Airtel Press Release

November 2024

• Nokia wins multi-billion 5G extension deal from Bharti Airtel for its India operations

  Espoo, Finland – Nokia has been awarded a multi-year, multi-billion extension deal by Bharti Airtel (Airtel) to deploy 4G and 5G equipment across key Indian cities and states As per...

• Nxtra by Airtel becomes first data centre in India to deploy AI for enhanced operational excellence

  Furthering its mission to build future-ready data centre infrastructure that is “Intelligent by Design and Sustainable by Choice”, Nxtra by Airtel, one of India’s leading data centre companies, has deployed...

• Airtel provides connectivity to Galwan river and Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO), India’s northernmost military outpost

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, joined hands with the Indian Army to launch its network in Galwan and Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO), the northernmost military...

October 2024

• Message from Chairman Organisation Announcement

  Gopal Vittal has led Bharti Airtel as Managing Director & CEO for the last twelve years. In this period, Airtel has built a winning portfolio of businesses across mobile, B2B,...

• Airtel to offer seamless 5G connectivity across line-3 of Mumbai Metro, connecting BKC to Aarey

  Bharti Airtel, one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers announced that it is the first telecom service provider to offer uninterrupted 5G connectivity across the ten new stations of the...

• Airtel turbo charges its network in Uttar Pradesh (West) and Uttarakhand for superior voice and data connectivity

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that it has completed the deployment of the additional spectrum it acquired in July 2024. The deployment of...

• Airtel Business and Vonage partner to launch cutting-edge business communications application

  Airtel Business, the B2B arm of Bharti Airtel ̶ one of India's leading telecommunications service providers ̶ and Vonage, a global leader in cloud communications that helps businesses accelerate their...

• Kia India signs Airtel Business as its connectivity partner to bring the Kia Connect 2.0 experience to customers

  Kia India, one of the fastest-growing premium carmakers in the country, has partnered with Airtel Business, the B2B arm of Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers,...

• Airtel Business partners with Zscaler to launch ‘Airtel Secure Digital Internet’

  Airtel Business, the B2B arm of Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider has partnered with Zscaler, a global cloud security leader, to launch ‘Airtel Secure Digital...

• Airtel and Nokia collaborate to drive sustainability initiatives for mobile networks

  Bharti Airtel and Nokia, today, announced a groundbreaking collaboration on “Green 5G” — an initiative aimed at introducing energy-efficient solutions and practices to Airtel’s mobile network. This ambitious project will...

• Airtel becomes the first service provider to offer seamless connectivity along Pune’s newly constructed Metro route

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, announced that its commuters can enjoy uninterrupted and seamless connectivity on the newly inaugurated North-South Corridor of the Pune metro....

• Airtel Business partners with Fortinet, launches ‘Airtel Secure Internet’ – a next-gen, secure connectivity solution for enterprises

  Airtel Business, the B2B arm of Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, has leveraged new-age cybersecurity solutions from Fortinet, a global cybersecurity leader driving the convergence...

• Airtel turbo charges its network in Jammu – Kashmir & Leh Ladakh for superior voice and data connectivity

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that it has completed the deployment of the additional spectrum it acquired in July 2024. The deployment of...

September 2024

• Airtel prepays Rs. 8,465 crores to clear high cost deferred liabilities for spectrum acquired in 2016

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today said that it has prepaid Rs. 8,465 crores to the Department of Telecom (Government of India) against spectrum acquired...

• Airtel cracks down on SPAM, launches India’s first AI-powered network solution for SPAM detection

  In a pioneering move to curb the country’s spam menace, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today, launched India’s first network-based, AI-powered spam detection solution that will significantly solve the issue of spam...

• Airtel rapidly expands its network in Gujarat, deploying 8 new cellular towers every day to bolster coverage across the state

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today announced that it has made a concerted effort to bolster its network infrastructure across the western state of Gujarat....

• Airtel Business and Cisco launch Airtel SD-Branch to simplify and secure enterprise networking

  Airtel Business, the B2B arm of Bharti Airtel (Airtel), and Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking and security, today, launched Airtel Software-Defined (SD) Branch — a simple, secure, cloud-based, end-to-end-managed...

• Airtel turbo charges its network in Kolkata for superior voice and data connectivity

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that it has completed the deployment of the additional spectrum it acquired in July 2024. The deployment of...

• Airtel Digital TV’s New Plan Offers Amazon Prime Benefits to Customers

  Airtel Digital TV has joined hands with Amazon Prime to offer live TV and Prime Lite benefits as part of its new Ultimate and Amazon Prime Lite plan. Subscribers of...

• Airtel expands its Home Wi-Fi service across all 123 districts in Assam and North East

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has expanded its Home Wi-Fi service across all the 123 districts of Assam and North East....

• Airtel expands its Home Wi-Fi service across all 14 districts in Kerala

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has expanded its Home Wi-Fi service across all the 14 districts of Kerala. This expansion will...

• Airtel Business and Sparkle sign agreement for Blue-Raman capacity between India and Italy

  Airtel Business, the B2B arm of Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, signed an agreement with Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy and...

• Airtel turbo charges its network in Chandigarh and Punjab for superior voice and data connectivity

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that it has completed the deployment of the additional spectrum it acquired in July 2024. The deployment of...

• Airtel expands its Home Wi-Fi service across all 22 districts in Jammu-Kashmir & Leh-Ladakh

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has expanded its Home Wi-Fi service across all the 22 districts of both the union Territories....

• Airtel turbo charges its network in Bihar and Jharkhand for superior voice and data connectivity

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that it has completed the deployment of the additional spectrum it acquired in July 2024. The deployment of...

• Airtel Finance introduces fixed deposits at industry-leading interest rates of 9.1%

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced the launch of a fixed deposits marketplace under its digital arm, Airtel Finance. These fixed deposits come at...

• Airtel launches limited period “#FestiveOffers” with a host of attractive benefits

  In celebration of the upcoming festivities in the country, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today launched special promotional offers for its prepaid customers. Valid only...

• Airtel turbo charges its network in Assam and Northeast for superior voice and data connectivity

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that it has completed the deployment of the additional spectrum it acquired in July 2024. The deployment of...

• Airtel turbo charges its network in Rajasthan for superior voice and data connectivity

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that it has completed the deployment of the additional spectrum it acquired in July 2024. The deployment of...

• Airtel, Nokia and MediaTek successfully complete trials combining the efficient use of TDD and FDD bands for Uplink on the latest generation chipset

  Airtel, MediaTek and Nokia today announced the successful completion of trials that efficiently combine TDD and FDD mid-band spectrum on a time basis utilising the latest generation chipset. The trial...

August 2024

• Airtel and Apple enter into a strategic partnership to Bring Exclusive Offers of Apple TV+ and Apple Music to Customers in India

  Bharti Airtel brings the best of entertainment to Airtel customers in India with new, exclusive offers for Apple TV+ and Apple Music.

• Nxtra by Airtel releases Sustainability Report for FY 23-24

  Nxtra Data Limited (“Nxtra by Airtel”), a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel (Airtel), today, unveiled the second edition of its Sustainability Report for FY 2023-24. The report highlights Nxtra’s consistent and...

• Airtel becomes the first service provider to provide connectivity to Phobrang, India’s furthest border village

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced the launch of its network in Phobrang village on the Indo-China border. Despite having to endure challenges like...

• Airtel expands its Wi-Fi service across an additional 1 million households in Bihar & Jharkhand

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has increased its Wi-Fi service to an additional 1 million new households in Bihar & Jharkhand....

• Airtel expands its Wi-Fi service across an additional 2.9 million households in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has increased its Wi-Fi service to an additional 2.9 million new households in Madhya Pradesh and...

• Airtel expands its Wi-Fi service across an additional 2 million households in West Bengal

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has increased its Wi-Fi service to an additional 2 million new households in West Bengal. With...

• Airtel expands its Wi-Fi service across an additional 0.7 million households in Haryana

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has increased its Wi-Fi service to an additional 0.7 million new households in Haryana. With Airtel...

• Airtel expands its Wi-Fi service across an additional 2.7 million households in Rajasthan

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has increased its Wi-Fi service to an additional 2.7 million new households in Rajasthan. With Airtel...

• Airtel expands its Wi-Fi service across an additional 1.1 million households in Maharashtra

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has increased its Wi-Fi service to an additional 1.1 million new households in Maharashtra. With Airtel...

July 2024

• Airtel expands its Wi-Fi service across an additional 1.5 million households in Karnataka

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has increased its Wi-Fi service to an additional 1.5 million new households in Karnataka. With Airtel...

• Airtel expands its Wi-Fi service across an additional 1.1 million households in Punjab

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has increased its Wi-Fi service to an additional 1.1 million new households in Punjab. With Airtel...

• Airtel re-farms its mid-band spectrum to meet the exponential growth in 5G traffic

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that it has started re-farming its existing mid-band spectrum to accommodate the growing traffic demand on its 5G...

• Airtel expands its Wi-Fi service across an additional 2.5 million households in Tamil Nadu

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has increased its Wi-Fi service to an additional 2.5 million new households in Tamil Nadu. With...

• Airtel expands its Wi-Fi service across an additional 4 million households in Uttar Pradesh

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has increased its Wi-Fi service to an additional 4 million new households in Uttar Pradesh. With...

• Airtel expands its Wi-Fi service across an additional 4.1 million households in Gujarat

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has increased its Wi-Fi service to an additional 4.1 million new households in Gujarat. With Airtel...

• Airtel expands its Wi-Fi service across an additional 1.9 million households in Telangana

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has increased its Wi-Fi service to an additional 1.9 million new households in Telangana. With Airtel...

• Nokia and Bharti Airtel complete successful 5G NSA Cloud RAN trial in India

  Nokia today announced that it has successfully completed its first 5G non-standalone (NSA) Cloud RAN trial with Bharti Airtel (Airtel) in India. The project supports Airtel’s aim to deliver a...

June 2024

• Airtel Announces Revised Mobile Tariffs

  Bharti Airtel (‘Airtel’) has maintained that the mobile Average Revenue per User (ARPU) needs to be upwards of INR 300, to enable a financially healthy business model for Telcos in...

• Nxtra by Airtel joins RE100, commits to becoming a 100% renewable energy data centre company

  Nxtra by Airtel, one of India’s leading data centre companies, has joined the RE100 initiative - a flagship global initiative led by Climate Group in partnership with CDP – and...

• Airtel set to sustain its lead on delivering the best experience

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier telecommunications services provider, today announced purchase of spectrum in key circles. The telecom company said that it has acquired 97 MHz spectrum by winning back...

• Wynk Studio artists’ songs surpass 1.7+ billion streams on Wynk Music

  Wynk Music, India’s number one music streaming app by downloads and daily active users, has achieved an industry-leading milestone of an impressive 1.7+ billion streams for songs by independent artists...

• Airtel prepays Rs. 7,904 crores to clear high cost deferred liabilities for spectrum acquired in 2012 and 2015

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today said that it has prepaid Rs. 7,904 crores to the Department of Telecom (Government of India). With this, the...

May 2024

• Bharti Airtel appoints Sharat Sinha as CEO of Airtel Business

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider has appointed Sharat Sinha as the CEO of Airtel Business effective 3rd June 2024. In this role, Sharat will report to Gopal...

• Airtel and Google Cloud Enter into a Long-Term Strategic Collaboration to Accelerate Cloud Adoption and Deploy Generative AI Solutions

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) and Google Cloud today entered into a long-term collaboration to deliver cloud solutions to Indian businesses. The strategic collaboration will offer a suite of cutting-edge cloud solutions...

• Airtel Xstream Play strengthens regional content library, partners Sun NXT

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that Airtel Xstream Play, India’s fastest-growing OTT aggregator service with over five million paid subscribers, has partnered with...

April 2024

• Airtel enhances network coverage across Leh and Ladakh, ahead of summer vacation rush

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today announced the expansion of its network across the picturesque regions of Leh and Ladakh. This development comes just in...

• Airtel unveils affordable International Roaming packs for customers travelling across the world

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, unveiled affordable international roaming packs for customers travelling abroad. The new packs include access to 184 countries and the...

• Dialog, Axiata Group and Bharti Airtel sign Definitive Agreement to Merge Operations in Sri Lanka

  Dialog Axiata PLC (“Dialog”), Axiata Group Berhad (“Axiata”) and Bharti Airtel Limited (“Bharti Airtel”) (collectively “the Parties”), signed a Definitive Agreement to combine their operations in Sri Lanka. Under this...

March 2024

• Airtel Xstream Fiber transforms home entertainment with its brand new Campaign

  Bharti Airtel, one of India's leading telecommunications service providers, today announced the launch of its high decibel 360° campaign for Airtel Xstream Fiber. With a primary emphasis on home entertainment,...

February 2024

• Airtel switches to recycled PVC SIM cards – partners IDEMIA

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, in partnership with IDEMIA Secure Transactions, today announced that it has switched from virgin plastic to recycled PVC SIM cards....

• Airtel to offer seamless connectivity to commuters in India’s first underwater metro in Kolkata

  Bharti Airtel, one of India's leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced its pioneering initiative to deliver uninterrupted connectivity to metro commuters by deploying high-capacity nodes 35 meters below river Hooghly....

• Airtel Digital TV with CMEPL launches India’s first Anime Entertainment Channel – Anime Booth

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, is set to revolutionise anime viewing in India with the introduction of Anime Booth — a linear service of Culver Max Entertainment...

• Airtel introduces in-flight roaming packs with tariffs starting as low as Rs. 195

  Bharti Airtel, one of India's leading telecommunications service providers, today, introduced in-flight roaming plans for customers that will allow them to stay connected while on-board a flight. Customers can now...

• Ericsson and Airtel successfully demonstrate 5G FWA functionality on mmWave

  Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Bharti Airtel (Airtel), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers have successfully demonstrated mm Wave 5G functionality on Airtel network. Peak speeds of 4.7Gbps were achieved...

• Nxtra to procure 140,208 MWh renewable energy for its data centres

  Nxtra by Airtel, one of India’s leading data centre companies, today, announced a power-wheeling agreement with Ampln and Amplus Energy to procure an additional 140,208 MWh of renewable energy. With...

January 2024

• Airtel prepays Rs. 8,325 crores to clear high cost deferred liabilities for spectrum acquired in 2015

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today said that it has prepaid Rs. 8,325 crores to the Department of Telecom (Government of India) towards part prepayment...

• Airtel Business to power 20 million smart meters for Adani Energy Solutions with its transformative smart IoT solutions

  Airtel Business – the B2B arm of Bharti Airtel, one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers – today announced that it will power over 20 million smart meters for Adani...

December 2023

• Airtel Xstream Play partners with aha Telugu and Tamil, enhances regional content portfolio

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today, announced that Airtel Xstream Play, India’s fastest-growing OTT aggregator service with over five million paid subscribers, will now offer aha Tamil...

