Watching TV is not the same experience as two years back. People watch a lot less Live TV than they watch OTT content. It makes sense as well, OTT platforms have made it very convenient for the user to stream their favourite shows on-demand. Set-Top Boxes have evolved as well. The place for traditional Set-Top Box is being replaced by the Android TV Set-Top Boxes. These Set-Top Boxes not only allow you to watch your favourite OTT content on-demand but also facilitate Live TV....

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator, is expected to go big with 5G-led capex in the coming quarters. The telco has freer cash flow because of lesser than expected capex during Q4 FY22, said Bernstein. According to Bernstein, Airtel will again lead with hiking tariffs in the second of 2022 as it did in 2021. The brokerage firm has revised the target price of Airtel from Rs 900 to Rs 915....

Bharti Airtel had listed on its website that none of the iPhone models, including the iPhone 12, iPhone 13, and iPhone 14 series devices, would work on Indian 5G networks right now. iPhone users in India were disappointed to see that. That said, it is obvious that it won’t be the case forever. Of course, the OTA (over-the-air) update that needs to come from Apple to enable iPhones to work on Airtel’s 5G network would come sooner or later....

“Airtel is well positioned to offer next-gen digitisation solutions to enterprise customers in India and meet the quality of service expectations. We are excited to partner with Airtel. This highlights Airtel’s commitment to offering flexible and reliable digitisation and collaboration solutions to customers,” Sameer Garde, President, Cisco India and Saarc, said in a statement. Built on the Cisco-Viptela platform, Airtel’s Managed SD-WAN service would provide real-time analytics and in-built security....

Airtel and Vodafone Idea ARPU Increase Depends on Various Factors Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea will be required to increase their ARPU in the coming quarters. The recently announced tariff hikes translating into higher revenues for each operator would be watched closely, says ICICI Securities. According to the firm, Bharti Airtel ARPU will likely see an increase of Rs 28, whereas Vodafone Idea ARPU will jump by Rs 23 in the Calendar Year 2020 (CY20)....

Friday saw the launch of the new Bharti Airtel postpaid series of plans known as Airtel Black. The name sounds as premium as the service and we can’t disagree because of the promises that the telecom operator is making for these plans. The telco has said that it will bundle all other services in the same plan, such as Digital TV, and Airtel Xtream Broadband plan under a single bill which the consumers will be able to pay and see in the Airtel Thanks app....

Bharti Airtel Working On Enterprise 5G Use Case As per Ajay Chitkara, Director and CEO, Airtel Business, “For 5G, almost all use cases are focussed towards enterprises. 5G ecosystem is currently being built, and the whole devices cost need to come…what we are doing is making sure that at least we start building partnerships and alliances for right use cases.” Chitkara also added that a lot of 5G use cases could be run on private LTE networks....

Bharti Airtel, in a press conference on Thursday, stated that it can immediately roll out 5G in India, provided that it has adequate spectrums on hand, from the Indian government. The company believes it can do so, as it recently proved it’s 5G capabilities by a live 5G showcase in the city of Hyderabad. How Was this Done? This feat was achieved via its existing spectrum in the 1800 MHz band, via the NSA network technology....

Bharti Airtel has become the market leader in India’s fast-growing Enterprise Internet-of-Things (IoT) segment, as per Frost & Sullivan. Airtel Internet-of-Things (IoT) is an end-to-end platform with the power to manage and connect tons of applications and devices in a seamless fashion. At its core is Bharti Airtel’s robust 5G Ready network that comes with the option to deploy NB-IoT, 4G or 2G connectivity using Airtel e-SIM technology. It also has a flexible set of APIs, which enables businesses to make the process of connecting, collecting, and analysing data seamlessly through their existing workflow tools with the guarantee of Airtel’s telco-grade Security....

Bharti Airtel recently said that its online banking subsidiary, Airtel Payments Bank, could be a unicorn. For the unaware, unicorn is a term used for companies/startups whose valuation goes beyond a billion dollars. Airtel Payments Bank had turned profitable in 2021. For FY22, the company’s profits were Rs 9 crore, and the total revenues were up by 50% to Rs 941 crore. This should ideally place Airtel Payments Bank in an even better position in FY23 with a rising customer base of Airtel’s mobile business....

