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Bharti Airtel to purchase 23,000 Mwh of renewable energy in Q4FY24

Airtel will do this by acquiring stakes in two renewable energy project companies - Continuum Green India and Vibrant Energy Holdings

Airtel to source 23,000 MWh of renewable energy for 6 Nxtra data centres

Airtel has also entered into a similar stake purchase agreement with the project company Vibrant Energy to supply solar power to its Edge data centre in Vijaywada

Sunil Mittal's Airtel plans Uganda's biggest IPO to raise $216 million

The offer opens on Wednesday and closes on Oct. 13, according to a prospectus released in the capital, Kampala, on Tuesday. The company will start trading on the exchange on Oct. 31

Jio, Airtel drive up telecom subscriber base to 1,173 mn in June: Trai

Telecom subscriber base in the country grew marginally to 1,173.89 million at the end of June on account of new customer additions led by Reliance Jio, sector regulator Trai said on Thursday. The subscriber base growth was driven by mobile telephony where Reliance Jio added over 2.27 million new customers and Bharti Airtel added 1.4 million customers. "The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,172.57 million at the end of May-23 to 1,173.89 million at the end of June-23, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.11 per cent," the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in its monthly subscriber report. However, the overall growth was mitigated by the loss of subscribers by state-owned BSNL, MTNL and Vodafone Idea (VIL). BSNL lost 1.87 million mobile subscribers, VIL lost 1.28 million subscribers and MTNL (1,52,912 subscribers). The net addition in wireless subscribers of telecom operators in the month of June was 3,73,602. "Total wireless subscriber

ARPU: What is average revenue per user, and how is it calculated?

ARPU is an important indicator of a telecom company's business health. Here is what it means

Reliance, Vodafone, Airtel may increase their headcount by 25% in FY24

Reliance Jio's total headcount at FY23 end was 95,326; Airtel's headcount was 64,407; and Vodafone Idea's was 15,604

Vodafone Idea, Adani Data Networks may not get relaxations for 5G rollout

According to rules, a telco has to commercially launch service anywhere in each of the three metros and at least in one city in each of India's 22 telecom circles at the end of the first year

Airtel Payments Bank launches r-PVC-based eco-friendly debit card

Producing these eco-friendly debit cards will also diminish petroleum consumption during manufacturing, cutting hydrocarbon usage by 43 per cent

Airtel launches India's first 5G wireless Wi-Fi 'Airtel Xstream AirFiber'

Airtel Xstream AirfFiber to provide WiFi to homes without optical fibre connections

Airtel launches Xstream AirFiber fixed wireless access device: Details here

Airtel Xstream AirFiber is a plug-and-play device with in-built Wi-Fi 6 technology, which can hold connections with up to 64 devices simultaneously

JioPhone 2 slightly expensive than available feature phone: Airtel MD

JioPhone2 meant to target 2G user base is slightly expensive compared to other options available in the market and it is early to assess the impact on the target market, a senior Bharti Airtel official said on Friday. Bharti Airtel Managing Director Gopal Vittal during the company's earning call said that the company is generating operating free cash flow of almost Rs 19,000 crore and it is expected to improve further. In response to a question on JioPhone2 impact, Vittal said that the previous version of the device did had an impact on 2G market base but it is too early to assess any impact of the new device. "Today, the feature phone segment accounts for about 18 per cent of our overall revenues. And more importantly, it's only once in four years that a customer chooses to replace the feature phone. The pricing of this (JioPhone2) device is slightly higher than the cheapest feature phones are just competitive," Vittal said. He said that the company will continue to focus on our .

Reliance Jio, Airtel drive telecom subscriber base to 1,172.57 mn in May

New customer addition by telecom operators Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel led to a marginal growth in the country's telecom subscriber base to 1,172.57 million in May, according to a report released by regulator Trai on Tuesday. Subscriber loss of Vodafone Idea, BSNL and MTNL mitigated the growth of the telecom user base in May. "The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,172.52 million at the end of April-23 to 1,172.57 million at the end of May-23, thereby, showing a monthly growth rate of 0.004 per cent," the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in its monthly subscriber report. The subscriber base growth came from rural areas, where subscriptions increased to 519.14 million in May from 518.64 million. The growth was offset by a decline in the subscriber base in urban areas to 653.43 million in May from 653.88 million in April. The wireless subscriber base grew marginally to 1,143.21 million in May from 1,143.13 million in April. Reliance Jio ...

Airtel launches self-service digital marketing product Airtel IQ Reach

Airtel IQ Reach already live for communications via Whatsapp

Airtel Business first enterprise to link over 20 million IoT devices

Airtel Business's integrated IoT platform offers customised solutions for each IoT requirement of enterprises across 5G, 4G, narrowband-IoT (NBIoT), 2G, and satellite

Now you can use FASTag on car to pay for parking spot at Varanasi airport

Airtel Payments Bank, a FASTag issuer, has collaborated with Park+ to enable FASTag-based smart parking solution at Varanasi's Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport. The FASTag-based smart parking solution enables automatic cashless payments at airport parking, making vehicle movement in the parking zone frictionless and time efficient. The parking fee payment is deducted through the valid FASTag associated with the vehicle, a process that reduces time required to make the payment. A statement announcing the collaboration between Airtel Payments Bank and Park+ said with this, the local residents can now use the FASTag on their car to pay for a parking spot at the Varanasi airport. The two entities are working together to streamline the payment process by reducing the time spent in queues at major parking lots across the country and will soon make the service live at other city airports also. Ganesh Ananthanarayanan, Chief Operating Officer of Airtel Payments Bank said with the partnership,

Airtel Business announces changes to leadership team; CEO Chitkara quits

Ajay Chitkara, CEO Airtel Business, has decided to move on from Airtel

Matter Motor Works partners with Airtel Business for its AERA motorbikes

Airtel IoT to power 300,000 Matter Aera, India's first geared electric motorbike

State-owned BSNL behind private telecom firms in rural, urban markets

In March 2020, BSNL had a rural market share of over 7% with a subscriber base of 37 million; Jio and Airtel had a market share of nearly 34% each during the same period

RJio has edge over Airtel in deploying FWA 5G tech to enter homes: Report

Leading telecom players are likely to use FWA technology to enter Indian homes first and thereafter upgrade to fibre once it is available, and Reliance Jio may have an edge in FWA deployment

Tata Group is India's most valuable brand, Infosys and LIC follow

With a value growth of 10.3% in 2023 as compared to 2022, Tata Group became the only Indian brand with a valuation of over $25 billion