• Airtel Business enters into strategic partnership with IntelliSmart for powering up to 20 million smart meters

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that it has formed a strategic partnership to power up to 20 million smart meters with IntelliSmart Infrastructure...

• Wynk Rewind is now live with India’s favourite music of 2023

  Wynk Music, India’s number 1 music streaming app by downloads and daily active users, today, unveiled its Wynk Rewind 2023 – announcing the top artists, albums and songs to have...

November 2023

• Airtel connects Zanskar Valley in Kargil district with superfast Airtel 5G Plus

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that it has connected the Zanskar valley in Kargil district with its ultrafast Airtel 5G Plus. This makes...

• Airtel extends 5G coverage to all 34 districts of Maharashtra empowering 4.1 million customers to enjoy the power of 5G

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 4.1 million unique 5G...

• Airtel extends 5G coverage to all 40 districts of Uttar Pradesh West & Uttarakhand empowering 2.3 million customers to enjoy the power of 5G

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 2.3 million unique 5G...

• Airtel extends 5G coverage to all 38 districts of Tamil Nadu empowering 4.2 million customers to enjoy the power of 5G

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 4.2 million unique 5G...

• Airtel extends 5G coverage to all 24 districts of Punjab empowering 2 million customers to enjoy the power of 5G

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 2 million unique 5G...

• Airtel extends 5G coverage to all 30 districts of Odisha empowering 1.4 million customers to enjoy the power of 5G

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 1.4 million unique 5G...

• Airtel extends 5G coverage to all 31 districts of Karnataka empowering 5.1 million customers to enjoy the power of 5G

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 5.1 million unique 5G...

• Airtel extends 5G coverage to all 33 districts of Gujarat and Union Territory of Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu empowering 2.2 million customers to enjoy the power of 5G

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 2.2 million unique 5G...

• Airtel extends 5G coverage to all 23 districts of West Bengal empowering 1.6 million customers to enjoy the power of 5G

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 1.6 million unique 5G...

• Airtel Business launches “Airtel Advantage” – a first-of-its-kind,fully-automated digital platform for global interconnect solutions

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, launched “Airtel Advantage”, a first-of-its-kind unified platform offering global interconnect solutions.

October 2023

• Airtel collaborates with Microsoft to enable integrated calling through Microsoft Teams

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that it has partnered with Microsoft to offer Indian organizations calling services over Microsoft Teams through an integration...

• Airtel extends 5G coverage to 110 districts of North East empowering 1.7 million customers to enjoy the power of 5G

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 1.7 million unique 5G...

• Airtel extends 5G coverage to all 26 districts of Andhra Pradesh empowering 2.9 million customers to enjoy the power of 5G

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 2.9 million unique 5G...

• Nxtra by Airtel releases its maiden Corporate Sustainability Report

  Nxtra Data Limited (“Nxtra by Airtel”), a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel (Airtel), today, unveiled its inaugural sustainability report for financial year 2023, “Responsible by Choice, Sustainable by Design”. The sustainability...

• Airtel extends 5G coverage to all 14 districts of Kerala empowering 1.7 million customers to enjoy the power of 5G

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 1.7 million unique 5G...

• Airtel extends 5G coverage to all 22 districts of Jammu & Kashmir empowering over 0.9 Million customers to enjoy the power of 5G

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 0.9 million unique 5G...

• Airtel Xstream Play achieves 5-million-paid -subscriber milestone

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that its video streaming service, Airtel Xstream Play, has crossed the five million paid subscriber mark in October...

• Airtel extends 5G coverage to 50 districts of Rajasthan empowering 2.7 million customers to enjoy the power of 5G

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 2.7 million unique 5G...

• Airtel extends 5G coverage to 81 districts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh empowering 2.1 million customers to enjoy the power of 5G

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 2.1 million unique 5G...

• Airtel in partnership with Ericsson successfully tests India’s first RedCap technology on its 5G network

  Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India's premier communications solutions provider and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced the successful testing of Ericsson’s pre-commercial Reduced Capability (RedCap) software on the Airtel 5G network. Carried...

• Bharti Airtel Collaborates with Amdocs to Accelerate Digital Transformation

  Amdocs’ platform will enable Airtel to create a single bundled plan and bill for all its services; automated billing processes will ease bottlenecks, enhance customer experience and deliver greater value...

• Airtel launches India’s first integrated omni-channel cloud platform for CCaaS (Contact Center as a Service)

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced the launch of Airtel CCaaS (Contact Center as a Service) – an industry first omni-channel cloud platform that...

• Airtel extends 5G coverage to 33 districts of Telangana empowering 3 million customers to enjoy the power of 5G

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 3 million unique 5G...

September 2023

• Airtel continues its 5G growth streak with 50 million unique customers on its network

  Within 1 year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced that it has over 50 million unique 5G...

• Wynk Studio wins music distribution rights to Kay Kay Menon’s starrer “Love All”

  Wynk Music, India’s number 1 music streaming app by downloads and daily active users, today announced that Wynk Studio, India’s largest music distribution ecosystem, has won the distribution rights to...

• Bharti Airtel voted Most Outstanding Company in India by Asiamoney

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services provider, has emerged as the most outstanding company in India, both across all sectors and specifically within the telecommunications services sector,...

• Airtel to source 23,000 MWh of renewable energy by Q4 FY 23-24 for six Nxtra data centers

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that it will purchase 23,000 MWh of renewable energy by Q4 FY 23-24 for its data center company,...

August 2023

• Airtel’s Wynk Music and Dolby bring Dolby Atmos to music lovers

  Wynk Music, India’s leading music streaming app, and Dolby Laboratories, a leader in immersive entertainment experiences, announced the launch of Dolby Atmos® to its users at no extra cost.

• Airtel launches Xstream AirFiber – India’s 1st wireless home Wi-Fi service powered by 5G Plus

  Bharti Airtel, one of India's leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced the launch of Airtel Xstream AirFiber, its fixed wireless access (FWA) offering, on 5G for consumers in Delhi and...

• Airtel launches Airtel IQ Reach – India’s first-of-its-kind self-serve marketing communications platform

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced the launch of Airtel IQ Reach, a first-of-its-kind self-serve marketing communications platform, which will enable brands/ companies to...

July 2023

• Airtel prepays Rs. 8,024 crores to clear high cost deferred liabilities for spectrum acquired in 2015

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today said that it has prepaid Rs. 8,024 crores to the Department of Telecom (Government of India) towards part prepayment...

• Airtel Business becomes India’s first enterprise to power over 20 million connected devices

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that Airtel Business, its B2B division, has achieved yet another industry milestone by becoming the first ICT service...

June 2023

• Airtel Business announces changes to its leadership team

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today announced changes to its leadership team in Airtel Business. Ajay Chitkara, CEO Airtel Business, has decided to move on...

• Matter Motor Works partners with Airtel Business for its AERA motorbikes

  Matter Motor Works, a technology-led innovation start-up, and Bharti Airtel, one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced a strategic partnership to deploy Airtel’s IoT solution in Matter AERA,...

• Airtel powers 5G access to the Kochi water metro route

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that its 5G service is now available to customers across Kochi’s water metro stations for the first time,...

• Airtel surpasses the 2 million customer mark on its 5G network in Uttar Pradesh East

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has surpassed the 2 million unique 5G user mark on its network in Uttar Pradesh East....

• Airtel surpasses the 2 million customer mark on its 5G network in Bihar and Jharkhand

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has surpassed the 2 million unique 5G user mark on its network in Bihar and Jharkhand....

• Airtel Business partners with the Ministry of Education to power Government of India’s Ed-Tech platform – DIKSHA

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that it has won the Cloud and CDN mandate from the Digital India Corporation (DIC) to power DIKSHA...

• As the travel season peaks, Airtel experiences a surge in demand for International Roaming Packs in Delhi

  Bharti Airtel, one of India's leading telecommunications service providers, has witnessed a growth of 108% in the subscription of packs for customers travelling abroad from Delhi as compared to last...

May 2023

• Airtel surpasses the 2 million customer mark on its 5G network in Tamil Nadu

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has surpassed the 2 million unique 5G user mark on its network in Tamil Nadu. Airtel...

• Airtel Xstream augments content portfolio with addition of FanCode

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that it will offer content from FanCode to its subscribers. Airtel Xstream now offers content from 19 OTT...

• Airtel surpasses the 2 million customer mark on its 5G network in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced that it has surpassed the 2 million unique 5G user mark on its network in Andhra Pradesh and...

• Airtel celebrates 2 million Mumbaikars on its 5G network

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced that it has welcomed 2 million customers onto its 5G network in Mumbai thus far. This remarkable growth...

• Dialog, Axiata Group and Bharti Airtel sign binding term sheet to combine operations in Sri Lanka

  Dialog Axiata Plc (“Dialog”), Axiata Group Berhad (“Axiata”) and Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”) (collectively “the Parties”), have entered into a binding term sheet to combine operations of Bharti Airtel Lanka...

• Airtel launches new partnership with Bridgepointe Technologies under Global Channel Partners Programme

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today, announced its strategic partnership with Bridgepointe Technologies ("Bridgepointe" or the "Company"), a tech advisory firm that helps mid-market and...

April 2023

• Airtel 5G Plus is now available across 3000 cities and towns in the country

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today, announced that its ultra-fast 5G service is now available to customers in 3000 cities and towns in the country....

• Airtel partners with Secure Meters to deploy 1.3 million NB-IoT powered smart meters in Bihar

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced its partnership with Secure Meters for deploying Narrow Band (NB-IoT) services that will power 1.3 million homes in...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Ladakh

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications services providers, today, announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in the Union Territory of Ladakh. Airtel 5G Plus services...

March 2023

• Airtel and India Post Payments Bank launch WhatsApp Banking Services

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading telecommunications service provider in India and India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) today announced the launch of WhatsApp Banking Services for IPPB customers, enabling them to...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Port Blair

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Port Blair, making it the first operator to bring the power...

• Airtel 5G Plus is now available across 500 cities in the country

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today announced that its ultra-fast 5G service is available to customers in 500 cities in the country. Airtel added 235 cities to...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Kolkata

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Kolkata. Airtel’s 5G services are already live in Haldia, Ranaghat, Contai,...

• Airtel launches an introductory ‘Unlimited data’ offer for its 5G customers

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of unlimited 5G data for its customers with the view to encouraging them to experience the power of...

• Airtel wins Dun & Bradstreet award for ESG Excellence

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of the leading telecommunications service providers in India, announced that it has been conferred with the Overall ESG Excellence Award at the inaugural edition of the...

• Airtel announces its largest ever 5G roll-out in 125 cities

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its ultra-fast 5G services in 125 cities. Airtel 5G Plus service is now available to customers in...

• Airtel surpasses 1 million customer mark on its 5G network in Mumbai

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced that it has crossed the 1 million unique 5G user mark on its network in Mumbai. Airtel was the first...

February 2023

• Airtel surpasses 10 million unique customers on its 5G network

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced that it has crossed the 10 million unique 5G user mark on its network. Airtel was the first service provider...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 13 cities of Jammu & Kashmir

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Katra, Anantnag, Baramulla & Rajouri. Airtel 5G services are already live...

• Airtel invites customers to experience the power of 5G at its stores

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider has created 5G experience zones across all its retail stores in the country. Through these specially curated zones, Airtel is demonstrating the...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Chandigarh Tri-City

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Chandigarh, Mohali & Panchkula Airtel 5G Plus services will be available...

• Airtel deploys AI-powered speech analytics solutions for customer service transformation with NVIDIA

  Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecommunications service provider today announced that it has built an AI-based solution, in collaboration with NVIDIA which will improve the overall customer experience for all in-bound...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 8 cities of Rajasthan

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Jodhpur, Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner & Bhilwara. Airtel’s 5G services are already...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 8 cities of Rajasthan

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Jodhpur, Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner & Bhilwara. Airtel’s 5G services are already...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 2 cities of Uttarakhand

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Haridwar. Airtel’s 5G services are already live in Dehradun. Airtel 5G...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 16 cities of West Bengal

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Berhampore, Old Malda, Raiganj, Durgapur, Balurghat, Alipurduar, Dinhata, Asansol, Barrdhaman, Koch...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 13 cities of Odisha

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Bhawanipatna, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Paradeep & Bargarh. Airtel’s 5G services are already...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 14 cities of Bihar

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Begusarai, Katihar, Kishanganj, Purnia, Gopalganj, Barh, Bihar Sharif, Bihta, Nawada &...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in all North-East states of India

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in the North-East cities of Kohima, Itanagar, Aizawl, Gangtok, Silchar, Dibrugarh &...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 4 cities of Himachal Pradesh

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Dharamshala, Mandi and Baddi. Airtel’s 5G services are already live in...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 8 cities of Odisha

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Anugul, Sambalpur, Berhampur & Balasore. Airtel’s 5G services are already live...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 5 cities of Gujarat

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Surat, Vadodara & Rajkot. Airtel’s 5G services are already live in...

• Airtel Announces Strategic Partnership with Vultr to Deliver Cloud Solutions to Enterprises

  Bharti Airtel (NSE: BHARTIARTL/ AIRTELPP | BSE: 532454/ 890157) (“Airtel”), India’s leading communications solutions provider, and Vultr, the world’s largest privately-held cloud computing company, today announced a strategic partnership to...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 2 cities of Chhattisgarh

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Raipur and Durg-Bhilai. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 4 cities of Madhya Pradesh

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Bhopal, Ujjain & Gwalior. Airtel’s 5G services are already live in...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Itanagar

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Itanagar. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 4 cities of Kerala

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Kozhikode, Trivandrum and Thrissur. Airtel’s 5G services are already live in...

January 2023

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 7 cities of Andhra Pradesh

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Kakinada, Kurnool, Guntur & Tirupati. Airtel's 5G services are...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 3 cities of Telangana

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Warangal and Karimnagar. Airtel's 5G services are already live in Hyderabad....

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in seven cities of Jammu & Kashmir

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Samba, Kathua, Udhampur, Akhnoor, Kupwara, Lakhanpur & Khour. Airtel’s 5G services...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 5 cities of Tamil Nadu

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Coimbatore, Madurai, Hosur, Trichy. Airtel’s 5G services are already live in...

• Bharti Airtel appoints Naval Seth as Head of Investor Relations

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading communications solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Naval Seth as the Head of Investor Relations. In this role, Naval will spearhead Airtel’s representation amongst...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 4 cities of Odisha

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Puri in addition to Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Rourkela launched in early...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Dehradun

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Dehradun. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Agartala

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Agartala. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 5 cities of Delhi NCR

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in NCR (national capital region) cities of Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad. Airtel's...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 3 cities of Rajasthan

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Jaipur, Udaipur and Kota. The company has also deployed the ultrafast...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 7 cities of Uttar Pradesh

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Agra, Meerut, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Prayagraj. Airtel’s 5G services are already live...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Shillong

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Shillong. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 2 cities of Jharkhand

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Ranchi and Jamshedpur. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 4 cities of Bihar

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Muzaffarpur, Bodh Gaya & Bhagalpur. Airtel’s 5G services are already live...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Kochi

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Kochi. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Rourkela

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Rourkela. The company has also deployed the ultrafast...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in 4 cities of Haryana

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Hissar and Rohtak. Airtel’s 5G services are already live in Gurugram...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Indore

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Indore. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in...

