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Why Nomura prefers Airtel in telecom sector even as Jio gears up to list

Jio IPO: Nomura said that Bharti's current valuation discount to Jio is unjustified and expects this gap to narrow, at minimum, once JPL goes public.

Guardrails key to unlocking AI gains for enterprises: Airtel Business CEO

The architecture and methodologies for safely deploying Artificial Intelligence will continue to evolve, as was the case with previous technologies, and adequate guardrails will pave the way to unlock strong productivity gains from AI, Airtel Business CEO Sharat Sinha said. On the government's plan to soon release a consultation paper on AI regulation dealing with issues like tech safety, deepfakes and a human-first approach, Sinha said it was "a step in the right direction". "We work very closely with both government regulators, as well as our customers, to make sure that whatever we do is compliant, and we play a positive role in bringing out such specifications. So, that will continue to be our effort," he told PTI. Sinha said the company would like to see regulation that enables infrastructure to drive right business outcomes, "so that people can safely deploy AI, and also leverage AI to create more productivity in the country". Airtel, he added, "will be playing a positive and

Airtel Money to debut on London Stock Exchange; biggest listing in 5 yrs

Existing shareholders including the Qatar Investment Authority and TPG Inc. sold 270 million shares at £1.96 apiece in the IPO, raising roughly £529 million ($700 million) in the process, according to

Airtel launches free international roaming, hikes postpaid tariffs by ₹50

No 2 carrier follows Vodafone Idea that offered free international roaming on select plans

Airtel Money to raise £529 million in LSE IPO at £5.3 billion valuation

Airtel Money will offer 270 million shares at £1.96 each, with trading set to begin on October 14; existing investors will sell part of their holdings in the London IPO

Airtel Money files for London IPO through offer for sale by shareholders

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

Airtel Money files for potential London IPO of at least $800 million

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

Airtel adds Apple TV, Apple Arcade to ₹999+ family postpaid plans

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

Looking into Bharti Airtel, Jio's MNP rule violation allegations: Trai

Telecom regulator asks Vi to check matter internally

Airtel, Jio accuse Vi of blocking mobile number porting: What do rules say?

Airtel and Jio have accused Vi of making it harder for customers to port out. The dispute recalls a 2021 row that led Trai to order telcos to enable port-out SMS on all plans

Airtel seeks sovereign stack to control Indians' data processed overseas

Bharti Airtel has questioned fragmented approach in rules at present to allow data processing of Indians overseas and has pushed for control on local data using sovereign cloud, a senior company official has said. Speaking at Global Fintech Fest 2026, Bharti Airtel, Group CRO and Director -- Corporate Affairs, Rahul Vatts -- said it is not correct to equate local data residency with data sovereignty but it is about controlling the data with a sovereign technology stack. He said the government came up with the first circular on this, which is actually quite pathbreaking "and the government has had very detailed discussions over the last 30-45 days as to what we should be really looking at". He said while the government remains proactive, two areas that should always be important for us to keep -- one is to have a clear discussion on where the control plane is and the manner in which it will be managed. "The second part is that we need to get away from this fragmented policy approach

Shabnam Sinha to replace Sunil Mittal as Airtel Payments Bank chairperson

Sinha's three-year term to begin on Oct 1, Mittal to leave board on Sept 30

Jio to relaunch 10-yr-old Prime membership, assures no tariff hike for 1 yr

Within a week of Bharti Airtel removing lower-priced unlimited plans, rival Reliance Jio plans to relaunch its 10-year-old Prime membership plan, which will assure customers of no tariff or plan change for the next year, company sources said on Monday. Jio is also set to enhance benefits under a Rs 299 plan, offering 1.5 GB of data per day, in an attempt to capitalise on the recent discontinuation of unlimited plans offering 1.5 GB of data per day by rival Bharti Airtel. "Jio Prime Membership Programme was originally created as an act of gratitude to Jio's first 100 million customers. It is reintroducing the programme to provide assurance of price guarantee and a range of additional benefits, for Jio's family of over 500 million users," a source said. A query sent to Jio in this regard elicited no reply. The source said Jio Prime will be available to all existing Jio prepaid and postpaid customers for a joining fee of just Rs 300. "Customers on other networks can enrol by porting

Airtel prepaid plan changes may hike average revenue per user by ₹4-12

Bharti Airtel's decision to scrap select prepaid packs could lead to a hike in average revenue per user (ARPU) in a broad range of Rs 4-12, brokerages have estimated as the telco turned to targeted plan changes to drive premiumisation and monetisation. Some viewed the changes as selective plan rationalisation rather than an across-the-board or formal tariff hike, but said it would aid Airtel's premiumisation strategy by prompting customers to upgrade. Recently, Bharti Airtel withdrew four prepaid plans -- Rs 299, Rs 579, Rs 619 and Rs 649 -- leaving subscribers of the popular Rs 299 plan with pricier options to choose from. The reshuffled prepaid offering deck leaves the entry-level Rs 199 and Rs 219 plans unchanged, but it means that subscribers of the popular Rs 299 plan may now have to opt for the Rs 349 pack, translating into a price rise of about 16 per cent for them. The brokerages - Morgan Stanley, IIFL Capital, JM Financial, and Citi - in their recent notes, have modelled .

Bharti Airtel's tariff plan changes may benefit Vodafone Idea more

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

Airtel Business, ITI partner to provide digital solutions to enterprises

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 .

Airtel sees tariff hike scope in plans providing unlimited data at low cost

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 Q1 profit jumps 37.3%; postpaid users cross 30 million

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

Bharti Airtel Q1 preview: Analysts see 15% revenue growth; ARPU may rise 2%

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

Airtel bets on financial services, data centres after ₹3.3 trn investment

After investing over Rs 3.3 lakh crore in building digital infrastructure in the past decade, Bharti Airtel is betting big on financial services, data centres, and cloud for the next phase of growth, Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said in the company's annual report. Bharti Airtel has announced Rs 20,000-crore investment in non-banking financial company Airtel Money while its data centre Nxtra recently raised USD 1 billion (about Rs 9,500 crore) as part of its plan to build 1 gigawatt capacity. "Over the last few years, we took a calibrated approach to build new growth engines for Airtel. These bold bets yielded strong outcomes and have grown our conviction in three adjacencies where we believe Airtel has a clear right to win -- financial services, data centres and Airtel Cloud," Mittal said in the report released late night on Saturday. He said Airtel Money was granted the approval from the Reserve Bank of India to operate as a non-deposit taking Non-Banking Financial Company ...