By orders of the East District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, Airtel is set to pay Rs 10,000 compensation to a customer for providing faulty service, reports PTI. The network operator is said to have provided a faulty Internet connection to Delhi-based lawyer J K Mittal and despite a series of complaints didn’t take the necessary action to rectify the problem. (more…)Google+

In a deal believed to be around $1.26 billion, Qatar Foundation Endowment has bought a 5 percent stake in Bharti Airtel, reports WSJ. This deal will allow the non-profit organization owned by the Gulf state’s royal family to subscribe to 199.9 million new shares of the network operator. (more…)Google+

Bharti Airtel has revealed that the operator service provider will take hold of the remaining 30 percent stake in Warid Group’s telecom operations in Bangladesh. The acquisition will happen under the Bharti Airtel Holdings (Singapore), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bharti Airtel. (more…)Google+

This is the time of the year, when operators announce their special international tariff schemes for travelers planning to go abroad during vacations. Bharti Airtel has introduced exclusive international roaming packs for its subscribers traveling to some popular destinations including USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Australia, Germany, UAE and UK. These are promotional tariff schemes which have been launched for some time. (more…)Google+

The Supreme Court has banned Bharti Airtel from providing 3G roaming services to new customers in seven circles – Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh East and Kerala – where the operator has been providing 3G services on the basis of intra-circle roaming pacts with Idea Cellular and Vodafone. The court is also been reported to have said that there will be no coercive steps taken on the Rs 350 crore penalty slashed by DoT against Airtel. It has ordered the operator along w...

We had recently reported about the Department of Telecommunication ordering Bharti Airtel to withdraw its 3G services from 7 circles and also slapped the network carrier with a fine of Rs 350 crore. According to a report on TheHindu, DoT has now turned its attention towards Idea Cellular and Vodafone India who have both been sent notices for allegedly providing 3G services in unlicensed circles. (more…)Google+

Bharti Airtel has been under the hammer again as the Delhi High Court has pulled the stay order, which now permits the Department of Telecommunications to stop the operator from providing 3G services in seven circles where it does not hold the license to provide 3G. Airtel has now approached Supreme Court to challenge the order. (more…)Google+

Airtel has launched the broadband plans on a very-high-speed digital subscriber line (VDSL) in Hyderabad that has an speed of 40MBPs. According to Airtel, the VDSL technology defines a new and advanced standard of broadband wireline communications. (more…)Google+

Bharti Airtel has added three more cities to its fourth generation network circle as it has today launched its prepaid and postpaid 4G services in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula. The operator is already providing its 4G LTE services in Kolkata, Bengaluru and Pune. (more…)Google+

Bharti Airtel is speculated to be ordered by the Department of Telecom (DoT) to stop providing its 3G services in seven circles within next fifteen days according to a report by ET. The government is taking measures to stop Airtel to provide 3G network services in areas outside its licensed zones, where it has been using spectrum allotted to other operators like Vodafone and Idea. Telecom operators in the country entered pacts that allowed them to use 3G frequencies of each other in areas where they were unab...

Bharti Airtel has partnered with the Opera Software to launch the Opera Web Pass for their Indian customers. The Opera Web Pass features some interesting Internet plans that will be useful to those with a very limited internet usage. These services are available for all Airtel users who can make use of these services using the Opera Mini browser. (more…)Google+

Vodafone India has also joined in Indian telecom operators – Airtel and Aircel, in a demand for getting revenues from the Internet Service players like Google and Facebook. Martin Pieters, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Vodafone India feels that there should be some regulation formed so that the operators can charge top notch Internet players like Google, Facebook, YouTube and others for using their infrastructure, reported The Hindu Business Line. (more…)Google+