December 2022

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Jammu and Srinagar

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Pune

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch

• 5G in Healthcare Airtel, Apollo Hospitals, AWS carry out India’s first 5G driven, Artificial Intelligence guided Colonoscopy trial

  Bharti Airtel, India’s premier communications solutions provider and Apollo Hospitals, Asia’s foremost trusted integrated

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Vizag

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Vizag. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Imphal

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Imphal. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to...

• Airtel acquires strategic stake in technology Start Up Lemnisk

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider today announced that it has acquired a strategic stake in Lemnisk (Immensitas Private Limited) under Airtel’s Start Up Accelerator Program. The deal...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Shimla

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Shimla. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in...

• Airtel announces winners of First “Airtel IQ Hackathon”

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider today announced winners of first ever “Airtel IQ” hackathon. Gurgaon based Green Receipt, Frazor BFSI from Udaipur and Delhi’s Vizard Info were...

• Hyderabadis to enjoy ultrafast connectivity On-the-Go with Airtel 5G Plus

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in the city connecting key locations and transport hubs including the Metro...

• Airtel partners Tech Mahindra to deploy captive private network at Mahindra’s Chakan Facility

  Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), India's premier communications solutions provider and Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering solutions, today announced a strategic partnership under which they...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Lucknow

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Lucknow. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in...

• Wynk Rewind is now Live; Take a look at India’s favorite music in 2022

  Wynk Music, India’s number 1 music streaming app by downloads and daily active users today introduced Wynk Rewind, a personalized user experience which features top artists, albums, songs, playlists, heard...

• Airtel launches ‘World Pass’ – One pack for travel across 184 countries

  As the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic ebb, we are beginning to witness a massive surge in international travel both for work and leisure. India, in fact, has seen...

• Airtel and Meta collaborate to accelerate India’s digital ecosystem

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier digital communications solutions provider, and Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) today announced a collaboration to support the growth of India’s digital ecosystem. Airtel and Meta will...

November 2022

• Airtel Business wins IoT solution mandate for Smart Meters from Tata Power Western Odisha Distribution Limited, (TPWODL)

  Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India's premier communications solutions provider, today announced that it has won a cellular IoT solution mandate with TP Western Odisha Distribution Limited, (TPWODL), a Joint venture between...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Patna

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Patna. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in...

• Airtel powers Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport with ultrafast Airtel 5G Plus

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications service provider today announced the deployment of its cutting-edge Airtel 5G Plus service at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Nagpur, making it the second...

• Nxtra by Airtel commences construction of its largest Data Centre in East India

  Nxtra Data Limited (“Nxtra by Airtel”), a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel (Airtel) started the construction of its new hyper-scale data centre in Kolkata. The company will invest Rs 600 Cr...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Guwahati

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Guwahati - Gateway to North East India. Airtel 5G Plus services...

• Airtel powers Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi with ultrafast Airtel 5G Plus

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications service provider today announced the deployment of its cutting-edge Airtel 5G Plus service at the Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi, making it the...

• Airtel powers Pune Airport with ultrafast Airtel 5G Plus

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications service provider today announced the deployment of its cutting edge Airtel 5G Plus service at Pune Lohegaon Airport, making it the first airport in...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Gurugram

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Gurugram. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in...

• Airtel 5G Plus now live in Panipat

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Panipat. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in...

• Airtel surpasses 1 million customers on it 5G network

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider today announced that it has crossed the 1 million unique 5G user mark on its network. The company achieved this milestone in...

• Airtel powers the swanky new terminal in Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru with ultrafast Airtel 5G Plus

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications service provider today announced the launch of its cutting edge Airtel 5G Plus services at the new Terminal of the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru...

October 2022

• Airtel Launches “Always On” IoT Connectivity solution

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of the “Always On” IoT connectivity solution in India. Airtel’s “Always On” solution comprises dual profile M2M eSim...

• Airtel 5G Plus launched today

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India's premier communications solutions provider, today provided more detail on the launch of Airtel 5G plus in several top cities in the country. Customers in Delhi, Mumbai,...

• Airtel Ads demonstrates India’s first immersive VR advertisement powered by 5G

  Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), India's premier communications solutions provider today unveiled India’s first immersive Virtual Reality (VR) advertisement powered by 5G. The advertisement format on the Airtel Thanks app opens new...

• Revolutionizing Travel: Airtel and Nokia join hands to bring alive the Grandeur of Kashi Vishwanath temple and Statue of Unity at the India Mobile Congress

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September 2022

• Airtel launches Xsafe ─ an advanced home surveillance solution

  Worried about the well-being of your older parent, a young child or even an adorable pet at home while you are away? Worry no more, as Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India's...

• Airtel and WhatsApp launch ‘Airtel IQ Hackathon’ inviting start-ups to build new age business solutions on WhatsApp

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider and WhatsApp, today announced the launch of first ever “Airtel IQ” hackathon. The hackathon’s objective is to identify and build new-age business...

• Airtel and IBM to Work Together to Bring Secured Edge Cloud Services to Indian Enterprises

  IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Bharti Airtel, a premier communications solutions provider in India with more than 358 million subscribers, today announced their intent to work together to deploy Airtel’s edge...

• Nxtra by Airtel to become the First Data Center Company in India to install Fuel Cell Technology to provide Clean Energy

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today announced that its subsidiary Nxtra Data Limited (“Nxtra”) has partnered with Bloom Energy to deploy low environmental impact fuel cell installation at its data center in...

• PEPSICO INDIA PARTNERS WITH AIRTEL, OFFERS RECHARGE COUPON WITH BEVERAGE BRANDS

  Ahead of the festive season, PepsiCo India and Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading provider of telecommunications services, have joined hands to bring an innovative offer for the consumers. With every...

• Airtel introduces Edge CDN ahead of 5G Launch; plans specialised Cloud products for multiple business segments

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier digital communications solutions provider, today announced multiple new products in its cloud portfolio ahead of the 5G service launch. The new cloud offerings will fall...

August 2022

• Airtel pays Rs 8312.4 Cr for 5G spectrum to DOT; Instalment for 4 years settled ahead of schedule with a view to free up cash flows for 5G roll out

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier digital communications solutions provider, today said that it has paid Rs 8312.4 crores to the Department of Telecom (Government of India) towards dues for spectrum...

• Introducing Wynk Studio, India’s largest music distribution ecosystem for independent artists

  Wynk Music, India’s number 1 music streaming app by downloads and daily active users today introduced Wynk Studio, India’s largest music distribution ecosystem for independent artists based in India and...

• Airtel to commence 5G Deployment from August 2022, signs 5G network agreements with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung

  Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India's premier communications solutions provider, today announced that it has signed 5G network agreements with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung to commence 5G deployment in August 2022. Airtel...

• Airtel set to lead India’s 5G revolution

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier telecommunications services provider, today announced that it is set to lead India’s 5G revolution. The telecom company said that it has acquired 19,800 MHz spectrum...

July 2022

• Airtel deploys India’s first private 5G network at BOSCH facility

  Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), India's premier communications solutions provider today announced successful trial of India’s first 5G Private Network at Bosch Automotive Electronics India Pvt Ltd (RBAI) facility in Bengaluru. Airtel’s...

June 2022

• Airtel Xstream Fiber expands FTTH network to India’s farthest corners

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced the launch of its Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) broadband service – Airtel Xstream Fiber in Ladakh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. With...

• Airtel launches India’s first multiplex in the Metaverse

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today unveiled India’s first multiplex on the Partynite Metaverse platform. The Xstream multiplex is an extension of Airtel’s Xstream Premium offering, which...

• Airtel Xstream achieves the 2 Million paid subscriber milestone and is now India’s fastest growing OTT aggregator app

May 2022

• COMPLETE ENTERTAINMENT: Airtel Xstream Fiber unlocks it’s NEW All-in-One plans

  In urban India today, both home internet and home entertainment are seeing rapid growth, accelerated by consumers watching more content on their TVs than ever before. In 2020-21, the home...

• Airtel to set up digital technology hub in Pune, looks to hire 500 people for the facility

  As part of its growing in-house digital engineering capabilities, Airtel is looking to set up a new technology center in Pune. This will be Airtel’s fourth digital technology hub in...

April 2022

• Airtel, Apollo Hospitals, and Cisco join forces to demonstrate the Future of Healthcare with 5G Connected Ambulance

  Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), India's premier communications solutions provider, partnered with Apollo Hospitals and Cisco to create a 5G Connected Ambulance that transforms access to healthcare and save lives in emergency...

• Airtel acquires stake in Cloud Network Solutions provider Cnergee Technologies

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, has acquired a strategic minority stake in cloud-based networking solutions provider Cnergee Technologies under the Airtel Startup Accelerator Program. Navi Mumbai based...

March 2022

• Airtel and Tech Mahindra announce partnership to grow India’s digital economy

  Airtel and Tech Mahindra announce partnership to grow India’s digital economy

• Airtel showcases the exciting future of immersive video entertainment on 5G

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today showcased 5G’s high-speed, low latency capabilities to transform the future of video entertainment and take the user experience to the next...

• Airtel prepays INR 8,815 crores to clear deferred liabilities for spectrum acquired in 2015

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier digital communications solutions provider, today said that it has paid INR 8,815 crores to the Department of Telecom (Government of India) towards part prepayment of...

• Data centres to enable India’s trillion-dollar digital economy growth

  India’s data centre industry is poised for a sustained period of growth, driven by a diverse range of consumption and demographic trends, says Nxtra by Airtel, the data centre subsidiary...

• Airtel’s Self Optimising Network solution wins the Innovative Mobile Service and Application Award at GTI Awards 2022

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that its A-SON (Self Optimising Network) solution has won the Innovative Mobile Service and Application honour at the prestigious GTI...

• AI focused Nuronics Labs is the winner of Airtel’s Startup India Innovation Challenge

• Airtel and Axis Bank announce partnership to bolster India’s digital ecosystem

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, and Axis Bank, India’s third-largest private sector bank, today announced a strategic partnership to strengthen the growth of India’s digital ecosystem through...

February 2022

• Statement from Airtel on agreement with Vodafone for stake acquisition in Indus Towers

  The telecom market structure has started to stabilise on account of the efforts of the Government of India including the recent relief package. We support the Government’s desire to have...

• Airtel acquires strategic stake in blockchain technology startup Aqilliz

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, announced that it has acquired a strategic stake in Aqilliz – a Blockchain as a Service Company under the Airtel Startup Accelerator...

• Airtel joins SEA-ME-WE-6 undersea cable consortium to scale up high speed network for India’s emerging digital economy

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has joined the SEA-ME-WE-6 undersea cable consortium to scale up its high speed global network capacity to serve...

• Airtel Deploys Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications to Accelerate Digital Transformation Across Its Supply Chain and Finance Processes

  Oracle today announced that Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s premier communications solutions provider, has chosen Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Management (SCM)...

• Airtel launches Xstream Premium – India’s largest collection of entertainment content in a single app

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today took a giant leap towards democratizing and growing the Digital Entertainment ecosystem in India with the launch of its new video...

January 2022

• Airtel acquires ~25% strategic stake in SD-WAN startup Lavelle Networks

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced an agreement to acquire appx. 25% equity stake in Bengaluru based technology startup, Lavelle Networks. The agreement is subject to...

• Airtel and Google partner to help grow India’s digital ecosystem

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s premier communications solutions providers, and Google today announced that they will partner on a long-term, multi-year agreement to accelerate the growth of India’s digital...

• Airtel strengthens its green energy footprint with the commissioning of 21 MW Solar Power Unit in Maharashtra

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced the commissioning of a new 21 MW solar power plant in District Bhuldana, Maharashtra as part of the company’s commitment...

• Hughes and Airtel Form Joint Venture to Provide Satellite Broadband Services in India

  Hughes Communications India Pvt Ltd, (HCIPL), a majority-owned subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an innovator in satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks for 50 years, and Bharti Airtel...

• Statement from Airtel: Update on the scheme of arrangement for new corporate structure

  The seminal telecom sector reforms package announced by the Government of India has significantly boosted the outlook and investor confidence for the industry while simplifying the license framework. With a...

December 2021

• Airtel and TCS demonstrate 5G based Remote Robotic Operations and Artificial Intelligence driven Quality Inspection for Factories of the Future

  Bharti Airtel Limited (Airtel), India’s premier digital communications solutions provider, and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), announced the successful testing of innovative use cases from TCS’ Neural...

• Airtel hosts the India edition of O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest 2021, demonstrates the growing maturity of O-RAN 5G ecosystem

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, hosted the O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest 2021 in India in partnership with leading global and Indian technology companies. The event was conducted...

• Airtel pre-pays INR 15, 519 crores to clear all deferred liabilities for spectrum acquired in 2014

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier digital communications solutions provider, today said that it has paid INR 15,519 crores to the Department of Telecom (Government of India) towards prepayment of the...

• Airtel and Capgemini to collaborate on 5G-based solutions for Enterprises

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications and solutions provider, and Capgemini today announced that they will collaborate on bringing 5G-based enterprise grade solutions to the India market. Airtel and Capgemini...

• Airtel deploys Avanseus’ AI-based predictive maintenance solution

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, and Avanseus, today announced the roll-out of Avanseus’ predictive maintenance (“PdM”) solution across its operations. The expansion follows the successful trial and...

• Airtel launches Startup Innovation Challenge in partnership with Invest India

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced the launch of ‘Airtel India Startup Innovation Challenge in partnership with Invest India. As part of the ‘Startup Innovation Challenge’...

November 2021

• Airtel conducts India’s First 5G trial in the 700 MHz band in partnership with Nokia

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has successfully conducted India’s first 5G trial in the 700 MHz band in partnership with Nokia. Airtel has...

• Nxtra by Airtel launches new 38 MW Hyperscale Data Center in Chennai

  Nxtra by Airtel, the data center subsidiary of Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today launched its new hyperscale data center park in Chennai. The state-of-the-art facility was unveiled digitally by the Hon’ble...

• Airtel announces revised mobile tariffs

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) has always maintained that the mobile Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) needs to be at Rs 200 and ultimately at Rs 300, so as to provide a...

• Airtel institutes ESG Committee of Board of Directors

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced that it has formed a Committee of Board of Directors (“ESG Committee”) to sharpen its focus towards its Environmental,...

• Airtel and Oracle Double Down on Partnership to Accelerate India’s Digital Economy

  Oracle and Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, have extended their partnership to support the growth of India’s digital economy by bringing a range of industry leading cloud...

