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Airtel, Tata Play plan merger amid DTH struggles, expand service bundles

Bharti Airtel will reportedly hold a majority stake of 52-55% while Tata Play's shareholders, including Tata Sons and Walt Disney, will keep 45-48%

Airtel bundles Apple TV+ and Apple Music with home Wi-Fi and postpaid plans

Airtel is offering access to Apple TV+ on home Wi-Fi and postpaid plans starting at Rs 999, with the option to stream content on multiple devices

Airtel completes landing of SEA-ME-WE-6 submarine cable in Chennai

Bharti Airtel on Monday said it has completed the landing of the new SEA-ME-WE 6 submarine cable system in Chennai. The company recently landed the SEA-ME-WE 6 (Southeast Asia-Middle East-West Europe-6 or SMW6) cable in Mumbai on December 30, 2024. "The cable landing, both in Mumbai and Chennai, will be fully integrated with Airtel's data centre arm, Nxtra by Airtel, at its large facilities in the respective cities with an aim to enable global hyperscalers and businesses in the country to seamlessly access international connectivity and data centre services," Bharti Airtel said in a release. These cable landings were completed by SubCom, a leading supplier of subsea fibre optic cable data systems responsible for the engineering, manufacture and installation of SEA-ME-WE-6. Cable landing stations connect submarine cable systems with land-based networks. According to the release, the 21,700 Rkm (route kilometres) submarine cable system connects India to Singapore and France (Marseil

BSNL introduces budget Voice and SMS-only plans; challenges Jio, Vi, Airtel

BSNL's existing voice and SMS-only recharge plan is cheaper than the latest plans rolled out by Jio, Vi, and Airtel. Here's a quick comparison between all

Airtel, Jio, Vi introduce revised plans for customers after TRAI guidelines

After TRAI's interference, Jio, Airtel, and Vi revised their plans for users who need voice and SMS-only plans. Check details about each plan

Airtel regaining entry-level subscribers as tariff hike shock subsides

Analysts say continuing user loss for Vodafone Idea a key concern

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio comply with Trai's voice-only mandate

The move came after telecom regulator called for data-less plans to allow low-paying consumers more choices

Stocks to Watch, Jan 7, 2025: Coal India, Mobikwik, Nuvoco Vistas, Airtel

Stocks to Watch, Jan 7, 2025: From Mobikwik to Nuvoco Vistas, here are few stock that will remain in focus today

Airtel outage: Users report disruptions in mobile, broadband services

Airtel service outage: The outage caused major problems for mobile internet users, who made up 39 per cent of the complaints. It also affected businesses that rely on Airtel's broadband services

Ploughing through ad turf: TAFE, AGCO turn advertising soil for Massey

Tractor rivals resort to media campaigns to stamp their claim on the iconic brand

AI-powered solution helped block 8 bn spam calls, 0.8 bn SMSes: Airtel

Delhi has seen the highest number of spam calls, followed by Andhra Pradesh and Western Uttar Pradesh. Most spam calls originated in Delhi, with Mumbai and Karnataka next

Tariff hikes, consolidation may lead to further gains for telecom players

Industry likely to benefit further as full gains from tariff hikes seen over next two quarters; consolidation may lead to further increases

Google, Meta set to challenge Jio, Airtel with new subsea cable projects

Google and Meta are investing billions in India's subsea cables, challenging telecom giants Jio, Airtel, and Tata Communications as the nation emerges as a key data hub

Markets gain 1%, driven by Reliance Industries and Bharti Airtel

Shares of Bharti Airtel rose 4.3 per cent following an upgrade by domestic brokerage ICICI Securities

IT, ITeS must adopt Cloud and boost security, says Airtel Business

White paper says sector facing rising cyber threats, competition in Southeast Asia, and data deluge

Airtel's Nxtra to invest Rs 5k cr to double capacity in 3 yrs; deploys AI

Bharti Airtel's data centre company Nxtra plans to invest Rs 5,000 crore to double its capacity to around 400 megawatt over the next three years, the firm said on Wednesday. The company had earlier set a target of reaching around 400 megawatt capacity by 2025. Nxtra said it has become the first data centre in India to leverage AI to build digitised facilities engineered to drive smart capabilities like predictive maintenance, enhanced operational and energy efficiency, streamlined automation of operations and optimised capex utilisation. Nxtra CEO Ashish Arora said the company will make a "Rs 5,000 crore investment over the next three years to double the Nxtra capacity to around 400 megawatt". He said Nxtra has deployed the AI-powered SmartSense platform of Ecolibrium in the Chennai data centre and will now deploy capabilities across all its core data centres. With the deployment, Nxtra aims to achieve a 10 per cent increase in asset life through real-time performance analytics to

Airtel Payments Bank Q2FY25 results: Net profit rises 45% to Rs 11.2 cr

Airtel Payments Bank has posted a 45 per cent increase in net profit to Rs 11.2 crore for the second quarter ended September 2024, the company said on Wednesday. The company had registered a net profit of around Rs 7.72 crore a year ago. The bank said its quarterly revenue grew 58 per cent to Rs 674 crore during the reported quarter on a year-on-year basis. "These results underscore our position as a key player in the digital banking sector, where we have been the fifth largest mobile bank in India. The rising adoption of our digital solutions and security features has made us India's first choice for a safe second account. This growth validates the strength of the payments bank model," Airtel Payments Bank MD and CEO Anubrata Biswas said. Airtel Payments Bank's monthly transacting users (MTU) rose 76 per cent on a year-on-year basis to 102 million in the quarter under review. The annualised gross merchandise value (GMV) crossed USD 40 billion and customer balances increased by 43

Airtel pushes DoT for non-discriminatory waiver in telecom sector reforms

Airtel has urged the Department of Telecommunications to ensure that the proposed waiver on spectrum bank guarantees applies uniformly across all telecom operators, regardless of financial health

Bharti Telecom accepts Rs 11,150 cr bids for biggest bond issue of FY25

This is also the country's biggest corporate bond issue in the current financial year, surpassing State Bank of India's issue in July, where it had raised Rs 10,000 crore

Higher tariffs lift Bharti Airtel's Q2 profit 168%, Arpu tops Rs 230

Sequentially, profit was 13.6 per cent lower than the Rs 4,159 crore in the preceding quarter