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Airtel Mirchi mobile Indias 1st LIVE Radio on Mobile
May 18th
Bharti Airtel, Asia’s leading integrated telecom service provider introduces a new vas for live radio named as “Mirchi Mobile”. This service would enable Airtel customers to tune into India’s leading private FM radio station “Radio mirchi” from anywhere in India.
Adding more to the offering, this new service would allow customers to select from a host of 12 Mirchi stations, even on the mobile handsets that do not have an in-built FM receiver. The service will be initially available to customers of Airtel in the cities of Delhi, Mumbai and Rest of Maharashtra which would be later followed by the launch of the service in the rest of the country.
To activate the service: Call 59830 (toll-free) to subscribe to the service and start enjoying the service and 59830800 (toll-free) to deactivate from the service.
Charges: Now enjoy 100 minutes of Radio at just Rs.10 per week. 100 minutes expire at the end of 1 week.
Mirchi Mobile adds to the wide bouquet of VAS services offered by Airtel to its customers. So, tune in to the radio station in Bangalore, Kolkata or even Kerala and listen to the radio of your choice!
Airtel fixedline Free Unlimited Night Calls without any charge
Apr 29th
Bharti Airtel the leading telecom operator is not only focusing the GSM segment but also trying to sustain its Fixed-line Subscribers by attractive offers. After Unlimited Free sunday offer now Airtel has introduced free unlimited night calling offer for fixedline users. Most of the time only GSM customers gets such offers due to increased competition but Airtel is giving due attention to its fixedline customers and more reasons of having a landline.
So now with the Introduction of this service with is totally free of cost from Airtel subscribers can make unlimited free STD and local calls from 11.00 PM to 6.00 AM. The landline number starts with 4 and this scheme can be enjoyed throughout May, 2010 across India. For more info. get more call 121 from landline.
Airtel ranked Best Telecom Company in Gujarat at GESIA Awards
Mar 21st
Bharti Airtel one of the Asia’s leading integrated telecom service provider was recognised as the Best telecom company in Gujarat at the 3rd edition of GESIA Annual awards, given away in Ahmedabad recently. Airtel was chosen for this award from among the leading telecom companies that currently operate in the state of Gujarat.
Airtel is the only service provider in Gujarat to offer Mobile, Broadband, DTH services and VSAT based solutions to their customers in Gujarat and some of the major competitive differentiators that contributed to Airtel’s recognition as the best Telecom Company award are:
· The company has built up an extensive cellular network for providing world-class mobile service to the people of Gujarat, by putting up more than 5600 towers, by serving all census towns and more than 12100 villages and 248 towns.
· Airtel covers about 94% of Gujarat’s population with a customer base of 5.27mn in Gujarat. More >
Kuwait’s Zain Accepts Bharti Airtel Bid at $10.7 billion
Feb 14th
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile phone company by subscribers, finally succeeded to buy Kuwait’s African asset ZAIN excluding Sudan and Morocco at $10.7 billion. The Indian telecom firm will pay Zain $10 billion by mid-April, and the remaining $700 million will be paid before the end of the year. The statement on Sunday comes a day after several unsourced reports in Kuwaiti newspapers said Zain has received an offer from Bharti to buy their African assets.
Zain’s African assets have been on the block for about seven months and attracted interest from several others companies, including Vivendi and China Mobile. But Bharti Airtel put in the most compelling offer.
Bharti Airtel, which has nearly 120 million subscribers, has been gearing up for a major expansion into emerging markets. Last month, it created a special international division to scout assets abroad and completed one major deal, agreeing to buy a 70% stake in Bangladesh’s Warid Telecom for an initial investment of $300 million.
Bharti airtel adds 2.85 million new mobile users in January
Feb 12th
Bharti Airtel, India’s no. 1 mobile operator adds 2.85 million new mobile subscribers in January 2010. Now Airtel has a total of 121.7 million user-base. Third-ranked Vodafone Essar, controlled by Vodafone, signed up 2.74 million mobile users in January, to boost its total to 94.1 million, Fifth-ranked Idea Cellular gained 2.28 million mobile subscribers, taking its total to 59.9 million. Revealed by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) website.
Nokia Siemens $700 million deal with Bharti Airtel
Feb 11th
Bharti Airtel Limited, Asia’s leading integrated telecom services provider and Nokia Siemens Networks today further strengthened their strategic partnership with a USD 700 million network expansion contract. The contract includes network planning, implementation and project management, handling of local logistics and materials, as well as system integration for the base station sites Company said it will also ensure that Bharti Airtel’s core and transport network is 3G-ready in order to reduce time to market and enable the fast rollout of 3G services at a later date.
This GSM network expansion will cover the eight existing circles of Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh & Chattisgarh, Bihar & Jharkhand, Orissa, Kolkata and West Bengal where Nokia Siemens Networks already provides equipment and managed services for Bharti Airtel. With close to 60% of Airtel’s monthly customers coming from rural regions, this contract will enable Airtel to further aggressively expand its footprint into rural India.
“Airtel continues to drive innovation and leadership in the telecom sector. This expansion will not only expand our networks deeper into the rural hinterland but will also allow us to deliver a rich end-user experience, and satisfy the increasing demand for top-quality services,” said Sanjay Kapoor, chief executive officer designate, Bharti Airtel. “We are delighted with Nokia Siemens Networks’ proven expertise and deep understanding of our requirements along with the assurance of network infrastructure that helps us sustain our leadership edge in India.”
Nokia Siemens Networks is expanding and upgrading the operator’s 2.5G network to increase network capacity by 50% in eight circles.
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