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Bharti Airtel plan $2 bn expansion

Bharti Airtel, India's largest private cellular operator, on Thursday announced an investment of over $2 billion (Rs 9,000 crore) in 2007-08 to expand network.

Mobile firms to build $40 mn infrastructure

The member operators are SingTel (Singapore), SingTel Optus (Australia), Maxis (Malaysia), Taiwan Mobile (Taiwan), Telkomsel (Indonesia), Globe Telecom (POhilippines), CSL (Hong Kong) and Airtel (India).\n\n

APAC's 1st world cyber games for mobiles

Mobile entertainment developer Indiagames Ltd., has announced its partnership with SingTel (Singapore Telecommunications Ltd) to launch Asia Pacific's first and largest competition for mobile gamers - World Cyber Games (mobile).

Good news for smartphone users, 4G rolled out in 296 Indian cities

Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced the commercial launch of 4G services in 296 towns across India after testing the market in select cities.

Airtel reduces prepaid local call rates by 60%

Bharti Airtel Q1 net profit down 10% at Rs 689 cr

Telecom giant Bharti Airtel on Wednesday reported a 9.6 per cent fall in net profit at Rs 688.9 crore (Rs 6.88 billion) for the first quarter ended June 30, 2013.

Hike to offer free voice calls to users

Homegrown chat application Hike messenger on Wednesday said it will offer free voice calls to its users over 2G, 3G and wi-fi services across the globe in over 200 countries.

Reliance Jio to raise $1.5-bn debt abroad

Reliance joins a number of large companies, including the Essar and Adani groups, which are raising loans abroad as interest rates in India remain high.

Airtel is 4G ready but few hurdles may come in the way

Airtel's 4G service runs on 2,300 MHz long-term evolution (LTE) spectrum in all nine circles, which is difficult to access while indoors.

One nation, one number: Full mobile number portability is here

Currently, MNP is only available within a state/circle.

Airtel expects 5-6 mobile operators in India after shakeout

According to rating agency Fitch, India can in the long run support five-six profitable telecom operators.

Rate-cut hopes drive markets higher; bluechips gain

Benchmark indices finished higher on hopes of economic reforms

Major rejig at Airtel; CEO Vittal becomes more powerful

Within a year of Gopal Vittal becoming the joint MD and CEO of Bharti Airtel's India operations, the company has elevated him as the MD and CEO for Bharti Airtel's operations in India and South Asia.

Despite its difficulties, India a valuable market for Vodafone

Country accounts for 38% of telco's global user base, 10% of total revenue

Airtel Zero: More sinned against than sinning?

Never before has an open and innovative platform like Airtel Zero been on offer that will help drive internet adoption through free usage (and companies and app developers being an equal partner in the process), says Srini Gopalan.

How TRAI has gone back on net neutrality

Its pre-consultation paper has been silent on the issue of closed electronic communication network, a loophole telcos can exploit to offer discriminatory pricing.

Bharti Airtel's overseas operations continue to struggle

But, unlike its competitors, it did not have a comprehensive infrastructure back-end and required fresh investments.