• Airtel rolls out #5GforBusiness to demonstrate 5G use cases for enterprises

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, has rolled out #5GforBusiness initiative to demonstrate a wide range of enterprise grade use cases using high speed & low latency networks....

October 2021

• Airtel launches ‘Airtel IQ Video’ – a CPaaS solution to democratize video streaming in India

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communication solutions provider, today announced the launch of its Video Platform as a Service (CPaaS) – ‘Airtel IQ Video’. The solution has been developed by...

• Airtel announces Rs 6000 cashback on purchase of smartphones from leading brands

  As part of its Mera Pehla Smartphone program, Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”) today announced yet another innovative initiatve to enable customers to upgrade to quality smartphones and enjoy a world-class...

• Airtel takes another step in delivering the best network for customers in Bihar and Jharkhand

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has upgraded its mobile network in Bihar and Jharkhand to deliver the best network experience for its customers....

• Airtel conducts India’s first Rural 5G trial in partnership with Ericsson

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) have conducted India’s first 5G network demonstration in a rural geography. The demonstration took place in Bhaipur Bramanan village on the outskirts of...

• Airtel enhances network experience in Tamil Nadu with LTE 900 technology

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) has further upgraded its high speed data network in Tamil Nadu to boost indoor coverage. The company has deployed an additional 5 MHz spectrum in the superior...

• Airtel appoints Rajiv Sharma as Head – Investor Relations

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”) today announced the appointment of Rajiv Sharma as Head of Investor Relations with effect from 1 October, 2021. In his new role, Rajiv would report to...

September 2021

• Airtel to invest Rs 5000 crores to scale up its data centre business

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”) today unveiled a refreshed brand identity ‘Nxtra by Airtel’ for its data centre business and outlined investment plans to significantly scale up its data centre network...

• Airtel rolls out Made-in- India DTH Set Top Boxes for Customers

  Airtel Digital TV, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today said that it has introduced Made-in-India High Definition Set Top Boxes for customers. The Set Top Boxes are being...

• Airtel boosts 4G network coverage with LTE 900 technology in Kerala

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s leading provider of telecommunications services today said that it has further upgraded its 4G network in Kerala with the deployment of LTE 900 technology that...

• Airtel joins global efforts to combat climate change

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s leading provider of telecommunications services, today announced its commitment to contribute to global efforts to mitigate the impact of climate change and build a sustainable...

• Airtel Payments Bank launches ‘Rewards123Plus’ Digital Savings Account

  Subsequent to the launch of its flagship Rewards123 savings account, Airtel Payments Bank today announced the launch of Rewards123Plus digital savings account variant. In addition to the assured benefits on...

• Airtel and Disney+ Hotstar bring the best of digital entertainment to customers

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s leading provider of telecommunications services, is making the digital entertainment experience of its customers more exciting with its Mobile and Home Broadband plans that come...

• Bharti Airtel welcomes Government of India’s seminal reforms for the telecom industry

  Bharti Airtel today welcomed the path breaking policy directions and interventions announced by the Government of India to support the telecom industry that has been battered by unprecedented stress, high...

• Retailers using digital technologies to deliver immersive, OmniChannel customer experience to win in the emerging 5G era, says Airtel Business.

  Airtel Business, the B2B unit of Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), today released the second edition of its Insights Report under the aegis of its Customer Advisory Board (CAB). The Airtel...

• Airtel demonstrates India’s first Cloud Gaming experience on a 5G network

  Marking yet another industry first on 5G, Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s leading provider of telecommunications services, today said that it has successfully conducted India’s first cloud gaming session in...

August 2021

• Airtel partners with Google Cloud and Cisco to launch ‘Airtel Office Internet’ to accelerate digital transformation of small businesses

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced the launch of ‘Airtel Office Internet’ – a unified enterprise grade solution for the emerging digital connectivity needs of small...

• Airtel IoT is the market leader in India’s Enterprise Connectivity Segment

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, has become the market leader in India’s fast-growing Enterprise IoT segment as per Frost & Sullivan. “Internet of things (IoT) technology is...

July 2021

• Kaspersky and Airtel join forces to make online journeys more secure for customers

  Airtel customers now purchase Kaspersky security solutions for PC and Smartphones via Airtel Thanks app Global cybersecurity company Kaspersky has partnered with Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) – India’s premier communications solutions...

• Airtel upgrades its Prepaid plans to offer more value to customers

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced revisions to its Prepaid plans. Airtel has discontinued its Rs 49 entry level Prepaid recharge. The Company’s Prepaid packs will...

• Airtel upgrades its Postpaid Plans to serve evolving customer needs

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced new postpaid plans for Corporate and Retail customers. In the post pandemic world, abundance of high-speed data is increasingly becoming...

• Airtel and Intel announce collaboration to accelerate 5G in India

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced a collaboration with Intel for 5G network development by leveraging vRAN / O-RAN technologies. The collaboration is part of Airtel’s...

• Airtel Business and Cisco launch next-gen SD-WAN connectivity solutions for enterprises

  Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), India's premier communications solutions provider, and Cisco today announced the launch of next-gen connectivity solutions for enterprises based on Cisco's SD-WAN technology. The solution will enable businesses,...

• As cyber-threats surge, Airtel Xstream Fiber launches ‘Secure Internet’ for its Customers

  As customers in India spend more time online for Work from Home, e-commerce and entertainment, they are becoming increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats. India saw 300% spike in cyber-attacks during...

• Airtel boosts indoor coverage of high speed data services in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh with superior 900 MHz deployment

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has augmented its mobile network in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh to deliver the best indoor network experience...

• Airtel launches ‘Airtel Black’ – India’s first all-in-one solution for Homes

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced the launch of its latest innovation Airtel Black – India’s first all-in-one solution for homes. In today’s world, the customer’s...

June 2021

• Airtel boosts indoor coverage of high speed data services in Himachal Pradesh with superior 900 MHz deployment

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has augmented its mobile network in Himachal Pradesh to deliver the best indoor network experience for its customers...

• Airtel upgrades high speed network in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to deliver the best network experience to customers

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said it has further upgraded its high speed data network in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to deliver the best network experience...

• Airtel takes another step in delivering the best network for customers in Uttar Pradesh (East) Circle

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has upgraded its mobile network in Uttar Pradesh (East) to deliver the best network experience for its customers....

• Airtel appoints Amrita Padda as Chief People Officer

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Amrita Padda as Chief People Officer with effect from 1 October, 2021. She will report to Gopal...

• Airtel and Tata Group/TCS announce collaboration for ‘Made in India’ 5G

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider and Tata Group, today announced a strategic partnership for implementing 5G networks solutions for India. Tata Group has developed a ‘state of...

• Airtel deploys additional 21.6 Mhz spectrum to deliver the best network experience for customers in Bengal

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has upgraded its mobile network in Bengal to deliver the best network experience for its customers. Airtel has...

• Airtel deploys additional 30 MHz spectrum in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh to boost network capacity

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has upgraded its mobile network in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh to deliver the best network experience for...

• Airtel deploys additional 17.4 MHz spectrum in Himachal Pradesh to boost indoor network experience

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has upgraded its mobile network in Himachal Pradesh to deliver the best network experience for its customers. Airtel...

• Airtel takes another step in delivering the best network for customers in Odisha

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has upgraded its mobile network in Odisha to deliver the best network experience for its customers. Airtel has...

• Airtel’s new brand campaign reinforces India’s preference for network quality

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading communications solutions provider, today rolled out a new brand campaign to showcase the disproportionate customer preference for its world-class network and differentiated services. Watch the...

• Airtel deploys additional 20 MHz spectrum in Haryana to boost network capacity and best-in-class experience to customers

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has upgraded its mobile network in Haryana to deliver the best network experience for its customers. Airtel has...

May 2021

• Airtel takes another step in delivering the best network experience for customers in North East

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has upgraded its mobile network in North East to deliver the best network experience for its customers. Airtel...

• Airtel takes another step in delivering the best network experience for customers in Assam

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has upgraded its mobile network in Assam to deliver the best network experience for its customers. Airtel has...

• Airtel takes another step in delivering the best network experience for customers in Gujarat

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has upgraded its mobile network in Gujarat to deliver the best network experience for its customers. Airtel has...

• Airtel takes another step in delivering the best network for customers in Kerala

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has upgraded its mobile network in Kerala to deliver the best network experience for its customers. Airtel has...

• Airtel takes another step in delivering the best network for customers in Karnataka

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has upgraded its mobile network in Karnataka to deliver the best network experience for its customers. Airtel has...

• Airtel takes another step in delivering the best network for customers in Tamil Nadu

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today said that it has upgraded its mobile network in Tamil Nadu to deliver the best network experience for its customers. Airtel...

• Airtel announces benefits worth Rs 270 cr to help 55 million low income customers to tide over the impact of Covid-19

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced special benefits for low-income customers on its network to help them stay connected during the ongoing pandemic. 1. As a...

• Airtel rolls out Covid support services on its digital platforms Integrates easy to access Covid resources on Airtel Thanks app Enables businesses to set up FREE helpline for employees with Airtel IQ

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, has rolled out a range of Covid support initiatives for customers by leveraging its digital platforms. Covid services on Airtel Thanks app...

• Airtel Payments Bank launches DigiGold – a digital platform for customers to make investments in gold

  As part of its growing bouquet of digital services, Airtel Payments Bank today launched DigiGold in partnership with SafeGold - the leading provider of digital gold. With DigiGold, Airtel Payments...

• Airtel Payments Bank announces 6% p.a. interest on deposits over Rs. 1 lakh

  Airtel Payments Bank today said that its customers will get an increased interest rate of 6% p.a. on savings account deposits of over Rs. 1 lakh. This follows Airtel Payments...

April 2021

• Airtel launches ‘Airtel IoT’ a 5G Ready Platform for the World of Connected Things

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today launched ‘Airtel IoT’ – an integrated platform that enables enterprises to harness the power of Internet of Things (IoT) and be...

• Airtel announces Spectrum Trading Agreement with Jio

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today announced an agreement with Reliance Jio Infocomm (“Jio”) to transfer the ‘Right to Use’ of Airtel’s 800 MHz spectrum in Andhra Pradesh (3.75 MHz), Delhi (1.25...

• Airtel joins hands with Apollo 24/7 to enable customers to access healthcare services digitally from the safety of their homes

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, has partnered with Apollo 24/7, the fastest growing health App in India to offer a wide range of e-healthcare services to its...

• Airtel expands Green Energy footprint

  As part of its mission to rapidly grow its green energy footprint, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier digital communications solutions provider, has commissioned a 14 MWp captive solar power plant...

March 2021

• Hyper Localisation and Hyper Personalisation will drive customer engagement in a digitally connected world, says Airtel’s Business Insights Report

  Airtel Business, the B2B unit of Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today released its first Business Insights report under the aegis of its Customer Advisory Board, which has representation from India’s top...

• Airtel fortifies its strong spectrum portfolio Acquires 355.45 MHz spectrum for Rs. 18,699 Crores

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier digital communication solutions provider, today said that it has acquired 355.45 MHz spectrum across Sub GHz, mid band and 2300 MHz bands for a total...

February 2021

• BHARTI AIRTEL ANNOUNCES SUCCESSFUL PRICING OF ITS $1.25 BILLION DUAL-TRANCHE SENIOR 10.25 YEAR AND PERPETUAL 144A/REGS US$ BOND OFFERING

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier digital communications provider, has successfully priced its debt fund raise of US$1.25 billion through the issuance of its first ever dual-tranche US$ bond offering spread...

• Airtel enters the Ad Tech industry with Airtel Ads

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, has entered the advertising business with the launch of Airtel Ads – a powerful brand engagement solution. Airtel Ads allows brands of...

• Airtel and Qualcomm to collaborate for 5G in India

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced their collaboration for accelerating 5G in India. Recently, Airtel became India’s first telco to demonstrate 5G...

• Airtel to acquire 20% stake in Bharti Telemedia from Warburg Pincus

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier Digital communications Company, today said that it will acquire a Warburg Pincus affiliate’s 20% equity stake in its DTH arm Bharti Telemedia for a total...

January 2021

• Airtel Announces 5G Ready Network

  In a major landmark, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India's premier communications solutions provider, announced that it has become the country's first telco to successfully demonstrate & orchestrate LIVE 5G service over...

• Launch of ‘Airtel Safe Pay’ – India’s safest way to pay digitally

  o protect Airtel customers from the growing incidents of online payment frauds, Airtel Payments Bank today launched ‘Airtel Safe Pay’ – India’s safest mode for making digital payments. With ‘Airtel...

• Airtel Xstream Fiber launches the Gigabit Wi-Fi Experience

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India's premier communications services provider, has kicked off the New Year with some exciting news for customers with the launch of hyper-fast Wi-Fi experience. Airtel Xstream Fiber...

• Amazon launches its worldwide first mobile-only video plan in India: Prime Video Mobile Edition

  Accelerating its efforts to increase access to high-quality entertainment for every Indian, Amazon today introduced Prime Video Mobile Edition – a mobile-only plan at an amazing introductory price of ₹89....

• NSIC and Airtel join forces to accelerate Digital Transformation of Indian MSMEs

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, is stepping up initiatives to accelerate the digital transformation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in India by partnering with National...

• Airtel appoints Pradipt Kapoor as CIO

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced the appointment of Pradipt Kapoor as Chief Information Officer (CIO). In his new role, Pradipt will drive Airtel’s overall Engineering...

December 2020

• Airtel Business launches Customer Advisory Board to Co-Create its Product Innovation Roadmap

  Airtel Business, the B2B unit of Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today announced the launch of its Customer Advisory Board with the objective of making its customers equal stakeholders in its product...

November 2020

• Airtel and Vedantu empower millions of school children with affordable access to quality education on their home TV screens

  Airtel Digital TV, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) and Vedantu, the pioneer in LIVE online learning, today announced an innovative partnership to make quality education accessible to students...

• Airtel hosts India’s First O-RAN ALLIANCE Plugfest

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications services provider, hosted India region’s first Plugfest for the O-RAN ALLIANCE. The event demonstrated the growing maturity of the O-RAN ecosystem to serve...

• ‘Nxtra by Airtel’ to set up two data centre campuses in Maharashtra

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today said that its subsidiary Nxtra Data Limited (“Nxtra”) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation for setting up two new data...

October 2020

• Airtel enters the $ 1 billion Indian cloud communications market with Airtel IQ

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications company, marked its entry into the fast-growing cloud communications market with the launch of Airtel IQ today. Airtel IQ, a cloud-based omni-channel communications...

• Wynk Music announces first of its kind ‘Navratri Nights’ Online Concerts

  Customers no longer have to worry about missing out on this year’s Navratri celebrations as India practices social distancing norms as part of its battle against COVID-19. Airtel’s Wynk Music,...

