Bharti Airtel

Expansion beyond British Telecom in Europe subject to finding the right candidates

Overall, the number of wireless (mobile and Fixed Wireless Access together) subscribers increased to 1,312.25 million at the end of August 2026, a monthly growth rate of 0.46 per cent.

Airtel Africa's payments arm said existing shareholders will sell shares in the offer, with no new capital to be raised by the company

The mobile payments firm, part of Airtel Africa Plc, said on Wednesday that it is considering listing on the London Stock Exchange

Apple TV will provide access to the company's original series and movies, while Apple Arcade will offer access to games without ads or in-app purchases, Bharti Airtel said

Vi denies wrongdoing, saying it operates within existing laws and regulations; Airtel and Jio allege deceptive solicitation and hurdles to mobile number porting

Bharti Airtel led the industry's July mobile subscriber growth with 26.8 lakh net additions, while India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio, gained 24.4 lakh new users, sector regulator TRAI's monthly subscription data showed on Friday. Vodafone Idea, too, added mobile users -- its net adds stood at 2.4 lakh for July. State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) posted an increase of 1.68 lakh wireless subscribers during the month. During July 2026, the Indian wireless market expanded by 55.38 lakh mobile subscribers -- its base surged to 128.79 crore by the end of July, up from 128.23 crore from the previous month. "As per the information received from 1,562 operators for the month of July 2026, the total number of broadband subscribers increased from 1087.50 million (108.75 crore) at the end of June 2026 to 1094.48 million (109.44 crore) at the end of July 2026 with a monthly growth rate of 0.64 per cent," the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said in its latest report on

Court finds no error in its August 2025 ruling allowing ITC on telecom tower infrastructure

Pravesh Gour of Swastika Investmart believes the industry's growth model is shifting from cheap data and aggressive subscriber addition towards premiumisation, higher ARPU & better cash generation.

Mittal, founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, was appointed non-executive chairman of Airtel Payments Bank in April 2016

Airtel's withdrawal of select prepaid plans could lift its ARPU, but analysts say Vodafone Idea may gain more if it follows with a similar tariff rejig

The telecom operator has removed several 56- and 60-day prepaid plans as it seeks to move high-data users towards costlier packs and encourage migration to postpaid services

Bharti Airtel's B2B arm Airtel Business and telecom public sector company ITI Ltd have collaborated to sell digital solutions to enterprises, a joint statement said on Monday. The move is expected to enhance Airtel Business' share in the public sector, including Defence sector, by leveraging quota of ITI Ltd. "Extremely enthusiastic on this momentous occasion, wherein ITI Ltd and Bharti Airtel Ltd have come together with this MoU to offer state-of-the-art services and solutions to our customers," ITI Chairman and Managing Director Rajesh Rai said. He said the collaboration would the pave way for joint identification and fulfilment of enterprise customer needs in terms of digital transformation, faster connectivity, hyper scale data centers, cybersecurity solutions, IoT etc. The strategic collaboration will deliver nationwide digital and telecom infrastructure, combining high-speed enterprise connectivity (OFC, GPON, SD-WAN, and private 4G/5G) with secure data center and sovereign .

Strong ARPU growth, subscriber additions and a robust Africa business support Airtel's outlook, while brokerages expect premiumisation and tariff hikes to drive earnings

Telecom firm Bharti Airtel sees potential for raising tariffs on plans that offer unlimited data at lower price points, a senior company official said on Wednesday. During the earnings call for the first quarter, Bharti Airtel Executive Vice Chairman Gopal Vittal said the company will step up investments in Africa, from where business contribution in overall business is set to rise as well. Bharti Airtel reported a 37.3 per cent increase in profit after tax to Rs 8,167 crore in the June quarter, driven by strong growth across India and Africa operations. The revenue from operations during the quarter increased 18.3 per cent to Rs 58,539 crore from Rs 49,462.6 crore in the June quarter a year ago. In response to a question if Bharti Airtel needs to hike tariff given that it is recording a healthy growth, Vittal said when the company talks about tariff repair, it is actually about the architecture of mobile plans in place. "Which means that for a very low level of pricing, you get .

Bharti Airtel says India's telecom sector must overhaul data pricing, warning that sustainable ARPU growth depends on higher-paying heavy data users, not entry-level tariff hikes

Bharti Airtel reports 37.3% rise in Q1FY27 profit and 18.4% revenue growth, with ARPU climbing to ₹264 as record postpaid additions and smartphone growth boost performance

Q1FY27 company results: Firms including Deepak Nitrite, Godrej Properties, NHPC, Kalyan Jewellers, Zydus Wellness, and Metro Brands are also to release their April-June earnings today

Bharti Airtel Q1 preview: For Q1FY27, brokerages anticipate Bharti Airtel to report healthy revenue and profit growth, driven by steady subscriber additions, improving ARPU and a resilient Africa busi

Sunil Bharti Mittal says the 1991 reforms transformed India's business landscape, paving the way for Airtel, and calls for continued reforms to sustain growth