Company's CEO says firm is working with business process management (BPM) company Startek on opportunities where they can add value
The move is significant because building indigenous network capabilities will go a long way in making India in a key player in the 5G Open RAN network arena
Telecom reforms have paved the way for all players to come together and work as a team to unleash India's telecom dream, he said
'I will reach out to Mukesh Ambani and speak to him and ensure that industry truly becomes role model for many other infrastructure industries in the country,' says Bharti chairman
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Tariffs need to go up; more needs to be done on GST, licence fee, high levies but that's a separate chapter, says Bharti chairman
Telecom operator Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal on Wednesday said the telecom sector reforms approved by the Cabinet will ensure that the industry is able to invest fearlessly
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Telcos offering segmented tariff offerings has been a bone of contention for a while
'In a do-or-die effort, Mr Mittal's target is an ARPU of at least Rs 200 by the end of this financial year', says the author
This is not the first time that Bharti Airtel has followed its arch rival's strategy. Over 4G, it followed a similar policy too which differentiated them both from their legacy telecom rivals
The company stock reacted positively on Monday, ending 4.44 per cent up at Rs 620.35 on BSE
'We hope that the spectrum pricing auction will be made attractive,' says Bharti chairman
Airtel to scale up investments in data centres, Cloud services, cyber security
Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal said the sector remains a viable place for continued investments
Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal has expressed hope that the government and regulators will step in to ensure that the sector remains a viable place for continued investments
Company is the first to raise tariffs and its rivals are likely to follow suit, say experts.
Mittal had said, with Airtel setting up only two ground stations for uplinking in rural areas, the requirement for spectrum was minimal and different from terrestrial mobile services
The latest tariff hike by the three operators happened in December 2019.
Mittal acknowledged that telecom tariffs need to go up and that Airtel would 'not hesitate' in this regard, but was quick to add that it cannot be done 'unilaterally'