Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile phone carrier, said on Tuesday Sanjay Kapoor, its chief executive for India and South Asia, will leave the company on February 28. Gopal Vittal, currently group director of special projects will take over as the company's India CEO, effective March 1, it said in a statement. ...
03:30 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Aircel has confirmed that it will launch BlackBerry 10 in India when the smartphones are available in India, which should be a few weeks after the global launch scheduled for January 30. ...
12:07 PM, Jan 14, 2013
Regulator TRAI has decided to continue with the existing tariff regime for the time being that allows operators to decide on charges for telecom services. "TRAI sought views of stakeholders on the need to review the existing regime of tariff forbearance. Taking into account the feedback received from stakeholders, the Authority has decided to continue with the existing tariff regime for the time being," TRAI said in its annual report....
04:32 PM, Jan 13, 2013
In the inaugural season of the event, Jaypee Punjab Warriors will face Delhi Waveriders in the league-opener at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium. ...
12:50 PM, Jan 12, 2013
Department of Telecommunications in its demand notice has asked telecom majors Airtel and Vodafone to pay around Rs 3,800 crore as one-time spectrum fee during this month. According to sources, DoT has given Airtel the option of paying Rs 1,758.07 crore this month as first installment from the total amount of Rs 5,201.24 crore levied on the company as one-time spectrum charge for additional and excess spectrum it holds. ...
10:48 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Bharti Airtel launched mEducation services that will enable its customers to access courses for English learning, competitive exam preparation and career counselling on their mobile phones. ...
05:16 PM, Jan 02, 2013
New Tata Motors Ltd is the best performer among Sensex stocks in 2012, helped by hopes for a turnaround in the performance of luxury unit Jaguar Land Rover. Infosys Ltd earns the worst performer status among blue chips, given the persistent concerns about global demand for software services. GAIL, down over 9 per cent and Bharti Airtel, down 7 per cent, are among other losers. ...
03:14 PM, Dec 29, 2012
Two suicide car bombers attacked the offices of two mobile phone operators on Saturday in Nigeria's northern city of Kano, killing themselves but no civilians, police said. ...
01:18 AM, Dec 23, 2012
Former Department of Telecom Secretary Shyamal Ghosh and three companies - Bharti Airtel Ltd, Vodafone India Ltd and Hutchison Max & Sterling Cellular - have been charged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the allocation of additional spectrum case during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime. ...
03:30 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Shares in Bharti Airtel fell as much as 3.2 per cent amid speculation that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) may file charges against it as part of a broader case involving alleged irregularities in airwave allocations. ...
02:38 PM, Dec 21, 2012
GSM mobile operators, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea, lost over 9 million subscribers in November, bringing down the user base to 663.78 million, industry body COAI said today. ...
04:34 PM, Dec 18, 2012
Police have filed an FIR against Managing Director & Chairman, CEO and other officials of Bharti Airtel Limited on a complaint alleging "extortion" and "life threat" to an advocate here, a customer of the firm. The complaint was filed on Monday by retired High Court Judge Jayarama Chouta, the advocate's father, following which police said that they filed the FIR against the firm's senior officials and five other employees under...
10:32 PM, Dec 11, 2012
Bharti Airtel has announced the launch of its 24x7 Emergency Alert Service for customers. During an emergency, Airtel mobile customers can now send an alert with their geographic location to their closest 10 loved ones simultaneously with just a call, facilitating an access to easy and quick help. ...
12:51 PM, Dec 02, 2012
Bharti Infratel Ltd, the telecommunications tower unit of top phone carrier Bharti Airtel Ltd, is set to raise up to $825 million next month in what would be the country's biggest initial share offering in two years. ...
01:40 AM, Dec 01, 2012
Airtel has launched international roaming plans for post-paid customers who are visiting the United States, offering up to five hours of free incoming calls and back home calls at a discount of up to 87 per cent. ...
01:27 PM, Nov 28, 2012
Mumbai/New Delhi: Bharti Infratel Ltd, the telecommunications tower arm of India's Bharti Airtel Ltd, is likely to launch its initial public offering to raise up to $900 million (approx Rs 4,993 crore) on December 10, sources said, in what will be the country's biggest IPO in two years. The offer to sell a 10 per cent stake in Bharti Infratel could raise $800 million to $900 million, the sources said,...
12:56 PM, Nov 23, 2012
New Delhi: The second day of auction for 2G spectrum started at 9 AM on Wednesday, on the back of demand for spectrum in the Bihar telecom circle. A Department of Telecommunications official replied in the affirmative when asked if the auction resumed on time on Wednesday morning. "Yes. Eighth round is in progress," the official said. The government is auctioning eight blocks of spectrum having 1.25 megahertz airwaves frequencies...
10:44 AM, Nov 14, 2012
New Delhi: There has been a lukewarm response to 2G spectrum auction which opened on Monday in New Delhi with sources saying that there have been no bids in the top five to six circles. The first two rounds of re-auction of 2G spectrum have ended and no company has come forward to bid for key and lucrative circles like Delhi and Mumbai. There have been no bids for Rajasthan...
02:46 PM, Nov 12, 2012
New Delhi: Additional spectrum beyond 6.2 Mhz was allotted during the late Telecom Minister Pramod Mahajan's tenure to cellular operators Airtel, Vodafone and Idea without due coordination with Defence agencies, CBI has claimed in a probe report. In its report to the Law Ministry, CBI also claimed that Mahajan, who was the Telecom Minister during the BJP-led NDA rule, had apparently told "half truth" to Defence Minister George Fernandes that...
04:57 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel, India's largest telecom operator, on Wednesday reported its 11th consecutive quarter of net profit dip as rising costs and competition squeezed margins, forcing the company to look at increase in tariff. Net profit in July-September dropped 29.7 per cent to Rs 721.2 crore from Rs 1,027 crore in the year ago period. The profit in the second quarter was 5 per cent lower than Rs 762.2...
01:16 PM, Nov 07, 2012
