Topic: Airtel
Meta-Airtel Partnership to Extend 2Africa Pearls Subsea Cable
Bharti Airtel and Meta have decided to jointly invest in global connectivity infrastructure project that would extend the 2Africa Pearls (a subsea cable) to India. What is 2Africa...
SEA-ME-WE-6 Undersea Cable Consortium
Bharti Airtel Ltd has joined “SEA-ME-WE-6 undersea cable consortium”, for scaling up its high-speed global network capacity and serving India’s fast growing digital economy. Key facts Airtel is...
Telecom Department permits 5G Technology and Spectrum Trials
The Department of Telecommunications recently allowed mobile operators to conduct 5G trials. The Chinese companies, however, have been kept out of the trials. About the Spectrum Trials The...
100% FDI in DTH
The Union Cabinet recently approved revised guidelines for Direct to Home (DTH) broadcasting services. The guidelines allow 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in DTH. Also, it has increased...
Airtel and Amazon Web Services partner to provide cloud solutions to businesses
Bharti Airtel Limited and Amazon Web Services, the cloud-based services arm of Amazon, have announced a strategic partnership to provide a basket of clod solutions to the large,...
What is Adjusted Gross Revenue?
There was a tussle between the Telecommunication industries and the GoI over the license fee settlement. The Union Budget waived penalty for those who paid their interest charges...
Enterprise Business Partnership between Airtel and Google Cloud
One of the Leading Indian telecom service provider, Bharti Airtel and Google Cloud announced a partnership on Monday, 20th January 2020. As part of its Integrated ICT portfolio,...
TRAI releases Tele-density data of India: Key Facts
The TRAI has released the Tele-density data of India. Important observations from the TRAI data are listed below: The total number of mobile phone subscribers in India by...
Airtel, Huawei successfully conduct India’s first 5G network trial
Telecom Major Bharti Airtel and Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei have successfully conducted India’s first 5G (fifth generation) network trial. It was conducted at Airtel’s network experience centre...
Airtel launches India’s first Payments Bank service in Rajasthan
Airtel Payments Bank Limited or Airtel Bank became the first payments bank in the country to launch live banking services in Rajasthan. The pilot phase of the Airtel...
TRAI recommends Rs 3,050 crore penalty on Airtel, Vodafone & Idea
Telecom Regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has recommended Department of Telecom (DoT) to impose combined penalty of 3,050 crore rupees on Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea...