New Delhi: The Income Tax Department has slapped a Rs 1,067-crore demand notice on telecom giant Bharti Airtel for non-payment of TDS dues in the last four financial years in connection with its overseas operations, even as the company said it was fully compliant with all the provisions. The department has asked the company to pay a total tax of Rs 1,067.24 crore under sections 201 (consequences of failure to...
07:10 PM, Jan 18, 2012
Mumbai: Mobile handset maker Nokia has emerged as the most trusted brand in India, ahead of homegrown Tata which is at number 2, while social activist Anna Hazare is placed above master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, according to a recent survey. The survey, 'The Brand Trust Report, India Study 2012' released in Mumbai on Monday, placed the South Korean consumer durable firm LG in the third position. Korean consumer electronics and...
11:38 PM, Jan 16, 2012
New Delhi: The telecom ministry on Tuesday questioned the jurisdiction of telecom tribunal TDSAT on entertaining the petitions of five telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, challenging the government's directive to stop 3G roaming agreements. Additional Solicitor General A S Chandiok appearing for the Department of Telecom (DoT) told the tribunal that it has no jurisdiction to entertain the petitions which are altering the terms of telecom licence. Terming...
12:56 PM, Jan 03, 2012
Mumbai: Customers of Bharti Airtel in the western part of Maharashtra are experiencing a service outage due to a technical glitch in the service provider's systems that cropped up on Tuesday. "A technical outage has affected our network in the western region, resulting in disruption of some services. We are working toward rectifying the outage at the earliest. We deeply regret the inconvenience caused to our customers," an Airtel spokesperson...
01:23 PM, Dec 27, 2011
New Delhi: Airtel has reported a major fire in their Malad data centre, which has impacted their data and cellular network. Airtel's official Twitter account - Airtel_Presence - tweeted, "Some Airtel customers may be experiencing connectivity issues due to an unforeseen technical outage on some circuits in Western region..." According to reports, due to fire in Bharti office, Blackberry and voice services are affected. No definite timeline has been given...
12:48 PM, Dec 27, 2011
New Delhi: Telecom Ministry on Friday issued notices to three leading telecom firms - Bharti airtel, Vodafone and Idea - asking them to stop their 3G roaming agreements with immediate effect as the pacts are illegal and has sought their response within 24 hours. "DoT today issued notices to three operators who are having 3G roaming arrangements among themselves without having 3G spectrum in that circles. The Department has also...
06:49 PM, Dec 23, 2011
New Delhi: Coming down heavily on operators for violating licence norms, the Telecom Ministry has asked service providers to discontinue their 3G roaming agreements and is also contemplating imposing penalty on them. The decision comes after the unanimous view of telecom regulator TRAI, Law Ministry and DoT that such roaming agreement was in violation of the telecom licences. Leading operators like Bharti, Vodafone and Idea had entered into agreement with...
12:52 PM, Dec 22, 2011
New Delhi: The Telecom Ministry may issue demand notices of Rs 55.67 lakh to RCom and Bharti Airtel for violating the licence agreement by registering new subscribers without proper verification in the Delhi service area. "The proper verification has not been carried out by the service providers at the time of providing service to these subscribers. Hence, Bharti Airtel has violated the terms and conditions. Therefore on the ground stated,...
11:16 AM, Dec 20, 2011
New Delhi: Telecom regulator TRAI is in the process of taking legal action against Bharti Airtel for violating the mobile number portability (MNP) guidelines. "...It was found that Bharti Airtel has violated the provisions of the MNP regulations. Accordingly, TRAI is in the process of taking necessary legal action against Bharti Airtel," according to a source. TRAI had earlier issued a showcause notice to private telecom operator Bharti Airtel for...
10:21 AM, Dec 15, 2011
New Delhi: Two leading telecom firms, Bharti and Vodafone, have come under the scanner of regulator Trai for violating Mobile Number Portability (MNP) norms. Trai had issued showcause notices to the firms seeking information based on complaints from subscribers that their requests for MNP had been rejected, sources in the know said. "We have received their (Bharti and Vodafone) replies and the same is under examination. After analysing it we...