• Airtel brings premium Edutech content to its DTH platform

  Airtel Digital TV, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), and Aakash Educational Services Limited (Aakash), the national leader in test preparatory services, today launched India’s first dedicated TV channel...

September 2020

• Airtel onboards Waybeo to its Startup Accelerator Program

  As part of its strategy to scale up its cloud offerings, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today announced that it has picked up a strategic stake in tech startup Waybeo under the...

• Airtel launches Airtel Secure to help businesses tide over rising cyber threats

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today announced the launch of Airtel Secure – a comprehensive suite of advanced cyber security solutions for business customers. As businesses shift processes to cloud and digital...

• Airtel changes Entertainment forever; Launches the Airtel Xstream Bundle

  To change entertainment forever, Airtel today announced the launch of its new Airtel Xstream Bundle. The Airtel Xstream Bundle combines the power of Airtel Xstream Fiber with speeds upto 1...

August 2020

• Airtel is the first mobile operator to launch ‘Ultra-Fast 4G’ services in Andaman and Nicobar

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) congratulates the Department of Telecommunications on the inauguration of the undersea optic fiber link between Chennai and Andaman and Nicobar by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India...

• Airtel and AWS join hands to accelerate digital transformation of business in India

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s largest integrated telecom providers, today announced a multi-year, Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver a comprehensive set of innovative...

July 2020

• Airtel appoints Ganesh Lakshminarayanan as CEO-Enterprise Business

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telco, today announced the appointment of Ganesh Lakshminarayanan as CEO-Enterprise Business. In his new role, Ganesh will be responsible for further strengthening Airtel’s market...

• Airtel renews Pan India Managed Services Partnership with Ericsson

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telco, has renewed its agreement with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) to provide pan-India managed network operations through Ericsson Operations Engine. The three-year deal will see...

• Verizon and Airtel Partner to Bring Secure Enterprise-Grade BlueJeans Video Conferencing to India

  Bharti Airtel Ltd. (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecom company, and Verizon, one of the largest communication technology companies in the world, today announced a strategic alliance to bring secure, world-class...

• Airtel launches NEW Prepaid Packs with Premium Content from ZEE5

  As part of its strategic alliance with ZEE5, India’s Entertainment Super-app, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today launched new propositions for its mobile customers in India. These prepaid propositions are designed to...

• Airtel deploys India’s largest open cloud-based VoLTE network with Nokia software products

  Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced that its CloudBand-based software products are powering Bharti Airtel’s (“Airtel”) Voice over LTE (VoLTE) network in India. The network supports over 110 million customers,...

• Airtel steps up the Experience for its Platinum customers Promises Faster 4G speeds to Platinum customers through Network Preference

  If you are an Airtel Platinum mobile customer then you are set to enjoy faster 4G data speeds on your smartphone and connected devices. Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated...

• Carlyle to acquire approximately 25% stake in Airtel’s Data Centre business at a valuation of US$1.2 billion

  Bharti Airtel (NSE: BHARTIARTL) (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications operator, and Comfort Investments II, an affiliated entity of CAP V Mauritius Limited, an investment fund managed and advised by affiliated...

June 2020

• Airtel Promises to go the Extra Mile for its Customers

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telco, is further raising the bar as part of its mission to deliver best-in-class services to customers. Keeping consumer obsession at the core of...

• Airtel adds Edtech to its digital portfolio with stake acquisition in kids learning startup – Lattu Kids

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telco, today said that it has acquired a strategic stake in Edtech startup Lattu Media Pvt Ltd (“Lattu Kids”) as part of the Airtel...

• Airtel Payments Bank launches Suraksha Salary Account solution for India’s MSMEs

  As India begins to open up following the COVID-19 lockdown, Airtel Payments Bank today announced the launch of ‘Suraksha Salary Account’ - an innovative salary account for the Micro, Small...

May 2020

• Nodwin Gaming and Airtel announce partnership to take Esports in India to the next level

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications company, and NODWIN Gaming, South Asia’s leading esports company, today announced a partnership to further grow E-sports in India. Given India’s large youth...

• Airtel Payments Bank and Mastercard to develop customized financial products for farmers and SMEs in India

  Airtel Payments Bank (APBL), India’s first Payments Bank, has partnered with Mastercard, leading technology company in the global payments industry, to develop customized products catering to customers across the underbanked...

• To offer the best-in-class service experience to its customers, Airtel acquires strategic stake in Conversational AI focused Startup – Voicezen

  As part of its strategy to deliver a highly differentiated service experience to its customers, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) has acquired a strategic stake in Voicezen, an early stage startup focused...

• Airtel launches ‘Work@Home’ – India’s First Enterprise Grade Work From Home Solution for Businesses

  With work for home becoming the new normal for millions of Indian professionals, Airtel Business – the B2B arm of Bharti Airtel – today launched Work@Home solutions for enterprises. Airtel...

• Airtel Selects IBM and Red Hat to build Open Hybrid Cloud Network

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s largest integrated telcos, has selected IBM and Red Hat to build its new telco network cloud, designed to make it more efficient, flexible and...

• Zee5 and Airtel deepen strategic collaboration

  There is some really exciting news for all Airtel Thanks customers, who will now get FREE Unlimited access to ZEE5’s premium content library as part of their exclusive Thanks benefits....

April 2020

• Airtel and Nokia sign multi-year deal to boost network capacity and customer experience

  Espoo, Finland – Nokia and Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today announced a multi-year agreement to deploy Nokia’s SRAN solution across 9 circles1 in India, helping Airtel to enhance the network capacity...

• Airtel and Apollo Hospital Group join forces to help India Break the COVID-19 Chain

  As part of its mission to use its networks and digital tech for the good of society, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today announced an innovative collaboration with Apollo 24|7, the digital...

• Airtel Digital TV launches Exclusive CuriosityStream Channel

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) and CuriosityStream today announced that they have deepened their groundbreaking content partnership to bring premium content from CuriosityStream to TV homes in India. Airtel Digital TV, the...

March 2020

• Airtel announces measures to shield over 80 million low-income mobile customers from the impact of COVID-19 crisis

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications company, today announced special measures to assist low income group customers impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. • Airtel has extended the pre-paid pack...

• Bringing back the Joy of Reading: Airtel and Juggernaut announce FREE access to thousands of e-books on Juggernaut Books

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telco, today enabled FREE access to thousands of titles on its e-books platform – Juggernaut Books (formerly known as Airtel Books) for all its...

• As Fitness becomes mainstream in India, Airtel to Holi Weekend on Airtel Xstream

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telco, has acquired a strategic stake in Spectacom Global Pvt Ltd (“Spectacom”) under the Airtel Start-up Accelerator Program, which focuses on supporting growth of...

• Binge on Super Content over the Holi Weekend on Airtel Xstream

  This year’s Holi celebrations bring the added benefit of an extended weekend and Airtel customers can make the most of it with some super digital entertainment on Airtel Xstream. Airtel...

February 2020

• Airtel redefines International Roaming (IR) – Productivity and Now Power lies in the hands of the customer!

  As part of its mission to build the most customer centric experience platform, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today introduced yet another innovation to transform the International Roaming (IR) experience for its...

• Airtel and Nokia to collaborate on Industry 4.0 applications for enterprises

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications company, and Nokia, a global telecommunications equipment and service provider, have partnered to offer private LTE based Industry 4.0 solution to enterprises. The...

January 2020

• Airtel and Google Cloud Partner to Boost Collaboration, Productivity and Digital Transformation in India

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications services provider, and Google Cloud today announced a partnership to serve the evolving needs of millions of Indian businesses in a rapidly digitizing...

• Airtel launches NEW Rs. 179 Prepaid Bundle with built-in life insurance cover of Rs. 2 lakh

  After the successful launch of its innovative prepaid bundles with built-in life insurance cover, Bharti Airtel today introduced its most affordable prepaid bundle with built in life insurance cover of...

• ‘Airtel Wi-Fi Calling’ crosses One million users

  In one of the fastest uptake of a new network technology in India, Airtel Wi-Fi Calling has already crossed one million users. Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) was the first mobile operator...

• Airtel expands high speed 4G network to the remotest corners of India

  As part of its deepening pan-India 4G network deployment, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today launched its high speed 4G and 2G services in 26 villages in Ladakh. Airtel is the first...

December 2019

• Airtel Payments Bank enables 24×7 NEFT transfers

  In-line with the Reserve Bank of India’s guidelines, Airtel Payments Bank customers will now be able use the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) facility at any time of the day....

• Airtel expands ‘Airtel Wi-Fi Calling’ footprint – service goes LIVE in Mumbai, Kolkata, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu

  Following its introduction in Delhi/NCR, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today launched its Voice Over Wi-Fi service – ‘Airtel Wi-Fi Calling’ in Mumbai, Kolkata, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. ‘Airtel Wi-Fi...

• AIRTEL AND LIONSGATE STRIKE STRATEGIC ALLIANCE, LAUNCH LIONSGATE PLAY IN INDIA

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications company, global content leader Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B) and Starzplay, the international premium subscription platform from Starz, have joined hands to bring premium...

• Airtel launches ‘Airtel Wi-Fi Calling’ – India’s first Voice over Wi-Fi service

  In yet another industry first, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications company, today launched its voice over Wi-Fi service – ‘Airtel Wi-Fi Calling’. ‘Airtel Wi-Fi Calling’ is designed to...

• Airtel discontinues 3G services in Maharashtra (excluding Mumbai) and Goa

  In line with its plan to phase out 3G technology, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today announced the shutdown of 3G network in Maharashtra(excluding Mumbai) and Goa. Airtel mobile broadband services shall...

• Airtel announces Revised Tariffs for Mobile customers

  Further to its statement dated November 18, 2019, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications company, today announced its revised tariff plans for its mobile customers. These tariffs will be...

November 2019

• Wynk Music is now India’s #1 music app by Daily Active Users

  Wynk Music, the OTT music streaming app from Airtel, continues to see a surge in its popularity amongst smartphone users in India. Airtel today said that, based on Oct 2019...

• Airtel bolsters Airtel X labs portfolio with acquihire of Quikmile

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications company, today announced the acquihire of Gurgaon based startup Quikmile, which focuses on building tech-enabled logistics platforms for India. Quikmile’s team will now...

• Now purchase FASTag at Airtel Payments Bank and enjoy exciting benefits

  Airtel Payments Bank, in partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and the Indian Highways Management Company Limited (IHMCL), has made FASTag available across its digital and retail...

• Airtel partners with CuriosityStream to bring award-winning factual entertainment to Indian customers

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications services provider, is today announcing a groundbreaking content partnership with CuriosityStream, the award-winning global media company that delivers the world of factual entertainment...

• Media Statement from Bharti Airtel

  We understand that TRAI is likely to initiate a consultation for bringing rationality in pricing in the Indian mobile sector which has been operating at prices that have been eroding...

• Airtel launches Enterprise Hub, a one-stop digital self-care portal for enterprise customers

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today announced the launch of Enterprise Hub - a one stop digital platform offering self-care services to its enterprise and SMB (small...

October 2019

• Airtel Home Broadband gets a new brand identity with ‘Xstream Fibre’

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications company, today unveiled a new brand identity ‘Airtel Xstream Fibre’ for its home broadband services. All home broadband plans will now be available...

• Airtel launches unique program to support start-ups and accelerate their growth

  Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), India’s largest integrated telecommunications company, today announced the launch of its Startup Accelerator Program to support growth of early stage Indian tech startups. With the advent of...

• Airtel shuts down 3G network in Punjab, upgrades customers to high speed 4G network

  In line with its plans to phase out 3G technology across India, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today announced that it has shut down its 3G network in Punjab. Airtel mobile broadband...

• Airtel chosen as Network Solution partner for Faridabad Smart City project

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications services provider, today said that it has been chosen as the strategic Network Solution partner by Faridabad Smart City Limited (FSCL) to transform...

September 2019

• Airtel Payments Bank Partners With HDFC ERGO, Launches Innovative Mosquito Disease Protection Policy

  Airtel Payments Bank, India's first Payments Bank, and HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company, India's leading private sector general insurance company, under the corporate agency tie-up launched an innovative Mosquito Diseases...

• Airtel partners with Bharti AXA Life to launch an innovative prepaid bundle with inbuilt insurance cover of Rs 4 Lakh

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunication services provider, and Bharti AXA Life Insurance have partnered to leverage the deep penetration of mobile services to build a financially secure India....

• Airtel Payments Bank Launches ‘Bharosa Savings Account’

  Airtel Payments Bank today announced the launch of its latest innovation - the Bharosa Savings Account, which has been designed to serve the unique needs of underbanked and unbanked customers...

• Airtel launches 1Gbps ‘Airtel Xstream Fibre’ with unlimited ultra-fast broadband at just Rs 3999

  As part of its converged digital entertainment play Airtel Xstream, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications services provider, today launched its ultra-fast broadband offering: Airtel Xstream Fibre. Airtel Xstream...

• Airtel Outlines Its Digital Entertainment Vision with the Launch of First-of its-Kind Converged Platform – ‘Airtel Xstream’

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its converged digital entertainment play: Airtel Xstream. Airtel Xstream is part of Airtel’s vision of building...

August 2019

• Airtel appoints Rajesh Tapadia as CEO of Nxtra Data

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India's largest integrated telecommunications services provider, today said that it has appointed Rajesh Tapadia as Chief Executive Officer of its data centre and cloud business - Nxtra...

July 2019

• Airtel builds the Backbone for Digital Uttar Pradesh

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today said that it has designed and implemented a future ready State Wide Area Network (SWAN) for the Government of Uttar Pradesh...

• As part of #AirtelThanks benefits, Airtel now offers FREE access to renowned online courses from global ed tech Shaw Academy

  As part of the fast expanding range of exciting benefits under its refreshed #AirtelThanks program, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) has now partnered with Irish and India based global EdTech, Shaw Academy...

• Airtel bags top honors at the Frost & Sullivan ICT Awards

  Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today said that it has been conferred two top awards at the 17th edition of the Frost & Sullivan ICT Awards. Airtel Business...

• Airtel Payments Bank ties up with Bharti AXA Life Insurance to offer Bharti AXA Life POS Saral Jeevan Bima Yojana

  Airtel Payments Bank, India’s first payments bank, has partnered with Bharti AXA Life Insurance to offer the Bharti AXA Life POS Saral Jeevan Bima Yojana through its extensive network of...

• Joint Press Statement from Bharti Airtel and Tata Teleservices

  his announcement is regarding the merger of the Consumer Mobile Businesses of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited (TTML) into Bharti Airtel Limited and Bharti Hexacom Limited...

June 2019

• Airtel shuts down 3G network in Kolkata

  In one of the first phase outs of 3G technology globally, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today announced the shutdown of its 3G network in Kolkata. Airtel mobile broadband services in city...

• Airtel rolls out exclusive #AirtelThanks benefits for ‘V-Fiber’ Home Broadband Customers

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today extended its customer rewards program - #AirtelThanks to its ‘V-Fiber’ Home Broadband customers. As part of the refreshed #AirtelThanks program, all...

