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Apple set for music, TV streaming fight in India after deal with Airtel

India, Apple Music will become available to premium users of Airtel's Wynk music app, which will eventually close

Mcap of 8 of valued firms surge Rs 1.53 trn; Airtel, Infosys top gainers

The combined market valuation of eight of the top-10 most valued firms surged Rs 1,53,019.32 crore last week, with Bharti Airtel and IT majors Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services emerging as the biggest gainers, in line with a record rally in equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark jumped 1,279.56 points or 1.57 per cent. Rallying for the ninth straight session on Friday, the 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 231.16 points or 0.28 per cent to settle at an all-time closing high of 82,365.77. During the day, it jumped 502.42 points or 0.61 per cent to hit a record intra-day peak of 82,637.03. The market valuation of Bharti Airtel soared Rs 47,194.86 crore to Rs 9,04,587.12 crore. Infosys added Rs 33,611.37 crore taking its valuation to Rs 8,06,880.50 crore. The valuation of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) jumped Rs 31,784.9 crore to Rs 16,46,899.17 crore and that of ICICI Bank surged Rs 18,734.3 crore to Rs 8,66,374.41 crore. The market capitalisation (mcap) of Reliance Industries climbed

Apple eyes bigger slice of India's streaming, music market with Airtel deal

"Apple TV+ will come bundled with premium Airtel WiFi and Postpaid plans," Airtel said in a statement on Tuesday, though the companies did not disclose a deal value for the partnership

Tech wrap Aug 27: Apple event on Sep 9, YouTube Premium, Xiaomi TVs, more

Apple schedules It's Glowtime event for September 9. YouTube increases prices of premium subscription plans in India. Xiaomi launches X Pro QLED series TVs

Airtel partners with Apple, offers Apple TV+, Music benefits to consumers

Beginning later this year, Airtel Xstream customers will receive Apple TV+ access as part of Airtel's premium Wi-Fi and postpaid plans, while Wynk Premium users will get exclusive Apple Music offer

Debate over satellite spectrum allocation: Jio, OneWeb up the ante

Sunil Mittal's OneWeb had earlier insisted that spectrum allocation for satellite operators be done administratively as outlined in the Act - setting up a direct confrontation with Jio

Vodafone Idea subscribers porting out to BSNL after tariff hike: CEO

Capex into 4G to see 15% capacity rise, 16 million users covered in Q2, Moondra says

India's 2047 economic goal offers Airtel big opportunities: Sunil Mittal

India's strides towards the ambitious goal of being a USD 35 trillion economy by 2047, will provide Airtel tremendous growth opportunities and new avenues of business, Chairman Sunil Mittal has said. Mittal said 5G will play a critical role in accelerating the vibrant growth of India's digital landscape, as he asserted that Airtel is committed to being at the forefront of this intersection and working with policymakers and multiple stakeholders for achieving this goal. India's push on digitisation has made it an outlier in terms of delivering both public services and goods to the last mile, and observed that the telecom industry's significance as an economic multiplier is only likely to increase. "As India moves towards the ambitious goal of being a USD 35 trillion economy by 2047, your company will have tremendous opportunities for growth and new avenues of business," Mittal said in the company's latest annual report. The Airtel top honcho exuded confidence that the company will .

Airtel begins re-farming mid-band spectrum to meet growth in 5G traffic

Ready to begin 5G services through Standalone technology, telco says

Jio, Airtel, Vi, vs BSNL: Tariffs comparison and how to port to BSNL

Recently major telecom companies increased the prices of their plans. Here's a quick tariffs comparison between all the top companies

Has Airtel's customer database been breached by hackers? Company says this

A hacker had posted on X that data of nearly 375 million Airtel customers, including phone numbers, email addresses, and Aadhaar numbers, were supposedly for sale on the dark web

Airtel ordered to pay Rs 5 lakh fine for harassing customer in 2013 case

Airtel began harassing a customer for non-payment of dues despite the funds being credited to telecom giant's accounts

Reliance Jio tops with AGR at Rs 25,331 cr, Airtel sees steepest growth

Reliance Jio posted the highest adjusted gross revenue, on the basis of which the government calculates spectrum and licence fee, at Rs 25,330.97 crore while Bharti Airtel saw its AGR grew at sharpest pace in March 2024 quarter, a report by sector regulator Trai said on Thursday. Reliance Jio's adjusted gross revenue (AGR) grew by 10.21 per cent during the latest January-March quarter from Rs 22,985 crore in the same period a year ago. Airtel's AGR grew by 13.25 per cent to Rs 20,951.91 crore in the March 2024 quarter from Rs 15,500.36 crore a year ago. Loss making Vodafone Idea posted a marginal 2.22 per cent year-on-year increase in AGR at Rs 7,370.75 crore from Rs 7,210.63 crore. State-owned BSNL and MTNL posted declines of 4.41 per cent and 13.78 per cent in AGR to Rs 1991.61 and Rs 156.61 crore, respectively. Overall, telecom service providers' gross revenue grew by 3.01 per cent on a year-over-year basis to Rs 87,926 crore and adjusted gross revenue grew by 9.25 per cent in

Jio, Airtel, Vi tariff hikes: How users can still avoid increased prices

There are still ways for customers to avoid the full impact of the tariff increases

Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea push for long-term recharges amid price hike

Leading telecom operators are targeting users with 365-day plans priced between Rs 2,545 and Rs 3,099 through aggressive in-app promotions

Jio, Airtel 5G pricing surge: Consumers to spend Rs 47,500 cr more annually

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have taken decisive measures to effectively monetise 5G, significantly raising costs for consumers seeking premium next-generation mobile broadband

Airtel, Vi follow Jio in raising tariffs; prices hiked by up to 21%

Says mobile Arpu needs to be raised beyond Rs 300

After Jio, Bharti Airtel announces up to 21% tariff hike from July 3

Reliance Jio and Airtel have hiked tariffs by 10% to 25% following a subdued response to the recent government spectrum auction

Bharti Airtel in talks to buy 3% more stake in Indus Towers from Vodafone

If this sale is successful, Bharti Airtel will become the majority stakeholder in Indus Towers with a 52% shareholding

Telcos dial into caller ID service trials to combat rising spam calls

Telecom operators are assessing the feasibility of CNAP, where both number and caller name will be displayed during incoming calls