As we move closer towards the rollout of 5G services, in a crucial development, during the RAN plenary meeting of global standards development body 3GPP held last week, stakeholders across the globe have agreed to take actions to merge 5Gi into 5G. For those unaware, 5Gi is the local connectivity standard designed to cater to the demands of the rural network coverage requirement in India. 5Gi is under discussion with the industry ecosystem in India consultative process of Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) and TSDSI, India’s Telecom Standards Development Organisation....

India’s first contact tracing app Aarogya Setu is getting a lot of new features lately. The app has received two new intriguing features which will change the experience of users. Firstly, the users will be able to delete their account along with personal information from the app. Secondly, users will get health data access to third-party apps. The new features have been rolled in both iOS as well as Android platforms....

ACT Fibernet has revamped its broadband plans in two more cities across India. We at TelecomTalk earlier reported that ACT had revamped its broadband plans in Delhi, Bengaluru, and Chennai circle. Now, the ACT subscribers in Madurai and Coimbatore circle are also going to witness updated broadband plans from their Internet Service Provider (ISP). It has to be noted that the broadband plans in both the cities continue to be offered at the same price but the operator has bumped up the benefits of its plans....

BTVI’s Switch to FTA for More Reach An example of such a niche channel would be BTVI which is the one of its kind FTA channel in the category. It is well known that the genre of English News is mostly full of pay channels, however, in January, BTVI went FTA and the reason, as you would suspect, is to garner more reach. Also, the development in the rollout of the new tariff regime has already hinted that consumers are moving ahead with the DPO recommended packs and as such the inclusion of BTVI in recommended packs of 100 FTA channels would automatically mean more reach for the channel....

The recent hike in prices of the prepaid plans by the telecom companies has been the highlight for more than a week. Now, as events unfold, it is being reported that Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are expected to witness an additional $1 billion increase (around Rs 7,500 crores) in each of their Free Cash Flow (FCF) annually. According to an ET Telecom report citing Goldman Sachs, this rise in FCF is expected because of the growing market share at the expense of Vodafone Idea’s share in addition to the price hike....

Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) offer subscribers a wide array of prepaid plans. Last month, they revised their prepaid plans, hiking the tariffs by 20-25% and reducing the benefits accompanying them. Recently, Airtel and Vi added a few prepaid plans. With the stream of prepaid plans undergoing revisions frequently, Airtel and Vi users who used to recharge for the same plan every month are now in a fix, trying to pinpoint a new plan that suits their requirements....

Bharti Airtel is rolling out 5G Plus rapidly in every part of the country. Many states and cities have already received 5G Plus Network of the telco. As of now, Airtel users can consume 5G at no additional cost if they are already consuming 4G services of the telco. It is expected that Airtel will announce 5G plans in the future as it covers a significant part of India with 5G Plus....

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are working on rolling out their 5G networks to new parts of India. Jio started with four cities, while Airtel started with eight to stay ahead of Jio. By the end of the year, the telcos will reach more major cities of the nation. It’s been only a few days since 5G was launched in the country. However, Jio and Airtel have aggressive plans to roll out 5G in India....

Dues Calculation Differing By 50% For Both Telcos As per the Bharti Airtel estimates the dues which are to be paid sum up to be Rs 15,000 crore to Rs 18,000 crore instead of the Rs 35,500 crore as announced by DoT. On the other hand, for Vodafone Idea, the estimates in-house have been calculated to be Rs 18,000 crore to Rs 23,000 crore instead of the total Rs 53,000 crore, which was the number given by DoT....

Let’s take a look at what a RewardsMini subscription is. Airtel Payments Bank RewardsMini Subscription RewardsMini subscription is offered by Bharti Airtel to customers for Rs 99 per quarter. Note that you have to be an Airtel Payments Bank customer to get the advantage of the benefit. With the RewardsMini subscription, customers get cashbacks up to Rs 80 on loading money to the wallet, shopping and bill payments through Payments Bank....

