In July 2021, Airtel was the first telecom company to raise tariffs after the Jio led bloodbath over the last 4-5 years. It had then raised tariffs for the post paid customers. The raise was significant and for some enterprise customers it was as high as 50%. Now Airtel has again taken the lead and … Read more
The much-awaited auction for 5G spectrum may happen sometime around April-May next year, Union minister Ashwani Vaishnaw said on Thursday. Addressing the Times Now Summit 2021, the minister stated that the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), which looks at the structure of auctions, is undergoing consultations on the matter and may submit their report … Read more
Airtel takes a step ahead in 5G and rolls out #5GforBusiness for selective enterprise customers to demonstrate 5G use cases using high speed and low latency networks. In tie-up with consulting and technology companies such as Accenture, AWS, CISCO, Ericsson, Google Cloud, Nokia, TCS, Airtel is testing 5G solutions with enterprises such as Apollo Hospitals, … Read more
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio to inform the government by October 29 whether they would opt for the four-year moratorium on adjusted gross revenue- (AGR-) related dues, which is part of the relief package approved last month. Further, three months have been given to service providers … Read more
Elon Musk is already providing it. Jeff Bezos is also in line to launch it. And there are other players as well. Bharti Airtel has also thrown its hat in the ring. This means that it is a big and serious business. The ‘it’ here is satellite internet. Musk’s Starlink has already launched its satellite … Read more
Bharti Group’s subsidiary OneWeb will be the first private player to launch satellites from Indian soil through ISRO facilities, Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said today. “OneWeb will be the first customer which starts to bring a commercial position into the Indian space market,” Mittal said while speaking at the launch of space and … Read more
Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest person, joined Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk in the world’s most exclusive wealth club with a fortune of at least $100 billion.The chairman of Ltd. entered the rarefied group of 11 men as his conglomerate’s stock climbed to a record on Friday. He’s now worth $100.6 billion, according to the Bloomberg … Read more
Telecom Department (TD) has asked Airtel to pay Rs 1,050 crore and Vodafone Idea (VIL) Rs 2,000 crore within 3 weeks. Key points to note – Penalties are being imposed on the Companies for allegedly breaking licence terms by denying Reliance Jio Infocomm their networks in 2016. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had … Read more
On September 28, 2021, there was a media report that Promoters may invest Rs 10,000 crore in Vodafone Idea (VIL). The report quoted the source of information to be the government (Department of Telecommunication). However, on September 29, 2021, the Company denied that there is any such proposal under consideration by the board. Key points … Read more