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India's mobile tariffs unfair, rich pay less than poor, says Airtel MD

Bharti Airtel sees an opportunity in raising tariffs for data services as it feels that the rich are paying less and the poor are not required to pay anymore, a senior official of the company said. A customer needs to pay Rs 199 for a month-long connection which comes with unlimited local, STD, roaming calls and a 2GB data limit. By paying Rs 100 more, a subscriber on Airtel can get 1 GB data per day and it goes up to 3 GB data per day with plans starting from Rs 449 onwards. "The architecture of pricing in India is quite skewed. At the entry level itself or just above the entry level, you get so much data allowance, calling and messaging, that you really don't have any reason to upgrade. It's just an unfortunate situation where people who can afford to pay, the rich, are paying less and the poor, you know, we don't need to charge the poor anymore," Bharti Airtel Vice-Chairman and MD, Gopal Vittal said. He was replying to a question on tariffs during the company's earnings call for

Bharti Airtel Q1 profit rises 43% to ₹5,948 cr, Arpu surges to ₹250

Bharti Airtel reports ₹5,948 crore profit in Q1FY26; revenue grows 28.4% Y-o-Y to ₹49,463 crore as ARPU improves and Homes, Africa, and digital services expand

Bharti Airtel Q1 results: Profit up 43% at ₹5,948 crore, revenue rises 29%

Airtel's revenue from operations stood at ₹49,462.6 crore in Q1 FY26, up 28.4 per cent Y-o-Y from ₹38,506.4 crore in the same quarter last year on account of strong performance in India and Africa

Q1 results today: Adani Ports, Bharti Airtel, Lupin, 150 others on Aug 5

Q1 FY26 company results, August 5: Britannia, Alembic Pharmaceuticals, Aarti Surfactants, Berger Paints, Bharti Hexacom, and Exide are also to release their April-June quarter earnings reports today

Bharti Airtel launches sovereign cloud platform to power Indian telcos

The telecom major will now compete with US players like Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Google

Bharti Airtel Q1 results preview: Check expectations for profit, Arpu

Bharti Airtel Q1 results: Prominent brokerage firms like Nuvama, Prabhudas Lilladher, Kotak Institutional Equities and JM Financial expect the telco to deliver healthy June quarter earnings.

Sensex tanks 700 points: 3 reasons behind the market fall

While India has signed a trade agreement with the UK, D-Street's focus remains firmly on the prospective trade deal between New Delhi and Washington.

Bharti Airtel surpasses TCS to become India's third-most-valuable company

The telecom major was valued at ₹11.45 trillion, while TCS' market capitalisation stood at ₹11.43 trillion

In a first, Bharti Airtel ties up with Perplexity to offer AI to users

'Pro' version of LLM to be available free of cost

Airtel, Perplexity AI team up to offer 1-yr free plan to 390 mn users

This is Perplexity's first collaboration with an Indian telecom operator as part of its efforts to boost adoption in India, which is the world's second largest internet market

Dividend stocks: HCL Tech, 46 others go ex-date July 18; do you own any?

Here is the complete list of stocks that will trade ex-dividend on July 18, along with details of their dividend announcements

Bernstein expects markets to consolidate; sees Nifty at 26,500 by 2025-end

As a strategy, they have moved utilities sector to equal weight. Financials, Telecom, small discretionary, remain their overweight sectors.

Sensex gains 490 pts, Nifty nears 25,250: Here's why markets are up today

Stock market today: All sectoral indices were trading in the green territory. Nifty Auto index came out on top, up by 1.55 per cent, quoting 23,917

Dividend bonanza! TCS, Bharti Airtel, 67 others to go ex-date next week

Here is the complete list of stocks that will trade ex-dividend next week, along with details of their dividend announcements

Why did UBS downgrade Bharti Airtel, Vi ahead of Q1 results? Find out here

UBS has downgraded Bharti Airtel to 'Sell' and Vi to 'Neutral', while keeping the target prices unchanged at ₹1,970 and ₹8.5, respectively.

Stocks to Watch, Thursday, July 10: Oil India, TCS, Waaree Energies

Stocks to Watch today, July 10, 2025: TCS, Waaree Energies and Enviro Infra are some of the top stocks to watch today

Premiumisation to drive Arpu growth for all telecom operators in Q1

Analysts expect a sequential increase in Arpu for all telecom operators in Q1 FY26, driven by the ongoing shift from 4G to 5G and higher service usage

HDFC Bank, Bharti Airtel: Analysts pick 8 blue-chip stocks to own this July

After a subdued start to 2025, the Indian stock market made a strong comeback during the closing of H1. The benchmark Nifty witnessed a 15 per cent surge from March lows