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Airtel ropes in former Telenor executive Nakul Sehgal as corporate CFO

His last assignment was with the Telenor Group, where he worked for eight years in various senior level positions across geographies including India

Airtel to sell 32% stake in Bharti Infratel, may pocket over Rs 18K cr

At the current stock price, Airtel will receive around Rs 18,851 crore (INFRATEL: Rs 318.5 at 11:06 am IST) from the sale of 591,874,639 equity shares

Airtel eyes insourcing to manage IT infra as IBM contract up for renewal

The slowdown in the telecom segment is reflecting on IBM's India revenue

Bharti Airtel likely to see ARPU rise benefit only from March quarter

Around September, both VIL and Airtel started weeding very low Arpu subscribers, with a push to a minimum monthly Rs 35 recharge

Niger orders closure of Airtel offices over unpaid taxes of $107 million

Airtel had a Friday deadline to pay 15 million euros in fines

Airtel draws up strategy to take on rivals Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea

Airtel is also concentrating on a niche market for its payments bank business, which has 30 million customers

Moody's places Airtel on review for a possible rating downgrade

'The review for downgrade is primarily driven by our expectation that Bharti's cash flow generation will remain weak and leverage elevated'

Airtel will give the feature phone user base a miss, says management

Analysts have taken a positive view on this move as it might be the only way for incumbents to increase ARPUs in the long run

Softbank, Warburg, 4 others to invest $1.25 bn in debt-laden Airtel Africa

The investment will be used to reduce Airtel Africa's existing debt of approximately $5 billiona and help its growth

Airtel battles trolls as brands learn to navigate hate

Given the growing abuse and hate online, it is time for a social media primer for brands, say experts

We didn't bow down to a discriminatory request: Airtel on tweet row

'At Airtel, we never have and never will succumb to differentiating on the basis of religion, ethnicity or caste,' the company said on Twitter

Airtel embroils into controversy over a tweet from its customer

Customer didn't want one Shoaib from the firm to address her problem, wanted a Hindu instead; earned ire of Twitter users including Omar Abdullah

Airtel offers Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ on down payment of Rs 9,900

The devices were launched in India earlier this month. Price of the Galaxy S9 and S9+ starts at Rs 57,900 and Rs 64,900, respectively

Here's why 'Jio pressure' on Airtel, other telcos could partly ease soon

Airtel last week posted over 39 per cent fall in consolidated net profit to about Rs 3.06 billion for the third quarter ended December 31, 2017

Airtel launches two new Karbonn-branded smartphones at feature phone price

Karbonn A41 Indian and Karbonn A41 Power smartphones, at an effective price of Rs 1,799 and Rs 1,849, respectively, come bundled with a cashback offer from Bharti Airtel

Airtel bundles postpaid, prepaid plans with more data, free unlimited calls

The recharge offer and new infinity plans can be availed using myAirtel app

Airtel introduces 'Data Rollover' for home broadband customers

All unused data will get added to next billing cycle's data benefit, ensuring zero data wastage

Airtel's multi-pronged 4G strategy: Bharti steps up spending, to shut 3G

Airtel will use 2100 megahertz band, which is used for 3G services, for 4G services

Jio effect: Airtel unveils Rs 144 prepaid plan with 2GB 4G data, free calls

In comparison, Reliance Jio's Rs 149 recharge plan offers unlimited data coupled with free voice calls, roaming, SMS and Jio app subscription

Airtel rolls out VoLTE service in Gujarat; more states to follow soon

The VoLTE services allows customers to make high definition (HD) voice calls using data bandwidth and, therefore, the call connects faster and has lesser call drop rate