Airtel suffers technical snag, services down for some

27 Dec, 2011, 12:25 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 76 Comments

Some Airtel users across the city may be facing issues with connectivity today, as the services of one India's most ... More

Fire caused mass Airtel outage, some services up and running

28 Dec, 2011, 9:20 am IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 7 Comments

The technical snag that put down the services of one of the country's most popular mobile service providers, Bharti More

After Airtel, other telcos eye lower 3G tariffs

22 May, 2012, 4:52 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 7 Comments

4G is slowly making a headway into India, after a hopeful start with first Kolkata and then Bengaluru, recently. More

Airtel offers SMS discounts for New Year to compensate for outage woes

31 Dec, 2011, 2:42 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 7 Comments

Airtel is really working hard to ensure keep their users, who've been troubled this past week owing to the network ... More

Airtel Call Rates to Soar, Others May Join

27 Jul, 2011, 3:42 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 7 Comments

In a bid to boost its profits that lay almost dormant in the wake of the price war, popular mobile service provider in India, Bharti Airtel reportedly hiked its call rates in a few regions. More

HC issues notices to telcos over extra SMS charges

29 Dec, 2011, 4:12 pm IST Naina Khedekar Mobile services 6 Comments

Those who’ve been annoyed over paying additional charges for SMS sent on special occasions like festivals, ... More

Telcos to terminate 3G roaming agreements at Govt.'s behest

23 Dec, 2011, 1:07 pm IST Naina Khedekar Mobile services 4 Comments

The termination of 3G roaming agreements had earlier compelled telcos like Vodafone, Idea and Airtel to send a joint letter to Kapil Sibal... More

TRAI to step-in to address tariff woes, says MNP's the way

03 Feb, 2012, 10:46 am IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 3 Comments

Yesterday, the SC got many heads turning after it revoked the licenses of some 122 telecom companies ... More

3G roaming services to halt soon?

15 Nov, 2011, 1:18 pm IST Naina Khedekar Mobile services 3 Comments

The news has it that telecom department will ask phone companies to abolish 3G roaming agreements. More

Airtel pulled up by HC for DND irregularities

23 Mar, 2012, 12:03 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 3 Comments

In less than a week, Bharti Airtel finds itself in a soup yet again and this time it is for some irregularities with their ... More

Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Lock Pan-India 3G Service Agreement

14 Jul, 2011, 6:38 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 2 Comments

It’s official now. According to the reports, India’s premier mobile service providers – Vodafone Essar, Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular have gone full throttle with their plans of rolling out revolutionary 3G Roaming services in the country, on a massive scale. More

Debt-ridden telcos to increase mobile tariffs by 30%

01 Feb, 2012, 6:11 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 1 Comments

This is any present day mobile consumer's worst fear come true. Burdened by debts and unrelenting competition ... More

TRAI reveals MNP's a hit; 29 million requests processed, already

31 Jan, 2012, 6:03 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Mobile services 1 Comments

The Telecom Regulatory Association of India (TRAI) made some official data figures public, yesterday, a part of which ... More

Telcos illegally adding 3G roaming subscribers, says BSNL

04 Jan, 2012, 10:59 am IST Naina Khedekar Mobile services

Worries for private telcos over 3G services just don’t seem to end. The telcos had earlier approached The Telecom ... More

Bharti Airtel to Launch 2G, 3G in Sri Lanka

19 Jan, 2007, 5:24 pm IST Reuters

Bharti Airtel has received a letter of offer from the Sri Lankan telecom regulator to provide 2G and 3G mobile services in the island nation. More

DoT to impose one-time fee on a prospective basis

18 Feb, 2012, 1:46 pm IST Naina Khedekar

The telecom commission had decided to charge a one-time fee for the additional spectrum that goes beyond 6.2MHz ... More

Angry BSNL locks out private operators in Haryana

06 Oct, 2011, 1:57 pm IST Anuradha Shetty

Displeased over not being paid for the carrier charges by the private operators in the city, state-owned BSNL (Bharatiya Sanchar Nigam Limited) has locked them More

Bharti Airtel, Nokia in $400 Million Deal

01 Nov, 2006, 9:30 am IST Sharon Khare Wi-Fi Routers

Bharti Airtel Limited and Nokia are in an estimated $400 million contract to expand GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks in eight Airtel circles. More

Airtel accused of breaching CLI mechanism, may face 50 crore fine

24 Sep, 2011, 4:09 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

Well-known mobile service provider in the country, Bharti Airtel may reportedly well be on its way coughing up a whopping 50 crore, as a fine for having allegedly violated CLI norms. More

Budget 2012: Expect pricier mobile bills, confirms Airtel

17 Mar, 2012, 4:41 pm IST Anuradha Shetty General

Pricier mobile bills, as reports have been re-iterating, since yesterday are going to be the norm, post Budget 2012 ... More