....
Bharti Airtel and Dish TV are two prominent Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators in India. Bharti Airtel provides DTH service under the brand Airtel Digital TV. Both the companies offer users an Android Set-Top Box (STB). Airtel calls its Android STB “Xstream Box” while Dish TV calls it “dishSMRT HUB”. Both the companies are offering their STBs for the same price - Rs 2,499. Since they both are Android STBs and come for the same price, it can be hard for people to choose one....
Airtel Payments Bank, the banking and finance business of Bharti Airtel, has now over 15 million monthly active users. The online bank’s services first went live for the users in India back on April 11, 2016. Over the last five years, Airtel has invested a lot of resources into making the Payments Bank a more secure and faster experience for the users. Much recently, Airtel Payments Bank officially launched the ‘Rewards123’ savings account for its users to help them earn rewards on the online transactions they make....
Bharti Airtel’s rewards application called ‘Airtel Thanks’ now enables users to get the information they want in their preferred language. The company is making it convenient for the users living in different parts of the country to gain knowledge or information about the pack they are using or want to recharge with. This is a good move from the telco given it has a deep reach in the Indian telecom market as its users are spread across the country even in the most remote regions....
What Does Airtel Have to Say Airtel has stated that it welcomes the low-end smartphone initiative from Reliance Jio and Google. They support every effort that triggers the upgradation of feature phones to smartphones so as to bring more Indians online. The telcos experience has shown that as customers with entry-level devices upgrade to quality smartphones which are priced over INR 7000, they demonstrate a strong preference for Airtel’s brand and network....
