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Reliance Jio effect: Airtel unveils Rs 249 pack; offers 2GB data per day, unlimited calling for 28 days

The package also provides unlimited local, STD, incoming roaming and outgoing roaming calls and 100 local/national SMS per day.

Apr 12, 2018, 10:49 AM IST

Reliance Jio beats rivals in 4G download speed in January: Report

Reliance Jio's 4G download speed was more than two times of rival Bharti Airtel's average peak speed of 8.8 mbps in the reported month

Mar 29, 2018, 17:29 PM IST

Airtel takes fight to Reliance Jio, offers 30GB free data

The Sunil Mittal-led Airtel is slowly rolling out VoLTE services in select circles, and the firm has now launched its VoLTE beta programme.

Mar 24, 2018, 17:49 PM IST

Telecom subscribers base slips 1.32% to 117.50 crore in January 2018: Report

The mobile subscriber base declined to 115.19 crore at the end of Jan 2018 from 1,16.74 crore at the end of Dec 2017, down 1.33%.

Mar 23, 2018, 17:58 PM IST

Reliance Jio effect: Airtel offering unlimited calls, 40GB data at Rs 499

Check out the Reliance Jio offer at Rs 498 to compare it with that of Airtel.

Mar 20, 2018, 09:12 AM IST

Airtel rolls out offers for Samsung S9, S9+

The 256GB variant of S9 is available for Rs 65,900, while that of S9+ will retail for Rs 72,900.

Mar 16, 2018, 21:04 PM IST

Will Reliance Jio, Airtel help in keeping Aircel's network running?

Aircel has filed for bankruptcy saying high debt and mounting losses, following a price war triggered by a new entrant, have led the company to troubled times.

Mar 02, 2018, 12:19 PM IST

Airtel offers Rs 2,000 cashback on Nokia phones, here's how you can grab it

Termed the "Mera Pehla Smartphone" initiative, Nokia 3 and Nokia 2 4G smartphones will be available with an Airtel cashback offer.

Feb 20, 2018, 00:20 AM IST

Union Budget 2018: What it holds for Banking & Telecom sectors

The Union Budget for 2018-19 is significant for the Modi government as it will be the first budget post the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax regime.

Jan 31, 2018, 16:10 PM IST

Airtel, Vodafone, Jio, Idea to roll out Aadhaar-sim linking via OTP – How it works

The OTP based Aadhaar-based SIM reverification of existing subscribers will be rolled out from December 1.

Nov 22, 2017, 11:57 AM IST

Get 300GB data, unlimited calling on Airtel prepaid recharge of Rs 3,999

The pre-paid plan is valid for 360 days.

Nov 14, 2017, 16:55 PM IST

Airtel to transfer optical fibre biz to Telesonic Networks

The optical fibre business of Bharti Airtel includes both underground and overground fibres.

Nov 01, 2017, 18:19 PM IST

Faced with Reliance Jio's onslaught, Airtel's Q2 profit nosedives 77%

Airtel had posted net profit of Rs 1,461 crore for the July- September quarter of last fiscal.

Oct 31, 2017, 18:47 PM IST

Idea Cellular tops Trai's 4G upload speed rankings in Sep

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) MySpeed app tabulates mobile data speed of various operators.

Oct 09, 2017, 12:41 PM IST

Reliance Jio: No single call can last more than 5 hours

If in case the caller exceeds the limit, their outgoing calls would be discontinued for the day. Subsequently, they would have to top up their Jio account with Rs 149 to restore the service.

Oct 04, 2017, 12:22 PM IST

Mobile Congress a success, more industry players want to join us: Organisers

The three-day event that started on Wednesday is the first of its kind in India.

Sep 28, 2017, 22:45 PM IST

IMC 2017: Large telcos lament high taxes, spectrum costs; seek relief

Large telecom operators including Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular on Wednesday lamented the high taxes, and spectrum costs being faced by the industry, and asked the government for immediate relief to mitigate the woes of the stressed sector.

Sep 27, 2017, 12:48 PM IST

Telecom sector under stress: SBI chief

She said this when asked whether TRAI's decision to reduce the IUC charges would affect incumbent operators like Vodafone, Airtel and Idea which were already feeling the heat of Reliance Jio's disruptive move.

Sep 23, 2017, 19:10 PM IST

IUC cut to hit telcos' biz by Rs 5k cr, 2G calls to suffer: COAI

Regulator Trai's decision to cut call connection charge rate by more than half, if executed, will hit earnings of old mobile operators to the tune of Rs 5,000 crore in the current fiscal, industry body COAI on Wednesday said.

Sep 20, 2017, 19:37 PM IST

Airtel misrepresenting facts to create policy bias: Jio

It also contested claims of Airtel on investing Rs 79,000 crore internal cash in the business, alleging that the operator has made paltry fresh equity investment in the last several years whereas it required much higher contribution.

Sep 14, 2017, 23:52 PM IST