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Bharti Airtel deploys over 4,300 new 5G sites in eastern Uttar Pradesh

Bharti Airtel on Monday said it has deployed more than 4,300 new 5G sites across eastern Uttar Pradesh in the last 12 months, boosting its network presence in the region. The large-scale network expansion was undertaken across 48 districts of the UP East circle, covering 34 million people across urban centres, growth towns and remote rural villages. By adding an average of 12 new sites every day, Airtel has accelerated the rollout of high-speed connectivity, ensuring customers experience consistent performance for work, education, entertainment and digital payments, the company said in a statement. Customers in Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Prayagraj, Gorakhpur, Ayodhya, Jhansi and several other districts will directly benefit from this enhanced network footprint. The expanded coverage will enable seamless access to high-speed 5G services, supporting the everyday digital needs of citizens, students, micro entrepreneurs, enterprises and government institutions across urban and rural ...

Mcap of 6 most valued firms drops nearly by ₹65k cr, Airtel biggest laggard

The combined market valuation of six of the top-10 most valued firms declined by Rs 64,734.46 crore in a holiday-shortened last week, with Bharti Airtel taking the biggest hit, reflecting the broader weakness in the equities market. Last week, the BSE benchmark Sensex declined 263.67 points, or 0.35 per cent, and the NSE Nifty fell 106.5 points, or 0.46 per cent. "Markets ended lower for the sixth consecutive week, declining by nearly half a per cent, reflecting heightened volatility driven by a mix of global and domestic uncertainties. "The holiday-shortened week began on a weak note as escalating US-Iran tensions and a sharp rise in crude oil prices weighed on sentiment, triggering broad-based selling pressure," Ajit Mishra, SVP, Research, Religare Broking Ltd, said. However, markets staged a mid-week recovery supported by easing geopolitical concerns and softer oil prices, he added. "Despite this rebound, volatility remained elevated due to fluctuating global cues, continued ..

Bharti Airtel becomes second-largest telco globally with 650 mn users

Bharti Airtel strengthens its global standing with 650 million users across India and Africa, while expanding into digital services, financial products and satellite communications

Here's how Airtel users can watch live streaming of IPL 2026 for free

Airtel has launched multiple mobile plans, including a free JioHotstar subscription, to help its users enjoy IPL 2026 action without extra cost

Sunil Mittal to retire as Airtel Africa chairman; Vittal to take over

Shravin Bharti Mittal, the telecom tycoon's son, will become the company's deputy chairman

Sunil Bharti Mittal conferred Lifetime Achievement Award by GSMA

GSMA honoured Bharti Enterprises founder at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, recognising his role in expanding global telecom connectivity and advancing digital inclusion

Telcos dial up home broadband battle: Vi and Starlink join Jio, Airtel push

Jio and Airtel scale up for 100 million homes, with Vi and Starlink joining the race

Bharti Airtel to infuse ₹20,000 cr in Airtel Money to push digital lending

Bharti Airtel and promoter group to contribute 70:30 into NBFC

Spam protection to cloud infra, Airtel shows AI adoption beyond networks

From network-level spam filtering to cloud and data centre operations, Airtel is showcasing how it is using AI across its infrastructure stack at the India AI Impact Summit 2026

Tech Wrap Feb 11: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked, Android 17, Google Photos on iOS

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked scheduled for Feb 25. Google will release Android 17 beta 1 soon. Google Photos on iPhone, iPad gets AI tools. Airtel introduces AI security tool. Fitbit Coach. YouTube Music

Bharti Airtel Q3 result: Profit tanks 55% to ₹6,631 cr, Arpu rises to ₹259

Bharti Airtel's Q3 India revenue recorded a Y-o-Y increase of 13.2 per cent to ₹39,226 crore, while its Africa revenue (in constant currency) jumped 24.7 per cent Y-o-Y

360 mn Airtel customers to get free access to Adobe Express Premium

This marks Airtel's second global AI partnership after its tie-up with Perplexity AI last year, which offered users a Pro subscription worth Rs 17,000 free for a year

