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  TRAI issues notice to Airtel over DTH service disruption

  Business | February 07, 2019 14:05 IST

  The new tariff regime for cable and DTH TV services, which mandate consumers to select channels of their choice -- either individual channels or bouquets -- came into effect on February 1.

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  Reliance Jio beats Airtel, becomes second largest telecom operator

  Business | October 04, 2018 17:45 IST

  Reliance Jio, the new entrant, exceeded Vodafone and Idea Cellular's AGR, individually, in the January-March quarter.

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  Airtel announces partnership with Telecom Egypt for global submarine cable systems

  Business | August 06, 2018 17:33 IST

  Airtel ties up with Telecom Egypt for global submarine cable systems and to serve the growing demands of data services in Middle East, South Asia and Africa.

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  Facebook data breach: Airtel, Saavn, Vodafone among 61 companies social media giant gave user data access to

  Business | July 04, 2018 11:30 IST

  Bharti Airtel and music app Saavn have been named among companies that could have had access to Facebook data.

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  Bharti Airtel, Amazon India to introduce 4G smartphones

  Technology | May 18, 2018 18:50 IST

  The offer will cover over 65 4G smartphones from companies including Samsung, OnePlus, Xiaomi and more that are exclusively available on Amazon India.

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  Ahead of Idea-Vodafone merger, Idea cellular shares fall by 50 per cent in two months

  Business | May 13, 2018 8:44 IST

  Despite the merger announcement, the Aditya-Birla group promoted Idea-Cellular's share price has dropped by almost 50 per cent in the last two months. The share closed at Rs 51.45, down by 11.83 percent on Friday.

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  Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ now available on Airtel online store

  Technology | March 16, 2018 17:59 IST

  The telecom service provider Bharti Airtel announced the news on Friday.

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  Airtel, Google to launch low-cost 4G handsets with Android Oreo 'Go'

  Business | February 27, 2018 20:54 IST

  Entry-level 4G smartphones under Airtel's "Mera Pehla Smartphone" programme will be shipped with Android Oreo (Go) OS starting March 2018.

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  Bharti Airtel's consolidated net profit drops 39% in Q3

  Business | January 18, 2018 19:16 IST

  The total revenue of the company stood at Rs 20,319 crore for the third quarter of 2017-18 compared to Rs 23,336 crore posted during the third quarter of 2016-17. It was a drop of 12.9 per cent.

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  Bharti Airtel strengthens Africa operations, to acquire Millicom’s operations in Rwanda

  Business | December 19, 2017 10:18 IST

  The acquisition will make Airtel Rwanda the second largest operator in the country with revenues of over $80 million and a revenue market share of over 40%.

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  Bharti Airtel sells 20% stake in DTH arm to Warburg Pincus for Rs 2,255 crore

  Business | December 13, 2017 13:05 IST

  The deal, valued at $350 million, will see Bharti Airtel and another group entity collectively offload 20% stake in Bharti Telemedia Ltd, its DTH paid TV service provider.

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  Airtel to provide mobile connectivity in 2,100 uncovered villages in North East in 18 months

  Business | December 10, 2017 15:02 IST

  Under the plan, Airtel will set up over 2,000 mobile towers/sites in unconnected pockets of the North East and deliver telecom connectivity to citizens in over 2,100 villages over the next 18 months.

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  Bharti family led by Airtel's Sunil Mittal pledges Rs 7,000 crore of wealth towards philanthropy

  Business | November 23, 2017 19:09 IST

  Bharti Foundation also announced its plans to set up the Satya Bharti University for Science and Technology to complement its existing programmes in the area of education.

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  Airtel offloads shares worth Rs 3,325 cr in Bharti Infratel in bid to to trim debt

  Business | November 14, 2017 17:25 IST

  As on September 2017, Airtel's consolidated debt stood at Rs 91,480 crore.

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  Bharti Airtel bolsters FY18 war chest to Rs 25,000 cr in 4G war with Reliance Jio

  Business | November 02, 2017 10:18 IST

  Airtel is likely to shut down its 3G network in 3-4 years and refarm the spectrum linked with it for 4G services.

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  Bharti Airtel shares hit one-year high despite 76 pc drop in Q2 earnings

  Business | November 01, 2017 14:27 IST

  The rally was spurred by Bharti Airtel's performance in the Africa market with operating profit margins improving over 9 per cent.

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  Airtel Q2 net profit tanks 76.5% due to fierce tariff war launched by Reliance Jio

  Business | October 31, 2017 17:40 IST

  Airtel's total revenue fell 11.7 per cent to Rs 21,777 crore during the second quarter of 2017-18, from Rs 24,651.50 crore in the year-ago period.

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  Tariff hike by Reliance Jio has delighted incumbents like and Airtel and Idea. Here's why

  Business | October 24, 2017 12:21 IST

  Shares of Airtel and Idea rallied sharply on the tariff increase by Reliance Jio.

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  Bharti Airtel acquires consumer mobile business of Tatas

  Business | October 12, 2017 16:58 IST

  The acquisition is subject to requisite regulatory approvals, Bharti Airtel and Tatas said in a statement without revealing the acquisition amount.

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  Consolidation bringing down competition in telecom sector: Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal

  Business | October 05, 2017 16:40 IST

  Sunil Mittal said Airtel is awaiting a report by a high-level inter-ministerial panel and the government on stress in the telecom sector.