• Airtel Thanks its Mobile Customers with FREE Hello Tunes

  As part of the growing range of exciting benefits under its refreshed #AirtelThanks program, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today said the its Postpaid and Prepaid mobile customers can now set their...

• Airtel Payments Bank launches ‘Atal Pension Yojana’ for its customers

  Airtel Payments Bank today announced the launch of Atal Pension Yojana for its savings account customers. Airtel Payments Bank has become the first payments bank in the country to offer...

• Airtel gives Lakshadweep its First 4G network

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its 4G services in the pristine Lakshadweep Islands. Airtel is the first mobile operator to launch high...

• Airtel augments 4G network in Jammu & Kashmir with LTE 2100 technology

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today said that it has further upgraded its 4G network in Jammu & Kashmir with the deployment of LTE 2100 technology that...

• Airtel upgrades 4G network in Delhi NCR, deploys LTE 900 technology to boost indoor coverage

  One of the world’s leading integrated providers of telecommunication services, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today announced that it has further upgraded its mobile network in Delhi NCR with the deployment of...

• OYO Hotels & Homes and Airtel Partner to launch OYO Store on Airtel Thanks App

  OYO Hotels & Homes, South Asia’s largest, China’s 2nd largest, and the world’s 6th largest and fastest-growing chain of leased and franchised hotels, homes & living spaces and Bharti Airtel...

• Airtel Payments Bank enables BHIM UPI based payments at over 500,000 merchants

  Airtel Payments Bank today said that it has enabled open loop BHIM UPI based payments at over 500,000 merchant points across India, allowing consumers to make digital payments for good...

• Airtel upgrades the wide range of exclusive benefits under #AirtelThanks

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) and ZEE5, India’s fastest growing OTT platform today announced that they have further strengthened their strategic partnership to enable a world-class digital content experience for Airtel mobile...

May 2019

• Airtel augments 4G network in Haryana with LTE 2100 technology

  One of the world’s providers of integrated telecommunication services – Airtel today said that it has further upgraded its 4G network in Haryana with the deployment of LTE 2100 technology...

• Airtel partners with HDFC Life to build a Financially Secure India, make insurance Affordable and Accessible for all

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of the world’s leading integrated providers of telecommunication services, and HDFC Life Insurance, India’s largest non-bank promoted private life insurer have joined hands to leverage technology...

• Airtel boosts 4G network coverage in Himachal Pradesh with LTE 900 technology

  One of the world’s leading integrated providers of telecommunication services – Airtel today said that it has further upgraded its 4G network in Himachal Pradesh with the deployment of LTE...

• Hughes and Airtel to combine their India VSAT operations

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), one of the world’s leading integrated providers of telecommunication services, and Hughes Communications India Ltd. (HCIL), a subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global...

• The new #AirtelThanks – differentiated services & exclusive experiences for Airtel customers

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today re-launched its flagship customer program - #AirtelThanks. Continuing on Airtel’s strategy of winning with quality customers, the new enhanced program is...

April 2019

• Airtel launches ‘Wynk Tube’ to bring Digital Entertainment to the next 200 million smartphone users

  Following the massive success of its OTT music streaming app Wynk Music, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its new music streaming app...

• Airtel and Zee bring the best of Indian theatre to the TV screen

  Airtel Digital TV, the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel, and Zee Theatre, the popular theatre segment of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., today launched ‘Spotlight’ – a video on demand channel...

• Get all the election season action in one place: Airtel TV app rolls out Special ‘Election 2019’ Section

  To bring all the election action and updates from across India to its users, Airtel TV app has created a special ‘Election 2019’ section. The special section will have curated...

• Airtel and Cisco announce strategic alliance to bring advanced connectivity solutions to enterprise and SMB customers

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, and Cisco today announced an alliance to offer advanced networking and connectivity solutions to enterprise and SMB customers in India. India, which...

• Airtel and FICCI Ladies Organisation launch Women’s Safety app – My Circle

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecom services provider, and the FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO), the women business wing of apex trade body FICCI, launched a carrier agnostic safety app –...

• Airtel boosts its digital content portfolio – launches ‘Airtel Books’ to bring an exciting reading experience to smartphone users

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India's leading telecommunications services provider, today launched a new app – Airtel Books to bring an exciting collection of e-books to smartphone users. With this, Airtel has...

March 2019

• Airtel Further Simplifies Tariffs with New Calling Rates for Bangladesh and Nepal

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today announced new ISD call charges for Bangladesh and Nepal as part of its endeavour to simplify tariffs and add to customer...

• Airtel 4G now covers 297 towns and 35,674 villages across Rajasthan

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today said that its 4G network now covers 297 towns and 35,674 villages across Rajasthan, empowering customers with best-in-class high speed mobile...

• Airtel collaborates with Zoom to launch India’s first high quality Unified Communications Solution for Businesses

  India’s leading telecommunications service provider, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), has teamed up with Zoom Video Communications, Inc., a modern enterprise video-first unified communications service, to launch India’s first high quality Unified...

February 2019

• Airtel customers can enjoy 100% more data and other exclusive benefits on the new Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 series

  Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecommunications company, today announced special offers with larger data bundles and other exclusive benefits for its customers upgrading to the new Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 series....

• Airtel 4G now covers 427 towns and 85,336 villages across Bihar and Jharkhand

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today said that its 4G network now covers 427 towns and 85,336 villages across Bihar and Jharkhand, empowering customers with best-in-class high...

• Airtel and Ciena to Build One of the World’s Largest Photonic Control Plane Networks for delivering Ultra-fast Data over 4G, 5G and FTTH

  Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecommunications services provider, is deploying Ciena’s (NYSE: CIEN) coherent optical and intelligent software platforms to build one of the World’s Largest Photonic Control Plane networks in...

• The all new Samsung Galaxy S10 series is now available on Airtel Online Store at a down payment starting at just Rs. 9099

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today announced that it has commenced pre-booking for the all new Samsung Galaxy S10+ and S10 on the Airtel Online Store at...

• Airtel launches its Next-Gen stores in Kolkata

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of the 100th Next-Gen Airtel store in India with the opening of the new format store at Park...

• Airtel boosts 4G network coverage in Punjab with LTE 900 technology

  India’s leading mobile network – Airtel today said that it has further upgraded its 4G network in Punjab with the deployment of LTE 900 technology that will significantly enhance the...

January 2019

• Airtel boosts 4G network coverage with LTE 900 – technology in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

  India’s leading mobile network – Airtel today said that it has further upgraded its 4G network in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with the deployment of LTE 900 technology that will...

• Airtel puts Andaman and Nicobar on the digital superhighway – becomes the first operator to launch 4G services in the islands

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its 4G services in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Airtel is the first mobile operator to launch high...

November 2018

• Airtel and Hoichoi partner to bring exciting Hoichoi content on the Airtel TV app

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with hoichoi, World’s biggest Bengali entertainment app to offer exciting Bengali digital content...

• Airtel expands 4G footprint in Odisha with launch of services in Patnagarh

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications service provider, continues to widen its high speed mobile network across Odisha with the launch of its 4G services in Patnagarh (Bolangir District) today....

• Gopal Vittal appointed as Board member of GSMA

  Gopal Vittal, MD & CEO (India and South Asia), Bharti Airtel has been elected to the Board of GSMA for the 2019-2020 term. Gopal will join 25 other distinguished leaders...

October 2018

• Airtel 3.0 – an exciting digital future gets unveiled @ IMC 2018

  Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today showcased a range of futuristic digital technologies and exciting products at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2018. The showcase is part of...

• This festive season Airtel offers its customers cashback of Rs 2000 on purchase of any 4G smartphone

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today announced a special festive offer for its customers as part of its newly launched #AirtelThanks program. All Airtel customers will now...

• Airtel launches Google Assistant based Digital Customer Care

  Airtel smartphone customers will now able to get instant resolution to their frequent account related queries through the Google Assistant. In yet another industry first, Airtel has collaborated with Google...

• iPhone XR arrives on Airtel Online Store

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today announced that iPhone XR has arrived on its Online Store (www.airtel.in/onlinestore). Starting today, customers will be able to pre-order iPhone XR...

• Google Pixel 3 and 3XL come to Airtel Online Store

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today announced that the Google Pixel 3 and Google Pixel 3XL have arrived on its Online Store (www.airtel.in/onlinestore). Customers can pre-order the...

• Airtel launches Airtel Thanks to delight customers with exclusive benefits

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today launched #AirtelThanks – its biggest digital program to delight its valued customers with exclusive benefits. Under #AirtelThanks, all Airtel customers who...

• Airtel strengthens Artificial Intelligence portfolio

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecom services provider, today announced an acquihire deal with AuthMe ID Services (“AuthMe”), a Bengaluru based start-up focused on Artificial Intelligence based solutions, to add...

• Airtel VoLTE is now live across Bengal & Sikkim

  Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today announced the launch of its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services across Bengal and Sikkim. Airtel VoLTE, which works over 4G, will...

September 2018

• iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max arrive on Airtel Online Store

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications service provider, announced that starting today customers can pre-order iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max on its Online Store (www.airtel.in/onlinestore).The smartphones will be delivered...

• Vivo V11 Pro now available on Airtel Online Store at a down payment of just INR 4299

  Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today announced the availability of the all-new Vivo V11 Pro on its Online Store at an affordable down payment of just INR...

• Airtel introduces new simplified combo recharge packs for its prepaid customers

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading mobile operator, today launched a new range of convenient combo prepaid recharge packs that are aimed at further simplifying its prepaid proposition. Customers can now...

• Over 200 4G smartphone models now support Airtel VoLTE

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today announced that over 200 4G smartphones now support its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services enabling customers to experience HD quality voice...

August 2018

• Airtel announces massive expansion plans for its future-ready network in Rajasthan

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications service provider, today announced its massive network roll-out plans for FY 2018-19 to further expand its high speed mobile data footprint in Rajasthan. As...

• Airtel And Netflix Announce Strategic Partnership

  Airtel and Netflix today announced an expansion of their partnership in India through which subscribers of select Airtel Postpaid and V-Fiber Home Broadband plans will receive a three month gift...

• Airtel upgrades mobile network to step up voice experience in Odisha

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today said that it has upgraded its mobile network in Odisha to enable a superior voice experience for 4G smartphone users. This...

• Airtel Launches Foreign Pass International Roaming Voice Packs for Prepaid Customers

  n yet another industry first, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today launched affordable international roaming voice packs, ‘Foreign Pass’, for prepaid customers in India. Starting as low as Rs. 196, these voice...

• One million Airtel customers avail Amazon Pay Gift Card in less than 5 days

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today announced that over one million of its customers availed the Amazon Pay Gift Card in less than 5 days of its roll out. Airtel had sent...

• Thank You Punjab says Airtel as it crosses 10 million mobile customers mark in the state

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today said that it has become the first mobile operator in Punjab to cross 10 million subscriber mark. With this, India’s fastest...

• Media Statement from Airtel on relief measures for Kerala Floods

  The unprecedented rains and floods in Kerala have disrupted normal life. Airtel has announced the following measures to ensure that customers stay connected with their loved ones.

• Airtel Payments Bank and Bharti AXA Life Insurance announce first of its kind alliance to offer ‘Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana’

  Bharti AXA Life Insurance and Airtel Payments Bank announced a first-of-its-kind alliance to offer the ‘Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana’ (PMJJBY), a government-backed life insurance scheme aimed at increasing...

• Airtel Thanks its Smartphone Customers with a Special Amazon Pay Gift Card

  As part of its 23rd anniversary celebrations, Airtel is rolling out an exciting gift for its smartphone customers in partnership with Amazon Pay. Airtel Prepaid and Postpaid customers on smartphones...

• Airtel and Telecom Egypt announce strategic partnership for global submarine cable systems

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading global telecom services provider, and Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator, announced a strategic partnership, wherein, Airtel will get IRUs (Indefeasible Right of Use)...

• Airtel strengthens its 4G network in UP (East) – adds 5 MHz spectrum to boost its data network and voice services

  As part of its ongoing network transformation initiative – Project Leap, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today said that it has upgraded its mobile network in UP...

• Airtel rolls out Bandwidth on Demand Platform for Businesses across the Globe

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today announced the launch of Bandwidth on Demand platform for customers across the globe, enabling them to efficiently manage bandwidth requirements real-time....

July 2018

• Airtel announces massive network expansion plans for Odisha

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today announced its massive network roll-out plans for FY 2018-19 to further expand its high speed mobile data footprint in Odisha. As...

• Airtel announces massive network expansion plans for West Bengal

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today said that it will make significant investments to expand its high speed network footprint across West Bengal as part of its...

June 2018

• Airtel announces senior leadership appointments for its B2B unit

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today announced senior leadership appointments for its B2B unit – Airtel Business. Ajay Chitkara has been appointed as Director and CEO -...

• Google Pixel 2 range comes to Airtel Online Store – down payments start at just Rs 10,599

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today said that Google Pixel range of smartphones is now available on the Airtel Online Store (www.airtel.in/onlinestore/) with down payments starting at...

• Did Airtel really bow down to a discriminatory request? Maybe you should read this

  In the past 24 hours, a lot has happened and a lot has been said. Mostly, untrue and factually incorrect. Allow yourself the next 60 seconds to come closer to...

• India’s fastest network – Airtel to further strengthen its network footprint in Mumbai

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today announced massive network deployment plans for Mumbai as part of its network transformation initiative - Project Leap. During FY 18-19, Airtel...

• Airtel launches India’s first Quad-Play platform – ‘Airtel Home’

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today announced the launch of ‘Airtel Home’, India’s first-of-its-kind digital quad-play platform that truly simplifies the customer experience for homes that use...

May 2018

• Nokia 8, Nokia 7 Plus and Nokia 6.1 now available on Airtel Online Store with down payments starting at just Rs. 3799

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced that Nokia’s premium smartphones – Nokia 8 Sirocco, Nokia 7 Plus, and Nokia 6.1 – are now available on its...

• Airtel and Amazon India join hands to introduce a range of affordable 4G smartphones at an effective price starting at only INR 3399

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider and Amazon India, today announced a strategic partnership with an aim to jointly drive smartphone adoption across the country. Millions of Indians...

• Apple Watch Series 3 with built-in cellular arrives at Airtel – India’s fastest mobile network

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today announced that it has begun selling Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular), which adds built-in cellular to the world’s number...

• Airtel announces massive expansion plans for its future-ready network in Maharashtra & Goa

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today announced it massive network roll-out plans for FY 2018-19 to further expand its high speed mobile data footprint in Maharashtra &...

• Bharti Airtel rolls out first-of-its-kind Carrier Digital Platform for Wholesale Voice Business

  Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind carrier digital platform which will enable global carriers to do wholesale voice business with Airtel at...

