New Delhi: With an aim to provide financial services to remote locations Airtel Payments Bank has decided to expand its reach in the eastern state of West Bengal. Airtel money has a network of over 30,000 neighbourhood banking points spread across West Bengal, and plans to expand its banking points...
Airtel starts refarming 2G spectrum for 4G services to enhance indoor coverage
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel has started deploying 4G technology in 900 megahertz band, which it was using for 2G services, across 10 telecom circles to enhance indoor coverage of the high-speed mobile telephony, according to sources involved in the process. The refarming of 900 Mhz spectrum band for 4G services...
Airtel Payments Bank simplifies payment process for merchant partners
New Delhi: Airtel Payments Bank has upgraded its app to provide a range of digital benefits to its merchant partners in a bid to simplify the payment process. Airtel Payments Bank app now comes with two new features "Smart ePOS" and "On-Demand Settlement" for merchants. Smart e-POS (point of sale)...
Airtel launches cybersecurity services for businesses
New Delhi: As part of Airtel Secure, the company also launched its Security Intelligence Centre in the National Capital Region. This facility will offer its tracking services to businesses of all sizes -- from large enterprises to small and medium businesses -- on a 24/7 basis. Gopal Vittal, MD and...
Airtel picks Waybeo to its sartup accelerator program
Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said it has picked up a strategic stake in tech startup Waybeo under the Airtel 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...
Jio and Airtel bring new broadband offers with low price
Reliance Jio and Airtel have brought new tariff packages for fixed line broadband. Their price is lower than before, although the data speed has also decreased. Jio's monthly price starts at Rs 399 and Airtel's Rs 499. But the existing customers' monthly bills will not be cut. For this, they...
Airtel offered unlimited data in all broadband plans!
Airtel is reported to revise data benefits for all its existing broadband customers to further strengthen itself in competition with Jio Fiber. Airtel's broadband service is called Airtel Xstream Fiber. Airtel has 4 broadbrand plans - Basic, Entertainment, Premium and VIP. Of these, only VIP plan comes with unlimited data...
Airtel said, only two telecom companies will remain in the country
New Delhi: Airtel chief Sunil Mittal has said that only two telecom companies can exist in the coming days. He said that this situation could arise due to economic crisis and only two telecom companies will remain in the country. Bharti Airtel chairman said, "Due to economic pressure on the...
Carlyle Group to buy 25% stake in Airtel’s data business
New Delhi: The Carlyle Group will soon buy a 25 per cent stake in Airtel's data center business 'Nextra Data' for about Rs 1,780 crore. The company gave this information in a statement to Badhuwar. With this, Nextra's valuation is expected to be $ 1.2 billion which is more than...
Airtel Payments Bank offers ‘Security Salary Account’ for MSMEs
New Delhi: Airtel Payments Bank on Monday offered 'Security Pay Accounts' specifically designed for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). There are more than 60 million units in MSME sector in India and they account for 29 percent of India's GDP. Airtel Payments Bank said in a statemen that these...