Stocks to buy today: Airtel, Coal India and HCLTech on analyst's radar

Stocks to buy today: Ajit Mishra of Religare Broking recommends buying Airtel, Coal India and HCLTech; check target here

Airtel-Nokia partnership to help developers create new revenue streams

Finnish telecom company Nokia has partnered with Bharti Airtel to make network capabilities available to third-party developers for building new technology solutions and open up new monetization opportunities. Following successful trials, Airtel's network APIs (Application Programming Interface) will be available on a subscription basis to an established ecosystem of developers, system integrators and enterprises using Nokia's Network as Code platform, Nokia said in a statement. "We are happy to partner with Nokia today for network APIs and enable the ecosystem to leverage our network capabilities for automation and building secure and innovative digital services" Airtel Business CEO Sharat Sinha said. The collaboration will enable the developer community to seamlessly build advanced solutions leveraging the Airtel network's robust capabilities such as Al, 5G, edge computing and more. "This strategic partnership will provide developers and enterprises alike access to Airtel's ...

Airtel MD urges users to shift to its Payments Bank amid cyber fraud surge

Airtel MD Gopal Vittal has advised users to shift routine digital payments to Airtel Payments Bank, noting that keeping all transactions linked to one main account increases fraud vulnerability

Bharti Airtel promoters to sell 0.56% stake to raise up to ₹7,200 crore

Sale to be third instance of sale by promoter entity ICIL within 2025

S&P raises Airtel ratings on earnings momentum; says outlook positive

S&P Global Ratings has raised Bharti Airtel's ratings to 'BBB' on expectations that the telco's earnings growth will remain robust over the next 24 months fuelled by Indian operations, subscriber adds and user revenue lift. The outlook for the Indian operations stems from expectations of 2 per cent to 4 per cent of annual subscriber additions and average revenue per user (ARPU) growth of 6 per cent to 8 per cent in the same period, a fall out of upgrades to higher-priced plans and higher data consumption. S&P Global Ratings has raised its long-term issuer credit ratings on Bharti Airtel to 'BBB' from 'BBB-'. "At the same time, we raised our ratings on the senior unsecured debt the company issued or guarantees to 'BBB' from 'BBB-', and the ratings on its subordinated perpetual securities to 'BB+' from 'BB'," it said. The positive outlook reflects S&P Global Ratings' view that Bharti Airtel's continued deleveraging, and a correspondingly supportive leverage tolerance, could .

Bharti Airtel Q2 result: Profit rises 89% to ₹6,791 cr, Arpu surges to ₹256

Airtel's consolidated revenue from operations for Q2FY26 stood at ₹52,145 crore, up 25.7 per cent Y-o-Y, "driven by strong momentum in both India and Africa," the company said

Airtel, IBM to launch 2 multi-zone cloud regions in Mumbai, Chennai

Bharti Airtel plans to set up two new multizone regions for Airtel Cloud in Mumbai and Chennai, in collaboration with US IT company IBM, the telecom operator said on Wednesday. Bharti Airtel has signed a strategic partnership with IBM to augment its recently launched Airtel Cloud to jointly provide enterprise solutions. Bharti Airtel Vice Chairman and Managing Director Gopal Vittal said the company is extending the footprint of Airtel Cloud availability zones in India from four to ten, comprising next-gen sustainable data centres. Today, with the IBM partnership, we are adding substantial capabilities to our Cloud platform to address the unique needs of several industries that require migration from IBM Power Systems and allow for AI readiness. We will, together, also establish two new Multizone Regions (MZRs) in Mumbai and Chennai soon, Vittal said. The multizone region for cloud services entails setting up several physical independent datacentres in a geographic location. The ..

Adani teams up with Google to build India’s largest AI hub: What does the project entail?

In one of the biggest technology collaborations in India’s history, Adani Enterprises and Google are joining forces to set up the country’s largest AI and data centre campus in Visakhapatnam.