April 2018

• Airtel makes it easier for customers to upgrade to a 4G smartphone

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today rolled out another special initiative to help more Indians get on to the digital highway. Under the initiative, Airtel customers on...

• Airtel gears up for massive expansion of its future-ready network in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh in FY 2018-19

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today announced it massive network roll-out plans for FY 2018-19 to further expand its data capabilities and enhance its footprint across the...

• Airtel introduces new 300 Mbps Home Broadband plan for superfast data enthusiasts

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today said that it has introduced an all new superfast Home broadband plan with speeds of up to 300 Mbps over Wi-Fi....

March 2018

• Airtel and ALTBalaji join hands to offer exciting digital content

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, and ALTBalaji, a wholly owned subsidiary of Balaji Telefilms, today announced a strategic partnership to bring exciting digital content from ALT Balaji’s...

• Airtel offers the Samsung Galaxy S9 range starting at Rs.9900

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecom services provider, today introduced the much awaited Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus range on its Online Store with budget friendly down payment options,...

• Airtel launches VoLTE services in Kolkata

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today announced the launch of its VoLTE services in Kolkata. Airtel VoLTE, which works over 4G, will enable customers across the city...

• Airtel acquires the India leg of GBI’s India–Middle East–Europe submarine cable

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, and Gulf Bridge International (“GBI”), a global cloud provider for the Middle-East and Europe, today announced a strategic agreement to unlock the...

February 2018

• Airtel and Motorola partner to offer 4G smartphones starting at Rs 3999

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, and Motorola Mobility India, today announced a partnership to offer a range of budget friendly 4G smartphones under Airtel’s ‘Mera Pehla Smartphone’...

• Airtel and HMD Global partner to offer affordable 4G smartphones

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, and HMD Global today announced a partnership to offer affordable 4G smartphone options to customers as part of Airtel’s ‘Mera Pehla Smartphone’...

• Airtel and Hotstar announce strategic partnership

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, and Hotstar, India’s largest premium streaming platform today announced a strategic partnership to bring exciting digital content from Hotstar’s portfolio to Airtel...

January 2018

• Airtel and Amazon join hands to offer one year of Amazon Prime membership with Airtel Infinity Postpaid Plans

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, and Amazon India (“Amazon”) have come together to ring in an entertaining and exciting new year for customers. Under a first of...

• Airtel and Samsung join hands to transform India into a smartphone nation

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, and Samsung, India’s No. 1 smartphone and consumer electronics brand, today announced a strategic alliance to bring a range affordable 4G smartphone...

December 2017

• Airtel rolls out new version of the Airtel TV app

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider has launched a new version of its Airtel TV app with a wider content bouquet and a new user interface. The OTT...

• Airtel puts India’s northern frontier on to the digital superhighway

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today became the first operator to launch 4G services in the country’s northern frontier of Ladakh region. Customers in 130 towns and...

• Airtel and Intex join hands to launch a range of affordable 4G smartphones starting at just Rs 1649

  Continuing to build on the success of its ‘Mera Pehla Smartphone’ initiative, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today said that it has partnered with Intex Technologies (“Intex’),...

• Airtel Acquires Strategic Stake in Juggernaut

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today said that it has acquired a strategic stake in Juggernaut Books (“Juggernaut”), a popular digital platform to discover and read high...

November 2017

• Airtel Launches VoLTE Services in Karnataka

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, has expanded its VoLTE (Voice over LTE) footprint to Karnataka. Airtel VoLTE, which works over 4G, will enable customers across the two...

• Tata Teleservices mobile customers to start transitioning to the Airtel network

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, and Tata Teleservices said that starting today, Tata Teleservices customers will start transitioning to the Airtel mobile network under an Intra Circle...

• Airtel and Karbonn strengthen their partnership under the ‘Mera Pehla Smartphone’ initiative

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of two new Android powered 4G smartphones at the price of a feature phone in partnership with Karbonn...

• Airtel launches India’s first Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Community Lab

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of India’s first Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Community Lab. Airtel is amongst the early members of TIP –...

• Now Airtel Broadband customers can carry forward unused data

  Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today introduced ‘Data Rollover’ facility for its home broadband customers. With this, all unused monthly data will be carried forward and added...

• Airtel introduces new Postpaid and Prepaid innovations

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced enhanced benefits on select Postpaid plans for its customers. Airtel customers can now enjoy Unlimited Free Outgoing Calls on National...

• iPhone X, the future of smartphone, is coming to Airtel’s Online Store

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today said that iPhone X will go on sale on Airtel’s newly launched Online Store (www.airtel.in/onlinestore/) starting 6.00 pm, November 3, 2017....

October 2017

• Airtel partners with Celkon to offer 4G smartphone at an effective price of just Rs. 1349

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced a partnership with Celkon, a leading Indian manufacturer of mobile devices, to offer a full touchscreen 4G smartphone at an...

• Airtel launches VoLTE services in Gujarat

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services across Gujarat. Airtel VoLTE, which works over 4G, will offer customers...

• Airtel offers iPhone 7 at just Rs 7777

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecom services provider, today announced the launch of its latest digital innovation – the Online Store [www.airtel.in/onlinestore] that will offer a range of premium smartphones...

• Airtel partners with device manufacturers to offer 4G smartphones for the price of a feature phone

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, and Karbonn Mobiles, a popular Indian smartphone brand, today announced a partnership to bring an affordable 4G smartphone to the market, effectively...

September 2017

• Airtel deploys Massive MIMO – India’s first 5G capable technology

  India’s largest telecommunications service provider, Bharti Airtel “Airtel”, today announced the deployment of India’s first state-of-the-art Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology which is a key enabler for 5G networks. As...

• Airtel launches VoLTE services go LIVE in Mumbai

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services in Mumbai. Airtel VoLTE, which works over 4G, will offer customers...

• Airtel launches ‘GST Advantage’ for Small Businesses

  Airtel Business, the B2B arm of India’s largest telecommunications service provider Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today launched Airtel GST Advantage – a solution specifically designed to enable small businesses and start-ups...

August 2017

• Airtel and Symantec announce Strategic Partnership to offer Leading Cyber Security Solutions to Businesses in India

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, and Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), the world’s leading cyber security company, today announced a strategic partnership to serve the growing cyber security...

• Airtel Payments Bank and HPCL announce strategic partnership to boost India’s digital payments ecosystem

  Airtel Payments Bank, India’s first payments bank, today announced a strategic partnership with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), to give further boost to digital payments in the country and to...

July 2017

• Airtel releases 2017 India Sustainability Report

  Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s largest telecommunications company, has released its 2017 India Sustainability Report that outlines its approach towards responsible, sustainable business practices and making a positive impact on all...

• Airtel announces ‘Project Next’ – its digital innovation program to make customer experience simple, interactive and transparent

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of Project Next - its digital innovation program aimed at transforming customer experience across all of its services...

June 2017

• Airtel launches *121# Digital Care for Prepaid Customers in Hindi and 10 regional languages

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of *121# Digital Care platform in Hindi and10 more regional languages - Punjabi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam,...

• Government of Telangana launches Hyderabad City Wi-Fi Project

  Taking forward the promise of providing world-class IT facilities, Telangana State Government today launched the ‘Hyderabad City Wi-Fi Project’ also known as Hy-Fi, with over 1000 hot-spots across the state...

• Airtel Business launches first of its kind Digital Platform to offer integrated solutions to emerging businesses

  Airtel Business, the B2B arm of Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, has rolled out a first of its kind dedicated digital platform to serve the growing connectivity,...

May 2017

• Airtel offers up to 100% more data across high speed broadband plans to drive India’s digital transformation

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced refreshed home broadband proposition to serve the exploding demand for high speed data in today’s digital homes and drive the...

• Bharti Airtel announces consolidated Ind-AS results for the fourth quarter and the year ended March 31, 2017

  Airtel strengthened its leadership in India with all time high revenue market share. Full Year Consolidated Revenues at Rs 95,468 crore, grew 1.1% Y-o-Y (underlying). Africa operation turned into full...

April 2017

• Enjoy the ‘Baahubali’ experience on Airtel – India’s Fastest Mobile Network

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced a partnership with ‘Baahubali 2 – The Conclusion’ to roll out special products for the fans of the forthcoming epic...

• Airtel and Amazon announce partnership to enable a superior online content experience on Amazon Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, announced a partnership with Amazon for Amazon’s Fire TV Stick with Voice Remote, which was launched in India today. Customers purchasing Amazon...

• Airtel launches ‘Internet TV’ for Digital Homes

  Airtel launches ‘Internet TV’ for Digital Homes India’s first Hybrid DTH Set-top box, powered by Android TV, brings the best of Online World to the TV screen along with a...

• Airtel’s 4G website wins at the prestigious International Davey Awards

  We are delighted to announce that Airtel’s 4G website - www.airtel.in/4G has won the Silver Award for its creative design at this year’s International Davey Awards. The award is a...

• Airtel Builds a Future Ready Network – Doubles Mobile Sites in Just Two Years

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today said that it doubled its mobile network deployment over the past two years in line with its objective of building a...

March 2017

• Bharti Airtel completes secondary sale of 10.3 stake in Bharti Infratel to a consortium of KKR & Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB)

  Bharti Airtel Limited ("Bharti Airtel"), India's largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the successful completion of the secondary sale of over 190 million shares of its subsidiary Bharti Infratel Limited...

• Bharti Airtel to acquire Tikona Networks’ 4G Business

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Tikona Digital Networks (“Tikona”) to acquire Tikona’s 4G Business including...

• Airtel is The Fastest Mobile Network in India

  Sasha Chhetri, the Airtel Girl, and her friends are back in a brand new campaign. This time they are trying to figure out which mobile network is India’s fastest and...

• Airtel launches 4G in Jammu & Kashmir

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its 4G services in Jammu & Kashmir. With this, Airtel 4G services are now available in all...

• Airtel Payments Bank enables 100 villages across Tamil Nadu to go cashless

  Airtel Payments Bank, India’s first payments bank, has enabled 100 villages across Tamil Nadu to go cashless as part of its endeavour to take its banking services deep into rural/unbanked...

• Airtel Payments Bank adds Spencer’s Retail to its digital payments ecosystem

  Airtel Payments Bank - India’s first payments bank, today announced that its customers can now make convenient digital payments at all Spencer’s retail outlets across 35 cities/towns across India. This...

• Airtel Rated as India’s Fastest Network by Ookla

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today said that it has been rated as India’s fastest mobile network by Ookla - the global leader in broadband testing and...

February 2017

• War on Roaming Declared

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced radical changes that redefine the value proposition for domestic and international roaming. With this, Airtel mobile customers will be able...

• Airtel Payments Bank crosses 150,000 savings accounts mark in West Bengal

  Airtel Payments Bank, India’s first payments bank, today said that it has opened over one and a half lakh (150,000) savings accounts in West Bengal since its launch. Approximately 70%...

• Airtel Acquires Strategic Stake In FinTech Startup Seynse

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today said that it has, through its subsidiary Bharti Airtel Services, acquired a strategic equity stake in Seynse Technologies Pvt. Ltd., a Financial Technology (FinTech) company. Seynse...

• Airtel rolls out future ready 4G network across Maharashtra and Goa

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today said that it has rolled out an upgraded state-of-the-art 4G network across Maharashtra and Goa to deliver best-in-class mobile broadband experience...

• Airtel crosses two million home broadband customers mark

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today rolled out ‘Airtel Surprises’ for its home broadband customers offering them free additional data and content benefits within their existing plans....

• Airtel Payments Bank crosses One Lakh Savings Accounts milestone in Uttar Pradesh within two weeks of launch

  Airtel Payments Bank, India’s first payments bank, today said that it has opened over one lakh (100,000) savings accounts in Uttar Pradesh within the first two weeks of its launch....

January 2017

• Airtel appoints Raj Pudipeddi as Director – Consumer Business & Chief Marketing Officer

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider today announced the appointment of Raj Pudipeddi as Director – Consumer Business & Chief Marketing Officer for its India operations w.e.f. February...

• Airtel Upgrades Mobile Network in Delhi-NCR

  As part of its ongoing network nationwide transformation initiative – Project Leap, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today rolled an upgraded mobile network in Delhi-NCR. As part...

• Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley launches Airtel Payments Bank

  Airtel Payments Bank, India’s first payments bank, today commenced national operations with services now LIVE in all 29 States of India. Shri Arun Jaitley, Hon’ble Union Minster of Finance and...

• Airtel appoints Badal Bagri as Chief Financial Officer – India & South Asia

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the appointment of Badal Bagri as Chief Financial Officer for its India & South Asia operations with effect from January...

• Airtel launches V-Fiber in Hyderabad to deliver superfast broadband to Digital Homes

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced launch of ‘V-Fiber’ in Hyderabad, to offer superfast broadband to its customers. ‘V-Fiber’ is based on Vectorization - Europe’s No....

• Airtel launches V-Fiber in Bengaluru to deliver superfast broadband to Digital Homes

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced launch of ‘V-Fiber’ in Bengaluru, to offer superfast broadband to its customers. ‘V-Fiber’ is based on Vectorization - Europe’s No....

• Airtel invites customers to experience India’s fastest 4G network

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced a special offer under which, it will offer free data for 12 months, worth up to Rs 9000, to customers...

• Airtel launches V-Fiber in Bhopal to deliver superfast broadband to Digital Homes

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced launch of ‘V-Fiber’ in Bhopal, to offer superfast broadband to its customers. ‘V-Fiber’ is based on Vectorization - Europe’s No....

December 2016

• Airtel launches ‘V-Fiber’ in Ahmedabad to deliver superfast broadband to ‘Digital Homes’

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced launch of ‘V-Fiber’ in Ahmedabad, to offer superfast broadband to its customers. ‘V-Fiber’ is based on Vectorization - Europe’s No....

• Airtel launches ‘V-Fiber’ in Ahmedabad to deliver superfast broadband to ‘Digital Homes’

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced launch of ‘V-Fiber’ in Ahmedabad, to offer superfast broadband to its customers. ‘V-Fiber’ is based on Vectorization - Europe’s No....

• Airtel launches ‘V-Fiber’ in Ahmedabad to deliver superfast broadband to ‘Digital Homes’

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced launch of ‘V-Fiber’ in Ahmedabad, to offer superfast broadband to its customers. ‘V-Fiber’ is based on Vectorization - Europe’s No....

• Airtel launches 4G in Assam

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its 4G services in Assam with services going LIVE in Dibrugarh & Tinsukia. With this, customers in...

• Bharti Airtel enters into an exclusive agreement with Orascom to acquire Middle East North Africa Submarine Cable System (MENA-SCS)

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today announced that its subsidiary Network i2i Ltd. has entered into a definitive agreement with Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding S.A.E (“Orascom”) to acquire Orascom’s entire...

• Bharti Airtel enters into an exclusive agreement with Orascom to acquire Middle East North Africa Submarine Cable System (MENA-SCS)

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”) today announced that its subsidiary Network i2i Ltd. has entered into a definitive agreement with Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding S.A.E (“Orascom”) to acquire Orascom’s entire...

