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Airtel taps fast-growing CDN market ahead of 5G launch
Bharti Airtel is tapping India’s growing content delivery service market by launching its own CDN service in partnership with Qwilt ahead of 5G launch. Read more…
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India sells 5G spectrum worth $19 billion, Jio top spender
India has successfully concluded its first-ever 5G auction with private telecom operators buying spectrum worth $19 billion, managing to sell 71% of the total. Read more…
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Nokia, Ericsson and Samsung secure 5G deals in India
Nokia, Ericsson and Samsung have managed to secure 5G equipment deals from India’s top two telecom operators, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. Read more…
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Indian telcos may not bid aggressively in 5G auctions
Indian telecom operators like Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel may not bid aggressively in the 5G spectrum auction due to high base prices. Read more…
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BSNL furious at India’s state-funded contracts to private telcos
India’s state-run telco, BSNL, is losing out to Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio on lucrative government-funded digital connectivity programs. Read more…
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Airtel will not develop exclusive smartphone with Google: CEO Gopal Vittal
Bharti Airtel has clarified it is not developing any exclusive smartphone in partnership with Google and will work with different players. Read more…
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Google to invest $1 billion in India’s Bharti Airtel to expand its hold in India
Alphabet Inc’s Google will invest up to $1 billion in India’s Bharti Airtel as the US technology giant expands its hold in India. Read more…
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Bharti Airtel also opts for moratorium on spectrum and AGR payments
Bharti Airtel has availed itself of the government’s proposal of a four-year moratorium on spectrum and adjusted gross revenue (AGR) payments Read more…
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Airtel eyes OTT video market as a vendor, targets SE Asia and US markets
Bharti Airtel is eyeing the fast-growing OTT video market not as a service provider but as an end-to-end infrastructure and solution provider Read more…
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Airtel to launch 5G within six months of auction; conducts first rural 5G pilot
Bharti Airtel, India’s second largest telecom operator, will be able to launch commercial 5G services within six months of spectrum auction. Read more…
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Bharti Airtel to invest $673mn expanding its India data centre business
Bharti Airtel will invest 50 billion rupees ($673 million) in expanding its data centre business to meet customer demand in and around India. Read more…
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Jio, Airtel bet on 5G trials to test indigenous network technology
India’s top two telecom operators, Jio and Airtel, aim to test indigenously developed telecom equipment for their ongoing 5G trials. Read more…
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Airtel plots strategy to counter Jio’s ultra-affordable JioPhone Next
Airtel is working to counter its arch-rival Reliance Jio’s affordable smartphone, JioPhone Next to ringfence its 2G feature phone users. Read more…
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Airtel aims to drive 4G growth via new PepsiCo partnership
Bharti Airtel has re-entered into a co-branding partnership with PepsiCo India to offer complimentary 4G data on the purchase of products. Read more…
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Sunil Mittal: Airtel working with local, global companies to create a 5G hub
Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said that Bharti Airtel is collaborating with home-bred and multinational companies to make India a hub for 5G. Read more…
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Jio, Airtel join hands to oppose India’s local 5G standard, 5Gi
Jio has joined bitter rival Airtel in raising concerns about India’s 5Gi standard, which it said must be harmonised with 3GPP’s 5G standard. Read more…
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Tariff hike: Millions of mobile users in India will spend more on services
Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea tweak prepaid tariff plans which will effectively make mobile services costlier by up to 30% in the coming weeks Read more…
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Airtel investing $473 million to build 8 new data centres
Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, is looking to expand its data centre capacity by up to five times in the country Read more…
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Airtel looks to strengthen digital business, eyes talent from Silicon Valley
Airtel is hiring people from Silicon Valley, engineering colleges and even NASA to bolster its digital services business to take on rivals. Read more…
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Airtel extends vaccination to 80,000 employees of partners and distributors
Bharti Airtel has extended its free vaccination program to almost 80,000 employees working with partners and distributors across the country. Read more…