Bharti Airtel, in the last quarter, launched the Airtel Black postpaid plans, on the back of which it has been expected to boost its Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) and give an impetus to its finances. However, it is little known that besides the consumers’ telecom business of Bharti Airtel, Airtel Business is one vertical where the Sunil Bharti Mittal-led telecom company is actually doing very well. The company’s finances constantly noted that Airtel Business had been Bharti Airtel’s strength, and in a time where the consumer business is facing a lot of brunt from many directions, Airtel Business is one vertical where the company has had positive feedback....

Airtel Beats Reliance Jio in the ARPU Aspect In October 2018, Bharti Airtel stated that it’s going after the ARPU and not after the customer base or tariff plans. In the process, Airtel introduced a new scheme called Minimum Recharges which allowed the company to gain back the lost ARPU after the arrival of Reliance Jio. The Average Revenue per User of Bharti Airtel at the end of June 2018 was Rs 105, and a year later, the telco managed to increase it to Rs 129, beating Reliance Jio in the process....

While Bharti Airtel offers slightly more expensive prepaid plans than its rival Reliance Jio, the telco is also known for offering pretty great services. The second-largest telco in the country has two excellent prepaid plans in its portfolio of offerings for short-term users. From short-term, we mean 28 days. The 28 days plans saw a significant tariff hike, and while they have become expensive, they still offer a lot of value to the customers....

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have been on a spree of deploying additional spectrum purchased in the recent auctions to different states/circles of India. Now the second-largest telecom operator of India, Bharti Airtel has deployed more spectrum in Assam. With the deployment of additional spectrum in the state, users will see enhanced network performance. Further, with the move, Airtel now has the largest spectrum holding in Assam. Bharti Airtel Adds 10 MHz of Spectrum in Assam Bharti Airtel has added 10 MHz of spectrum in Assam in the 2300 MHz frequency band....

Bharti Airtel, a prominent player in the Indian telecom market, has been working really hard to ensure that it catches up to Reliance Jio’s market share as fast as possible. The company enjoys calling itself the ‘premium’ player in the market. While Jio looks out for adding as many subscribers as possible, Airtel wants high average revenue per user (ARPU) customers. According to a PTI report, much recently, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Airtel, said India’s telecom industry is not in good health....

The Indian consumer electronics brand Boat has just launched its Boat Wave Pro 47 smartwatch. The latest launched device is the company’s first ‘Made in India’ smartwatch. The newly launched wearable comes with multiple fitness and health tracking features and has a fast-charge technology. The device also helps you keep track of the live cricket scores. The device is pairable with the Boat Crest App available on Google Play Store as well as Apple App Store....

Things to Consider Before Switching Broadband Plan Right ISP - It is very important that you choose the right internet service provider (ISP) for yourself. Sometimes it is not the internet plan that we have but the internet service provider which is the problem. Not to take anything away from any service provider, it just so happens that in some areas, some internet service providers don’t have a very strong network distribution....

Fixed-line broadband Internet has become a very important part of people’s lives in the last year. After going through multiple lockdowns, one thing that people have understood is that they need a reliable internet connection with high bandwidth and low latency to do most of the things they did from their offices at their homes. High-speed fiber broadband plans will not only allow users to work from home but also attend online classes and learn on the go....

The best broadband service plan for you and your family may not be the easiest one to determine. Home networks were put under greater strain than ever before as a result of the pandemic since home broadband plans had to provide services for both work and school in addition to regular streaming and gaming. Users can choose from a variety of broadband plans offered by the nation’s ISPs, and one such plan is the 200 Mbps plan....

The Case for Rising OTT Consumption With all of these events being the formidable force behind the OTT revolution in India, the broadband providers in the country and telecom companies have jumped the bandwagon alike. The provision of OTT services in the broadband plans might seem like a counterintuitive move on the part of these companies since it raises the cost significantly. But, in the long run, as customers get hooked to the dopamine-inducing rush of thrillers and movies on these platforms, they seldom go back to their normal lives....