• Airtel Payments Bank rolls out pilot services in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

  Airtel Payments Bank Limited, the first payments bank in India to go LIVE, today extended its footprint to South India by rolling out pilot services in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana....

• Airtel launches 4G in Durgapur

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch 4G services in Durgapur. Customers can now enjoy uninterrupted HD video streaming, superfast uploading and downloading of...

• Airtel Payments Bank Announces Initiatives to Drive Adoption of Digital Payments

  Airtel Payments Bank, the first payments bank in the country to go LIVE, today announced a range of proactive initiatives to drive the adoption of digital/cashless payments and contribute to...

• Airtel Payments Bank crosses One Lakh Savings Accounts milestone in less than two weeks of rolling out services

  Airtel Payments Bank, the first payments bank in India to go LIVE, today said it has opened over one lakh (100,000) savings accounts in less than two weeks of rolling...

• Airtel offers free voice calls to anywhere in India

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today launched two new bundled packs for its prepaid customers with free voice calling and substantial data benefits. These two packs...

• Airtel appoints Sunil Taldar as CEO & Director – DTH

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today said that it has appointed Sunil Taldar as CEO & Director - DTH. Sunil will be a member of the Airtel...

• Airtel Payments Bank announces additional benefit on savings deposits

  Airtel Payments Bank, the first payments bank in India to go LIVE, today announced a major additional benefit on savings account deposits, offering unmatched value to customers. Any customer opening...

November 2016

• India’s first Payments Bank goes LIVE-Airtel Payments Bank starts pilot services in Rajasthan

  Airtel Payments Bank Limited (“Airtel Payments Bank”), a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), today said that it has rolled out a pilot of its banking services in Rajasthan. The...

• Airtel partners with TSRTC to offer Wi-Fi services on buses in Hyderabad

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider and Telangana State Road Transport Corporation, today announced the launch of complimentary Wi-Fi services for commuters of Metro Luxury buses. In the...

• Over 10,000 customers open savings accounts with Airtel Payments Bank within first two days of going LIVE

  Airtel Payments Bank (“Airtel Bank”), the first payments bank in India to go LIVE, today said that over 10,000 customers opened savings accounts with it, within the first two days...

• Airtel launches 4G in Sikkim

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch 4G services in Sikkim, with services live in Gangtok. Customers can now enjoy uninterrupted HD video streaming,...

• Airtel achieves 74% reduction in emissions per terabyte on its network

  In line with its agenda of building a sustainable business with responsibility towards all stakeholders and local communities, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, released the latest edition...

• Airtel launches 4G in Jabalpur and Satna

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its 4G services in Jabalpur and Satna, further expanding its 4G network in the state of Madhya...

• Airtel launches 4G services in Rajkot & Bhavnagar

  India’s largest telecommunications services provider Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), today announced the launch of its 4G services in the cities of Rajkot and Bhavnagar. With these launches, Airtel has expanded its...

• Airtel appoints Vani Venkatesh as CEO – Retail

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the appointment of Vani Venkatesh as CEO – Retail. In her new role, Vani will be responsible for driving Airtel’s...

• Airtel launches 4G in Uttar Pradesh

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today launched its 4G services in Uttar Pradesh starting with Lucknow, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, Allahabad, Agra, Bareilly & Meerut. With this, customers...

October 2016

• SUNIL BHARTI MITTAL ELECTED GSMA CHAIRMAN

  The GSMA today announced that it has elected Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder and Chairman, Bharti Enterprises, as Chairman for the two-year period from January 2017 through December 2018. As GSMA...

• Airtel launches 4G in Jaipur

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today launched its 4G services in Jaipur. The launch of Airtel 4G will enable customers to enjoy uninterrupted HD video streaming, superfast...

• Airtel expands 4G footprint in Gujarat Launches 4G services in Surat

  Following the roll out of its 4G services in Ahmedabad and Vadodara, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its 4G services in Surat....

• Airtel launches 10 Day packs for International Roaming with unlimited incoming calls

  Adding to the convenient validity options of its new International Roaming packs, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today launched an affordable 10 day validity pack for International...

• Airtel launches 4G in Chhattisgarh Rolls out high speed mobile broadband in Raipur and Bilaspur

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its 4G services in Chhattisgarh with services going LIVE in Raipur and Bilaspur. Airtel 4G will deliver...

• Airtel launches 4G in Bihar

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today launched its 4G services in Bihar starting with Patna, Gaya, Siwan, Motihari and Bhagalpur. With this, customers across these towns can...

• Airtel expands 4G footprint across Gujarat

  Following the roll out of its 4G services in Ahmedabad, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its 4G services in Vadodara and Anand....

• Airtel launches 4G services in Gwalior & Ashok Nagar

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of 4G services in Gwalior and Ashoknagar. Airtel 4G is also available in Bhopal, Raisen and Vidisha Airtel...

• Airtel expands 4G footprint across Madhya Pradesh

  Following the roll out of its 4G services in Indore, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its 4G services in Bhopal, Raisen and...

• Airtel launches ‘V-Fiber’ to deliver superfast broadband to ‘Digital Homes’

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today said that it has deployed ‘V-Fiber’ technology to offer superfast broadband speeds to its customers. ‘V-Fiber’ is based on Vectorization -...

• Airtel unveils a new digital gateway with its MyAirtel App

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of an exciting new version of MyAirtel App that will offer the best of web to users through...

• Airtel launches 4G services in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of 4G services in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh. Starting today, Airtel 4G will be available to customers in...

• Airtel fortifies its strong spectrum portfolio

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), the India’s largest telecommunications services providers, today said that it has acquired 173.8 Mhz spectrum across 1800/2100/2300 MHz bands for a total consideration of Rs 14,244 cr...

• Airtel launches 4G services in Gujarat

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today launched its 4G services in Gujarat, with the roll out of services in the city of Ahmedabad. Airtel 4G will enable...

September 2016

• Airtel announces Free Incoming Calls on International Roaming

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its new International Roaming (IR) packs that redefine the value proposition for customers traveling abroad. With the...

• Airtel rolls out 20,000 units of Aadhaar based e-KYC solution across India

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today said that it has successfully rolled out over 20, 000 units of Aadhaar based e-KYC solutions across India. Airtel has led...

• Airtel rolls out 4G in North Bengal, launches services in Siliguri

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today launched its 4G services in Siliguri. With this, Siliguri has become the first town in North Bengal to have 4G mobile...

• Airtel deploys 4G Advanced Carrier Aggregation technology in Bengaluru to deliver a superior 4G experience to customers

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced that it has deployed 4G Advanced technology (carrier aggregation across TD LTE and LTE FDD) in Bengaluru. The deployment...

• Airtel gears up for launch of 4G services in Assam

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today said that customers can switch their existing 2G/3G SIMs with 4G ready USIMs completely free of cost at any Airtel retail...

August 2016

• Airtel deploys 4G Advanced Carrier Aggregation technology in Mumbai to deliver a superior 4G experience to customers

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced that it has deployed 4G Advanced technology (carrier aggregation across TD LTE and LTE FDD) in Mumbai. The deployment...

• Airtel’s latest prepaid innovation – ‘Mega Saver Pack’

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of Mega Saver Pack for prepaid customer. The innovative packs, which are available in two denominations, offer great...

• Customers contribute to Airtel’s ‘Open Network’ initiative, help improve the network

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications service provider, today said that its Open Network initiative has received good response from customers across the country. Launched in June 2016, the initiative...

• Airtel rolls out Aadhaar based e-KYC solution

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today said that it has started rolling out Aadhaar based e-KYC solution following the notification by the Department of Telecom, Government of...

• Bharti Airtel launches ‘India with Airtel’ – a bouquet of end-to-end connectivity solutions for companies looking to set up businesses in India

  Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications services provider, has announced the launch of its ‘India with Airtel’ bouquet of services for global companies looking to set up businesses in India. ‘India...

• Airtel launches 4G services in Kharagpur

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today launched its 4G services in Kharagpur. With this, Kharagpur has become the second city in Bengal to have 4G mobile services....

• Airtel broadband homes now get free additional data benefits with ‘myHome Rewards’

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today launched ‘myHome Rewards’ programme for its broadband customers. In a never before offer, Airtel broadband homes can now get a monthly...

• Verizon Digital Media Services partners with Airtel to further expand into India with four new points of presence

  Verizon Digital Media Services, the next-generation digital media platform, and Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, have partnered to launch new points of presence (PoPs) in four...

July 2016

• Wynk Music is the most downloaded music app on Play Store

  Wynk Music, the popular carrier agnostic music app from Airtel, today said that it is the most downloaded music app [in India] on Google Play Store since December 2015, underlining...

• Airtel expands 4G footprint in Kerala, launches services in Chalakudy

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its high speed 4G services in Chalakudy. With this, Airtel 4G is now available across 200...

• Airtel enhances 4G network capacity in Bangalore – rolls out 4G using FD LTE in 1800 Mhz band

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today rolled out of 4G services in Bangalore in the 1800 MHz spectrum band using FD LTE technology. With this, Airtel 4G...

• Airtel drops pre-paid data tariffs

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services providers, today announced an effective reduction in pre-paid data tariffs by increasing data benefits on some of its pre-paid data recharge packs. Airtel...

• Airtel gears up for launch of 4G services in Gujarat

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today said that customers can switch their existing 2G/3G SIMs with 4G ready USIMs completely free of cost at Airtel retail stores...

June 2016

• Airtel expands its footprint in Arunachal Pradesh

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its 2G and 3G mobile services in towns of Lumla, Nafra and Longding in Arunachal Pradesh under...

• Singtel and Airtel announce a strategic alliance to provide seamless high speed data connectivity to global enterprises under one network

  Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel) and Bharti Airtel Limited (Airtel) have joined hands to deliver high-speed, secure data network coverage to Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the US. They...

• airtel-announces-open-network-initiative-under-project-leap

  Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced a new initiative – Open Network under Project Leap, its national network transformation initiative.

May 2016

• Airtel rolls out Platinum 3G network for customers in Bengaluru

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its Platinum 3G network for customers in Bengaluru. Airtel’s Platinum 3G will offer a superior mobile experience...

• Airtel launches 4G services in Sivakasi and Villupuram

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its high speed 4G services in Sivakasi & Villupuram. Now, customers across the state can experience...

• Airtel launches Platinum 3G services in Assam

  Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its Platinum 3G services in 60 towns across Assam. Airtel Platinum 3G is powered by dual spectrum band –...

• In an industry first, Airtel announces self-regulation on Quality of Service

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced a 25% more stringent voluntary benchmark of 1.5% for mobile call drops versus the current TRAI prescribed norm of 2%...

• Airtel expands cloud services portfolio with launch of ‘Connexion’

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of Connexion, direct private connectivity to cloud, and announced its collaboration with Microsoft Corp. for Microsoft Azure...

• Airtel rolls out Platinum 3G network for customers in Botad

  Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch of its Platinum 3G network for customers in Botad, Now...

• Airtel launches 4G services in Cuddalore & Ambur

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in Cuddalore & Ambur. Now, customers across...

• GBI and Airtel Business announce partnership

  Airtel Business and GBI, a global service provider that owns and operates a multilayer carrier neutral network connecting the world to the Middle East, have announced a strategic partnership which...

• Airtel Offers Double Data for Prepaid Customers

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of new pre-paid data packs that offer double data benefits to customers. The innovative data packs redefine affordability...

April 2016

• Airtel launches 4G in Shimoga expands 4G footprint to 110 towns in Karnataka

  Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in Shimoga, taking the number of its 4G towns in...

• Airtel launches 4G services in Chidambaram-Sriperumbudur and Karaikudi

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in Chidambaram, Sriperumbudur & Karaikudi. Now, customers...

• Airtel launches 4G in Guruvayoor & Kottayam, expands 4G footprint to 150 towns in Kerala.

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G services (also called LTE) in Guruvayoor & Kottayam, taking the number...

• Airtel rolls out Platinum 3G network for customers in Hyderabad

  Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its Platinum 3G network for customers in Hyderabad. Airtel’s Platinum 3G will boost indoor coverage, enhance voice...

• Airtel’s Baisakhi Gift for Punjab – High Speed Platinum 3G

  On the auspicious occasion of Baisakhi, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced that it will start rolling out its Platinum 3G services across Punjab starting this...

• Airtel launches 4G services in Bhiwadi and Neemrana

  Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its high speed 4G services in Bhiwadi and Neemrana. With Airtel 4G, customers can experience high speed wireless broadband...

• Airtel expands 4G services to 40 towns in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Circle

  Airtel, India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced that its high speed 4G services...

• Airtel launches 2G Jackpot in Rajasthan

  Airtel, India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch its Airtel 2G Jackpot...

March 2016

• Airtel launches 4G services in Goa

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile service provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the commercial launch...

• Bharti Airtel launches Wi-Fi service in Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the pilot launch...

• Solan to now experience Airtel 4G in Himachal Pradesh

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G...

• Airtel expands its 4G services in Karimnagar

  Airtel, India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch of its high speed...

• Airtel launches 4G in Jharsuguda, expands 4G footprint to 8 towns in Odisha

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the commercial launch...

• Airtel rolls out Platinum 3G network in Imphal and Churachandpur under “Project Leap”

  Airtel, India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch of its Platinum 3G...

• Airtel’s 2G is the best network in Maharashtra and Mumbai – TRAI

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has emerged as the best...

• Airtel rolls out Platinum 3G network in Itanagar under “Project Leap”

  Airtel, India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch of its Platinum 3G...

February 2016

• Airtel launches 4G in Kannur, expands 4G footprint to 100 towns in Kerala

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the commercial launch...

• Airtel expands its 4G footprint in Rajasthan

  Airtel, India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch of its high speed...

• Airtel rolls out Platinum 3G network in Agartala under “Project Leap”

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch of its Platinum 3G network for customers in...

• Airtel rolls out Platinum 3G network for customers in Vijayawada & Vishakhapatnam

  Airtel, India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch of its Platinum 3G...

• Airtel transforms retail experience for customers with brand new retail store

  Airtel, the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch of its 15th Company-Owned-Company-Operated (COCO) Airtel retail store in...

• Airtel expands its 4G services in Kakinada

  Airtel, India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch of its high speed...

• Mandi to now experience Airtel 4G in Himachal Pradesh

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the commercial launch of its high speed 4G...

• Bharti Airtel’s focus on Green network initiatives transforms 40,000 telecom towers across India

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the migration of...

January 2016

• Airtel launches Rajasthan’s first 4G service in Ajmer

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch of...

• Airtel launches 4G services in Hosur

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s no. 1 operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the commercial launch...

• Airtel Expands its 4G Footprint Across 15 towns in Punjab for Mobile Customers

  Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), the third largest mobile services provider globally with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch of its high speed 4G services...