Telecom industry divided on Airtel's 5G priority plan; Jio, Vi call for regulatory clarityBharti Airtel's new priority 5G service for postpaid customers is causing a stir. Rivals Vodafone Idea and Reliance Jio are calling for reg...
27 May, 2026, 10.52 AM IST
Vodafone Idea CEO says ongoing minor tariff corrections driven by current market conditionsVodafone Idea will implement minor adjustments to its mobile tariffs. The company has no immediate plans for a widespread increase in rates...
24 Apr, 2026, 06.31 PM IST
Telecom earnings likely to stay subdued in Q4Telecom operators are poised for a muted March quarter, with analysts anticipating steady underlying growth tempered by fewer operating day...
07 Apr, 2026, 06.17 AM IST
Airtel brings free Apple Music to prepaid, postpaid users: Here’s how to claim, eligibility criteria & all you need to knowAirtel Apple Music (Google Trends): Bharti Airtel is now providing complimentary Apple Music access to select prepaid customers in India, e...
21 Aug, 2025, 04.13 PM IST
Airtel counters Jio, rolls out offers for low-income usersAirtel on Sunday announced benefits worth Rs 270 cr targeting the 55 million low income customers to tide over the impact of Covid-19.
18 May, 2021, 09.54 AM IST
Jio unleashes post-paid tariff war, targets high paying Airtel, Vi usersUp till now, Jio, which had just one postpaid plan at Rs 199, concentrated largely on the prepaid customers, who form the main segment of t...
23 Sep, 2020, 03.27 PM IST
Telecom regulator wants telcos to extend validity of all prepaid packsTelecom service providers Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea and state-run BSNL had earlier extended the prepaid pack validity of their low-average...
15 Apr, 2020, 08.34 AM IST
Trai pulls up telcos for selective validity extensionTrai said “Airtel and VIL had followed a selective approach” in giving relaxation to subscribers in extending the validity and giving a cre...
08 Apr, 2020, 07.45 AM IST
Airtel segments subscribers to boost revenuesAirtel has segmented the plans in three tiers – silver, gold, and platinum – starting with a minimum recharge of Rs 119.
03 May, 2019, 09.13 AM IST
Trai pulls up Airtel, Vodafone-Idea on minimum recharge plansTelcos have been asked not to deactivate users' SIMs till they have the balance required as per a tariff plan.
28 Nov, 2018, 10.29 PM IST
Bharti Airtel asks DoT to cancel Reliance Jio's Jammu & Kashmir licenceBharti Airtel claimed Jio categorised 7 lakh customers in the troubled state as postpaid even though they were prepaid users in ‘blatant ma...
01 Jun, 2017, 12.49 AM IST
Tariff war starts; Airtel and Idea take a leaf out of Jio’s page, unveil similarly priced prepaid plansThe incumbents seek to take on Jio at its own game and prevent the Mukesh Ambani-owned company from poaching their low and mid-end customer...
09 Dec, 2016, 01.14 AM IST
Telcos could charge prepaid users for inactive connections, may offer 'safe custody' facility to keep numbersFaced with a severe scarcity of 10-digit numbers, telecos may charge prepaid subscribers if they want to keep their connections inactive fo...
01 Jan, 2013, 10.20 AM IST
Airtel to generate detailed bills for pre-paid customersBharti Airtel launched India's first online self care service which will enable pre-paid customers to get itemised bills, manage their acco...
13 Feb, 2012, 11.28 PM IST
- Airtel ropes in more call-centre partners
Airtel has silently increased its arsenal of call centre service partners in eastern circles to meet the challenges of growing business vol...
20 Mar, 2010, 12.12 AM IST
- Bharti Airtel hikes STD rates up to 32 pc
Bharti Airtel, the country's top mobile player, on Monday increased long distance tariffs for its prepaid and postpaid mobile customers in ...
30 Jul, 2007, 05.07 PM IST
- Beware of ghost roamers!
Living in West Bengal and using a prepaid cellphone connection? In case you are, then, you must read this.
03 Jul, 2007, 07.30 AM IST