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It is highly important to have a good internet connection at your home or workplace as it lets you stay connected with family and friends. However, you need to understand that it is important to have a good Wi-Fi router at your home to ensure significant speed. Of late, most households in the country have more than a smartphone and use video streaming services to meet their entertainment needs. Having said that, a reliable Wi-Fi router is important for an uninterrupted user experience....

D2h and Airtel Digital TV Set-Top Box First on the list is the D2h HD Set-Top Box, which is one of the most affordable options available to customers right now. The Set-Top Box is available for a price of Rs 1,355. In this, the subscribers also get 1 Month Subscription of Gold HD Combo channel bouquet by D2h. Next in line is the Airtel Digital TV HD Set-Top Box, which is available for Rs 1,500....

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country had a very good Q4 FY22. The telco’s average revenue per user (ARPU) grew to Rs 178 aided by the tariff hike. At the same time, ICICI Securities has said that Airtel’s AGR (adjusted gross revenue) market share has also grown very strongly in nine circles where it had shown a more than 100bps market share gain QoQ in Q4 FY22....

Bharti Airtel Offers Free Incoming Calling Facility to Low-Income Users As you might be aware of already, private telcos have a minimum recharge policy in place as part of which a user will stop receiving incoming voice calls after seven days of current plan expiry. In a new press release, Airtel stated that close to 30 million subscribers are unable to recharge their mobile numbers during this lockdown period. So to assist such customers, the company is extending the prepaid account validity till May 3, 2020....

Industry Back On the Path of Recovery It is worth noting that by introducing a 6 paise per minute charge on outgoing calls to other networks, Reliance Jio has already made a hike of 15% over its plans, which leaves it less headroom for hiking its prices further. Not only this, but over the period of time, the gap between the pricing of Reliance Jio, which has been the most competitive in the industry, and that of other telecom operators has narrowed down....

Option to Use SIM as Backup and Other Safety Purposes One of the most important arguments in favour of the minimum recharge plans and why you should keep your first number updated with a little recharge is that it has become part of many other organisations as well. Over the years, the subscribers use this number to receive OTP, updates, SMS and more and spread it among more and more people....

Regardless of the muted revenues because of the spike in COVID-19 cases and the lockdowns, Bharti Airtel has been able to improve its average revenue per user (ARPU) marginally. The telco has reported an ARPU gain of Rs 1 in the April-June 2021 quarter. Even though the ARPU gain is evident, the highlight for the telco during the quarter is huge dip in profits. Bharti Airtel reported a consolidated profit of Rs 284 crore in Q1 FY22 (April-June 2021)....

Airtel 4G Now Live Across Three Islands in Lakshadweep According to Airtel, the company now has 4G coverage across length and breadth of India. Last year, Airtel launched its 4G services in Leh/Ladakh, and later on, the services were introduced in Andaman & Nicobar Islands as well. From Andaman & Nicobar to Lakshadweep and Leh/Ladakh to Kanyakumari, Airtel is serving customers with world-class mobile broadband services and contributing to the Government’s Digital India vision, said the company in a press statement....

All of these plans also offer consumers a free benefit of Disney+ Hotstar, amongst other OTT benefits. Disney+ Hotstar is offered to the users with a one-year subscription. These plans are good for users who are looking for an OTT heavy postpaid plan.

Bharti Airtel, one of the leading telecom operators of India is now letting users add family members in their Airtel Thanks app account. The feature is said to allow users to recharge the phone numbers of their loved ones anytime they wish. But it is not just the phone number (both prepaid and postpaid) that a user can recharge, but also other types of connections that are bought from Airtel....

Bharti Airtel Ltd’s planned $2.8 billion equity issuance will improve its Funds from operations (FFO) net leverage to around 2 times and provide funds to strengthen its market position, according to Fitch Ratings. Bharti will raise the equity in three tranches, and a quarter of the proceeds to be received upfront and the balance in two instalments within three years. Bharti’s management remains committed to an investment-grade rating. The company raised about $9 billion in the financial year ended March 2020 (FY20) and FY21 via equity issuance, selling a stake in subsidiary Airtel Africa Plc and the sale-and-leaseback of towers in Africa....

Bharti Airtel, a leading telecom player in India, has announced 5G launch in Imphal, the capital city of Manipur. This means that now Airtel’s 5G Plus services are available in 15 cities in India. The Airtel 5G Plus services in Imphal would be available to customers in a phased manner. Airtel 5G Plus services would be provided to the customers in Manipal at no extra cost if the customer already owns a 4G SIM with an active prepaid/postpaid plan....

Bharti Airtel, the global communications solutions provider, is offering customers in India three prepaid plans with a validity of 56 days. However, customers rarely look for a 56 days validity plan, which comes around 2x28 Days. In this story, we will look at the three prepaid plans from Bharti Airtel that offer customers 56 days of validity. The truly unlimited plans available to customers are Rs 479, Rs 549 and Rs 699....

Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said that it recorded an “exponential data traffic growth” in the first quarter ended June 30, 2020. The company said that the total data traffic on its network stood at 7240 billion MB as compared to 4192 billion MB registered in the prior year quarter. Airtel said that the total data traffic represents a growth of 72.7% on YoY basis. The company shared the development in its quarterly report for the period ended June 30, 2020....

Only 4 Postpaid Plans Remaining in Airtel Portfolio Among the plans which have been discontinued are the Rs 299, Rs 399, Rs 649, Rs 1,199 and Rs 2,999 plans. Now Bharti Airtel only offers four plans which include the postpaid plans of Rs 499, Rs 749, Rs 999 and Rs 1599. These new plans went into effect on May 1, 2019. A person familiar with the matter also said that that the Rs 349 plan is in use for some of the users in limited circles, but it would be phased out slowly....

Both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) offer their customers a high-end postpaid plan. These postpaid plans come with multiple benefits and a lot of data to allow users to get the best out of their smartphone experience. Vodafone Idea had recently announced new REDX postpaid plans, which are a class apart from anything that the other companies are offering. But there’s a big condition that Vi’s new REDX plans have, which Bharti Airtel’s high-end plans don’t....

Bharti Airtel is now offering Priority 4G Network feature to its postpaid users. During the time of crisis when everyone is staying inside their homes, data consumption has risen abnormally. The challenge for the telcos is to manage the load of demand and provide every 4G user with good data speeds. But due to very heavy demand for data requests, some people aren’t getting the kind of speed they normally would with a 4G network connection....

BSNL is soon going to launch 4G and 5G services in India. The expected launch will take place in 2023 for both network technologies. 4G is obviously going to launch earlier than 5G. Union telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has been pretty vocal about how BSNL is making progress with the homegrown network technology that a TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) led consortium is providing. BSNL is expected to launch 4G in early 2023, possibly in January....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has hit yet another roadblock when it comes to the 4G rollout. The telco has been denied a proposal for upgrading its 2G and 3G sites in the western and southern zones to 4G. It is worth noting that BSNL had already received the nod from NSCS (National Security Council Secretariat) for going ahead with the upgradation of the sites. But despite the approval, the government nominees in the company’s board have denied the proposal of the state-run telco to go ahead with upgrading the 2G/3G sites in southern and western India....

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) runs a very big broadband business in India. The company has been offering broadband internet services for a long time now and earns a substantial amount of money from DSL broadband services. While users can choose fiber broadband plans now, there are many who still feel comfortable about what they get with a DSL broadband connection from BSNL. There’s a broadband plan of BSNL that offers users 100GB of data for only Rs 299....