07:20 PM, Dec 14, 2011
Aurangabad (Bihar): As a two-day Bharat bandh called by the Maoists began on Sunday, unidentified Naxalites set on fire a mobile tower in Bihar's naxal-infested Aurangabad district in the early hours, police said. The naxalites, said to be about a dozen of them, stormed into Suhi village under Kutumba police station area and set on fire the mobile tower of private operator Airtel, police said. A case has been registered...
01:44 PM, Dec 04, 2011
New Delhi: Taking a cue from Facebook, Twitter in association with Airtel is offering free access to Twitter's mobile version. Airtel customers can enjoy Twitter services on http://mobile.twitter.com without incurring additional data usage charges. This offer is valid till March 1, 2012. Users will also be able to get Twitter updates via SMS for free. While Twitter usage will be free, opening other links shared by Twitter users will incur...
03:36 PM, Dec 03, 2011
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel's Africa operations have crossed 50 million customer mark within 17 months of acquiring Zain's mobile businesses. The company has added 14 million subscribers to Zain's mobile operations in 16 African countries during this period, Bharti Airtel said in a statement. "I would also like to thank the governments and regulators for their support and would like to reiterate that we share their vision of bridging the...
05:23 PM, Nov 30, 2011
New Delhi: Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal will soon meet telecom industry leaders to work out an amicable resolution to the dispute between the government and service providers over a 3G roaming pact. "I will meet with the industry players soon to discuss the 3G roaming issue, industry players have sought time and I am hopeful to resolve the issue," Sibal told reporters on the sidelines of the Skoch summit on...
01:25 PM, Nov 29, 2011
Mumbai: Bharti Telecom, the majority stakeholder in private telecom operator Bharti Airtel, on Monday raised it stake marginally with purchase of six lakh shares of the company for Rs 22.71 crore through open market transactions. Bharti Telecom has purchased a total of six lakh shares of the telecom firm through four market transactions worth a cumulative Rs 22.71 crore, Bharti Airtel, the country's largest private telecom company, said in a...
07:03 AM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: Telecom equipment-maker Ericsson today said it has signed a five-year deal to provide managed services for Bharti Airtel's India operations for an undisclosed amount. Under the five-year, multi-vendor, multi-technology managed services agreement, Ericsson will operate, maintain and provide services across 15 of Bharti Airtel's networks in India, Ericsson said in a statement. In addition, Ericsson will also take responsibility for the intelligent network that manages Bharti Airtel's pre-paid...
04:41 PM, Nov 28, 2011
New Delhi: Ethiopia's Lelisa Desisa won the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon in the men's elite category with a timing of 59:29 minutes on Sunday. Kenya's Lucy Kabuu grabbed the women's title with a timing of 67:04 minutes. This is the seventh edition of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon and in all, over 8000 people have participated in various distance-runs. Over 40 athletes took part in the run. Bollywood actors Shah...
09:02 AM, Nov 27, 2011
New Delhi: Delhi was all charged up on Sunday morning as several joggers and serious marathoners gathered for the Delhi Half-Marathon. Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Bipasha Basu, accompanied by Sports Minister Ajay Maken flagged off the run. Over 40 athletes are taking part in the run. For India, Deepchand Saharan is leading the men's team, while the Indian women's team is being led by defending champion Lalita Babbar....
08:09 AM, Nov 27, 2011
Mumbai: Reliance Industries has mutually agreed to end negotiations with Bharti Enterprises to buy its stakes in two insurance joint ventures with France's AXA, the two companies said on Friday. Reliance said the negotiations to acquire Bharti's 74 per cent stakes in the life insurance and general insurance joint ventures were terminated as it was "unable to reach agreement on the long-term vision and joint governance of the ventures" with...
09:08 PM, Nov 25, 2011
