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Airtel rolls out its 4G LTE network in Pune
After successful roll out in Bangalore and Kolkata, airtel has launched it 4G LTE network in Pune. Currently, the services are only available for postpaid consumers, however, prepaid plans should follow soon. Airtel also launched India’s first 4G phone in collaboration with Huawei – Ascend P1 LTE which features Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.5Ghz dual core processor,…
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Reliance & Idea Reduce their 3G Tariffs
Following Airtel’s move, both Reliance & Idea have reduced their 3G tariffs by 70%. As always, in the Indian market, one player has to buckle up and do something competitive and everyone follows. The revised tariffs from both the providers rival that from Airtel. Reliance’s revised 3G tariff: 3G Data Usage Billed amounts (Rs) Up…
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Bharti Airtel to Launch 4G LTE network in India this Month
Forget 3G, Airtel is planning to start the roll out of its 4G LTE network in India this month, starting with Kolkata on 20th March 2012. Airtel has appointed Nokia Siemens Networks, Huawei, ZTE and Ericsson to build and operate its 4G LTE network in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kolkata and Punjab respectively. Airtel also holds BWA licenses…
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How Airtel is alienating its premium customers
I am not sure if there is any official terminology, but in my opinion, a premium customer to a telecom company is one who is ready to try their new (and expensive) services, pays bills well within due date, subscribes to ebills & pays bill online (as it saves logistic costs for the company). There…
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Airtel sets 1Mbps as the new broadband minimum, increases FUP quota
Airtel has set a new minimum definition to broadband plans in India. Despite TRAI defining broadband as a minimum of 256Kbps, Airtel has set 1Mbps as the new minimum for its broadband plans across India, with 2Mbps being the minimum in 10 of its top cities namely Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai…
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Airtel partners with BigFlix to launch on demand video streaming service
Airtel has tied up with BigFlix to launch on demand video streaming service in India. BigFlix is a Netflix type service in India offering a library of DVD quality movies & TV shows which you can stream to your computer, laptop or tablet device (no iPad support though as the site requires Flash). Previously, their…
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Is Airtel becoming the at&t of India?
+ 3G = ? I have always been a big fan (and advocate) of Airtel. Whether it was their mobile service, broadband or DTH, I always recommended Airtel to my friends and family members. And this was not because of some brand love that I had for the company. It was because Airtel had always…
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Airtel announces its iPhone 4 plans
Following Aircel’s iPhone 4 plans announcement yesterday, Airtel has today revealed its iPhone 4 plans for Indian consumers. All their plans as also based on the reverse subsidy model in which you pay the full price of the iPhone 4 to the carrier and then they pay you back a certain amount per month in…
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Airtel launches HD DVR set top box in India [UPDATED with pics]
News is coming in that Airtel has launched their HD DVR set top box in India at a price tag of INR 4890. The recorder has 320 GB of hard disk space which will let you record up to 550 hours of SD content. The recorder features are similar to that of TataSky+ HD and is…
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Airtel’s 3G services now available in Hyderabad
Airtel has finally launched their 3G services in the cyber city of Hyderabad in India. This launch was much anticipated as Hyderabad is one of the biggest IT hubs in the country and has the potential of being one of the largest 3G subscriber base in India. So far, we are getting mixed reactions for…