Airtel’s international units are working fast to introduce 5G networks. Airtel Kenya already has more than 500 5G-ready sites in the country. 5G coverage will depend a lot on the kind of spectrum that is availed to the telcos. Operators need a wide and more comprehensive range of airwaves to provide true 5G speeds to the users. This is what Airtel Kenya is waiting for. According to a Developing Telecoms report, nearly 600 sites in the country’s three important locations have been upgraded to be 5G supportive....

The new prepaid plans from Bharti Airtel are now live on the website of the company. Airtel has hiked the tariffs of multiple prepaid plans starting today. But along with that, the telco has also upgraded the data benefits of four prepaid plans. Airtel users recharging with the Rs 719, Rs 299, Rs 265, and Rs 839 plans will be able to get half a gigabyte or 500GB of data free from the company every day....

Bharti Airtel and Tata Play are two of the oldest Direct-to-Home (DTH) operators in India. Both the companies are considered the finest service providers because of the consistency they bring to the table and the innovation that’s always constant. The era for HD and SD boxes is gone. This is the time for Android STBs (Set-Top Boxes) or Smart STBs in general. With a Smart STB, you can watch both satellite TV as well as OTT (Over-The-Top) content on the go....

Indian telecommunications services company Bharti Airtel in partnership with Mavenir has successfully conducted India’s first Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) based live 5G network validation. Mavenir is the Network Software Provider building the future of networks with cloud-native software that runs on any cloud and transforms the way the world connects. The Open RAN Ecosystem The Mavenir Open Virtualised Radio Access Network (Open vRAN) solution is based on commercial off-the-shelf hardware....

Atal Pension Yojana for Airtel Payments Bank Subscribers By launching Atal Pension Yojana for its customers, Airtel Payments Bank has become the first bank in India to introduce the same for its customers. It is worth noting that Airtel Payments Bank account holders can subscribe to this scheme through a simple, secure and paperless process that will only take a few minutes. Airtel has also informed that Atal Pension Yojana will be available for its customers at 50,000 points of Airtel Digital Payments currently and then 100,000 banking points will be added to this network later....

Bharti Airtel is one of the leading telecom service providers in India. Its operations serve millions of customers. It is one of the country’s oldest telecom service providers and provides consumers with a wide range of prepaid plans. We will examine the Airtel prepaid plans with 2GB of daily data in this article. Lets take a look. Airtel Rs 2999 Prepaid Recharge Plan The Airtel Rs 2999 recharge plan includes 365 days of validity and 2GB of data each day....

Airtel Provides Free Installation and Router to Certain Cities Crucially, Airtel has now lifted its previous banner on its site that suggested that it would reach out to new broadband users “as soon as permission is granted” for installation. The company is also running new offers in certain cities including Chennai and Delhi where Airtel is providing free installation and router for those who sign up for long term plans....

Bharti Airtel, a leading telecom operator in India, is now very close to reaching 1000 cities with fiber broadband services. During Q1 FY23, Airtel added 1.7 million home passes. The need for fixed-line fiber broadband services is at an all-time high now. Airtel Xstream Fiber is already one of the largest ISPs (internet service providers) in India. Reliance Jio’s JioFiber is the only brand ahead of Airtel Xstream Fiber. Airtel is aggressively adding new subscribers to the fiber broadband domain....

The telcos of the country offer multiple daily data prepaid plans for their subscribers. With a majority of the population looking for economically suitable plans as well as plans that offer adequate data 1.5GB daily data plans from the operators are just apt. Mentioned below is a comparison between the 1.5GB long-term daily data plans offered by the private telcos of the country – Jio, Airtel and Vi along with the pack details....

Bharti Airtel will get a lot of help from Oracle, a cloud major, with the rollout of 5G as well as existing 4G services in India. Airtel has launched 5G Plus services in eight cities of the country. The company intends to launch it in more cities in the coming days. According to an IANS report, Oracle is helping Airtel in its digital metamorphosis, internally as well as externally. Airtel users currently don’t need to upgrade to a 5G SIM or recharge with any special 5G Plans to get access to 5G services....