The new technology, based on low earth orbit satellites (LEO), which is being used by the two companies, can offer broadband speeds of over 5GBPS
Bharti Airtel on Monday said its network is fully ready for 5G and also announced deployment of additional spectrum in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to boost network quality. The company has deployed 11.2 Megahertz (Mhz) additional spectrum in Karnataka and 5 Mhz in Tamil Nadu, both in 1800 Mhz band, popularly known as 2G spectrum. "Airtel had acquired the 11.2 Mhz spectrum for Karnataka during the recent auctions conducted by the Government of India. With this fresh spectrum, Airtel has the largest spectrum bank of 68.8 Mhz in Karnataka. "With its diverse spectrum holdings across 2300, 2100, 1800, 900 bands, the company is well positioned to serve the growing demand for high speed data services and its network is fully ready for 5G," the company said in a statement. Airtel claims to have over 3.03 crore customers in Karnataka and its network covers 97.5 per cent population of the state. "Airtel now has the largest spectrum bank in Karnataka and our future ready network is well positio
The subdued trend in ARPUs is among key concerns
The Centre would get Rs 77,815 crore from the two-day auction-one of the shortest in a decade.
Bharti Airtel is experiencing financial pressures in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, but expects the recovery to start soon, a top company official said on Tuesday.
Bharti Airtel reported a broadly in-line set of results with a positive surprise on the subscriber addition front offset by a marginally weaker ARPU
The telecom operator had posted a loss of Rs 5,237 crore in the corresponding period of 2019-20
The company's consolidated EBITDA stood at Rs 12,583 crore for the quarter under review
Emkay expects Bharti's underlying momentum to remain intact through mix improvement, resulting in lowest wireless revenue decline of 2 per cent
Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Saturday said it has raised Rs 1,800 crore by selling 53 crore shares on a private placement basis to investors like LIC and Societe Generale
Bharti Airtel announced special benefits for low-income customers on its network to help them stay connected during the ongoing pandemic
The proportion of active wireless subscribers was approximately 84.09 per cent of the total wireless subscriber base
Telcos to start 5G trials in different locations across India and the trials will cover rural, semi-urban and urban areas
The active subscriber market share data indicates the top two players, Jio and Airtel, are neck and neck, with neither ready to bite the bullet and raise tariffs, says the rating agency
With the myriad possibilities that super high speeds and ultra-low latency could bring, telcos in India are looking at killer applications to attract consumers initially
We have increased our market share, brand loyalty and index, and we're getting more customers than the competition in the last 8-9 months, says Mittal
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Airtel has weathered three-four big crises, including disruptions caused by the 2016 launch of Jio: Airtel
With this, Bharti Airtel will house all digital assets such as Wynk Music, Airtel X stream, Airtel Thanks, among others, and all future digital products and services
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