MTN-Bharti Airtel deal called offSeptember 30th, 2009 MUMBAI - Talks over a proposed partnership between Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN have been called off, with Bharti Airtel saying that the South African government is not ready to "accept the deal in its current form."
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Bharti Airtel said that it says it hopes government will "review its position in future". MTN says: "Information has been released in India by Bharti Airtel Limited relating to the potential transaction between MTN and Bharti.
Airtel launches new plans for US callers to IndiaSeptember 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Mobile operator Bharti Airtel Sunday announced two schemes enabling cheaper calls from the US to India as part of a festive season offer. Under the first scheme, users will get 1,353 minutes of calls for $24.99.
Bharti Airtel Lanka crosses one million customer-markJuly 28th, 2009 COLOMBO - Bharti Airtel Lanka, a subsidiary of India's telecom major Bharti Airtel, Tuesday said it has crossed the one million customer-mark in Sri Lanka. The company has achieved this milestone within six months of the launch of its services in the island country.
Qwest doubles top broadband speed in some cities to keep up with cableJuly 20th, 2009 Qwest doubles top broadband speed in some citiesNEW YORK — Qwest Communications International Inc. is doubling its top Internet download speeds in some areas to keep up with the offerings of cable companies.
All villages to be broadband-enabled by 2012July 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a bid to improve governance at the grass roots level, the government has decide to extend broadband connectivity to all villages by 2012, Minister of State for Communications and IT Gurudas Kamat said Friday. "Out of about 2.5 lakh gram (village) panchayats across the country, 30,000 have been provided with broadband connectivity, Kamat said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
Airtel brings HTC Magic to IndiaJune 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Taiwanese handset major HTC Corp, in collaboration with Bharti Airtel, Tuesday launched HTC Magic, India's first smartphone that will run on Google's Android operating system. The device is priced at Rs.29,900 and will be available in Airtel relationship centres and authorised HTC resellers in 17 cities.
Tata Teleservices promises India's fastest broadband serviceJune 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tata Teleservices has teamed up with ECI Telecom, an Israel-based networking infrastructure solutions provider, to offer India's fastest broadband access network till date, the Indian telecom operator said Wednesday. In a statement, Tata Teleservices said ECI's network solution would support a connectivity speed of up to 18 megabit per second (Mbps), a unit to measure broadband speed.
After state-owned telcos, Airtel launches Net PCMay 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel, which has about 2.7 million Internet subscribers, Friday launched its Net PC initiative that provides Internet connectivity to users without the need to invest in personal computers (PC). With Net PC, users can also work on basic computer functions like word documents and presentations through centrally-placed software and hardware.
Bharti Airtel crosses 100 million subscriber markMay 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Leading telecom operator Bharti Airtel Friday said its mobile phone subscriber base had crossed the 100-million mark, making the company the third largest single country service provider in the world. 'Bharti Airtel has achieved 100-million subscriber mark,' said a beaming Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of the Rs.375 billion company.
Airtel offers one cent per min call rates from US to IndiaApril 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharti Airtel today launched the never before calling rate of 1 cent a minute on its online calling card service www.airtelcallhome.com. This will enable NRIs in US to call friends and family back in India at the most competitive rates in the market.
Now make calls from US to India for 1 cent per minuteApril 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Leading telecom service provider Bharti Airtel Wednesday launched a new offer for its US customers which will enable them to make calls to India at 1 cent per minute using online calling cards. 'With our IndiaOne Offer, we are delighted to take the lead in offering the best value for US to India calling.
Airtel launches 16 Mbps broadbandApril 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharti Airtel Monday launched 16 Mbps broadband, the fastest wireline broadband on digital subscriber loop(DSL) in the country, in select cities. 'We will be able to offer 16 Mbps broadband to 70 percent of the households in Delhi and NCR (national capital region), Chennai and Bangalore,' Airtel Telemedia Services joint president K.
Bharti Airtel withdraws '95' dialing on its fixed line serviceMarch 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharti Airtel Limited, Asia's leading integrated telecom services provider, today announced the withdrawal of '95' dialing for long distance calling on its fixed line service as per the directive from Department of Telecom (DoT), Ministry of Communications and IT, Government of India. This withdrawal will come into effect from midnight today.
Airtel congratulates brand ambassador Rahman on Oscar winFebruary 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Telecom major Airtel has congratulated A.R. Rahman, who has composed its very popular signature tune, for his double Oscar win for 'Slumdog Millionaire'.
Airtel launches lifetime prepaid plan at Rs.99January 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Airtel has slashed the one time processing fee for lifetime validity customers from Rs.295 to Rs.99, the company said in a statement Monday. According to the new tariff plan, an Airtel customer on the lifelong plan will have to make a minimum recharge of Rs.200 every 180 days.
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