Carlyle to buy 25% stake in Bharti Airtel's data centre business for $235 million

Carlyle Group will make the investment in Bharti Airtel's Nxtra Data at a valuation of $1.2 billion.

Top-10 firms add Rs 2.46 lakh crore in market cap; RIL biggest gainer

In the ranking of top-10 firms, RIL retained its number one slot, followed by TCS, HDFC Bank, HUL, Airtel, HDFC, Infosys, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ITC and ICICI Bank.

Airtel Payments Bank, Mastercard team up to develop customised financial products for farmers, SMEs

The collaboration will bring together Mastercard's experience in developing financial solutions and Airtel Payments Bank's distribution network to reach its large customer base.

Airtel: Tariff hikes dial in impressive results, buy for the long term

Staff visiting customer to maintain highest level of hygiene, ensure 'contactless' experience: Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal

This includes new capabilities of SIM delivery to homes, doorstep KYC (Know Your Customer), work from home solutions, conferencing and security services, he said, adding that the company had received support from customers on these initiatives.

Airtel appoints Rahul Vatts as chief regulatory officer

He will report to Gopal Vittal, managing director and chief executive officer – India and South Asia of Bharti Airtel

Bharti Airtel: One of the few beneficiaries of COVID-19

Coronavirus lockdown: Airtel extends pre-paid validity till Apr 17, credits Rs 10 talk time

An Airtel official said that the company will not recover Rs 10 credit given to all the pre-paid customers. “In this difficult hour of fighting off the threat of covid-19, Airtel is committed to ensuring that all people remain connected without any disruptions.

Working from home? Here are the best broadband plans

We’ve listed the best broadband internet plans from Airtel, Reliance Jio and Tata Sky.

Sunil Mittal, KM Birla meet FM Sitharaman as AGR crisis looms over telecom sector

Mittal said the telecom sector has been under stress for the last three-and-a-half years and the government should focus on its sustainability.

DoT may ask Airtel to clear Videocon's AGR dues: Report

The DoT has pegged Airtel’s AGR dues at around Rs 35,586 crore, Videocon’s liabilities at 2,041 crore and Aircel’s dues at Rs 11,950 crore.

DoT should insist that incumbent telcos pay up soon

Even if incumbent telcos wanted to contest legally, they could have paid LF & SUC “under protest” to save on interest, and penalties, which is almost now 70 per cent of the total demand of about Rs 1.7 lakh crore.

Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Tata Tele likely to pay AGR dues on Monday: DoT sources

The three companies are jointly liable to pay dues of over Rs 1 lakh crore, but they have informed the Department of Telecom (DoT) of making only partial payment, as per their representatives.

Supreme Court on AGR: Voda-Idea survival is difficult, Airtel and Jio to gain

Tata Sky set to hike minimum recharge amount by 150%: Report

The report noted that Tata Sky subscribers are being informed about the latest revision through SMS messages

Airtel Digital TV users complain about service resolution error message, change in subscriber details

Users complained that this service resolution message popped up very frequently, sometimes after every 10 seconds.

DGFT blacklists Bharti Airtel following non-fulfillment of export obligations: Report

When a company is listed on the 'Denied Entities List', it leads to the cancellation of its import licence.

Reliance Jio, Vodafone-Idea & Airtel annual prepaid plans: Here's how they stack up

Here are the various annual packs offered by Reliance Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone-Idea.

List of smartphones that support free Wi-Fi calling on Jio and Airtel

Jio currently supports over 150 smartphones, whereas Airtel VoWiFi works on over 100 handsets.

China Mobile looking at India entry, approaches Vodafone Idea, Airtel: Report

China Mobile is mulling a foray in India by entering cloud services through a tie-up with either Vodafone Idea or Bharti Airtel, according to a Mint report.

Reliance Jio rolls out voice calls over WiFi networks in select circles: Report

The voice over calling feature allows customers to switch to any WiFi hotspot or private WiFi network while making outgoing calls.

Airtel raises minimum recharge for pre-paid users

The new minimum recharge plan will come into effect from Sunday. The announcement pertained to prepaid subscribers of Bharti Airtel and Bharti Hexacom in all service areas, it added

New MNP rules to be valid starting today: Here's everything you should know

With the new guidelines, the MNP process will be reduced to 48 hours from its previous cap of eight days.

Airtel removes cap on free outgoing call to other networks

"From tomorrow, enjoy unlimited calling to any network in India with all our unlimited plans. No conditions apply," Bharti Airtel said in a tweet on December 6.

Bharti Airtel to gain at cost of Vodafone Idea, say brokerages

Airtel and Vodafone Idea have filed separate petitions in the Supreme Court seeking review of the October 24 order of the apex court that held them liable to pay statutory dues for past 14 years after including non-telecom revenue in their annual adjusted gross revenues (AGR). The dues totalling Rs 1.47 lakh crore for the industry are to be paid within three months of the order.