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Bharti Eying Digital Cinema Business - 0 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 27 Aug 2008 09:06 AM PST

Bharti Aritel is looking at a four-screen strategy with digital cinema being the fourth, states Manoj Kohli, Joint Managing Director and CEO of Bharti Airtel in this report. They already…

iPhone’s Indian Reception: Small But Enthusiastic - 8 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 22 Aug 2008 05:16 AM PST

Maharajas, rich kids, and entrepreneurs: so that’s who’s buying the iPhone in India, according to a Reuters report from the front line, which found that the launch of the iconic…

Airtel Claims 0.26 Million mCommerce Subs; To Pilot Mobile Transaction Platform - 2 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 11 Aug 2008 01:00 PM PST

Airtel will be piloting a SIM based application called eCogNito, developed by XIUS-bcgi. The release quotes Pallab Mitra, Head, m-Commerce, stating they currently have 2,60,000 customers signed up. eCogNito is…

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Airtel Live To Be Embedded With Nokia Handsets? - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 03 Aug 2008 04:16 PM PST

So says this ET story, citing talks that Airtel is having with handset players such as Nokia...Airtel Live, the mobile VAs app, may be embedded in Nokia (NYSE: NOK), and…

Vodafone To Beat Airtel To iPhone 3G Launch; Expected Next Month - 2 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 23 Jul 2008 02:18 AM PST

The iPhone 3G will be available as early as next month in India reports Techtree. As we had reported earlier, the phone was expected sometime in October from both Vodafone…

OnMobile To Launch AdRBT; Launching With Airtel? - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 08 Jul 2008 11:25 AM PST

This just in, OnMobile has announced the deployment of Ad RingBack Tones (AdRBT). The release states it will be launching soon with ‘a leading Indian operator.’ CS had exclusively reported…

Airtel To Pilot Ad-Funded CRBT Project - 7 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 30 Jun 2008 01:07 PM PST

You are reading it here first. ContentSutra has learned that Airtel will be piloting an ad funded CRBT (NYSE: BT) project starting around 8th July in two yet to be…

Airtel To Launch 3G iPhone In October - 40 Comments
Posted By Cerius Shah - Tue 10 Jun 2008 12:09 PM PST

Airtel and Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) will launch the iPhone 3G in India this year. Airtel President and CEO Manoj Kohli is quoted by HT stating the device will available by…

RCom In 45-Day Exclusive Talks With MTN; Not Merger, Not Acquisition? - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 26 May 2008 12:12 AM PST

Looks like it’s a swayamvar for MTN, right? After negotiations with Bharti-Airtel broke down, it appears that MTN is now in talks with Reliance Communications. RCom has informed (pdf)the BSE…

Bharti Airtel Pulls Out Of MTN Talks - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 23 May 2008 10:55 PM PST

A formal communication just in from Bharti Airtel, saying that they’re pulling out of the MTN talks: “At the invitation of MTN board, Bharti entered into exploratory discussions on the…

Bharti Airtel Bids $22 Per Share For South African Telco MTN: Report - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 06 May 2008 12:30 AM PST

A note was sent out by Bharti Airtel PR last night, stating that “Bharti Airtel Limited has entered into an exploratory discussion with MTN Group Limited, South Africa. Current discussions…

Telco Roundup: Canada Questions DoT, RComm To Launch GSM Year End - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Mon 28 Apr 2008 04:19 PM PST

--- Research In Motion (Canadian based manufacturer of Blackberry) is bringing in the heavy artillery, the Canadian High Commissioner Malon. In a letter to A Raja, Malone opines that media…

MTNL Considering MVNO Tie-Up For Garuda; Mittal Skeptical - Low ARPUs - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Fri 11 Apr 2008 02:12 AM PST

According to an HSBC Global Research Report, public sector telco MTNL may also do a branding deal, similar to that between Virgin Mobile (NYSE: VM) and Tata Teleservices. However, this…

Airtel Conducts 3G Trials In Three Metros - 1 Comment
Posted By Cerius Shah - Wed 02 Apr 2008 01:47 PM PST

Airtel has tested 3G applications with various equipment suppliers in Delhi, Mumbai and Banglore on trial spectrum says ET. Airtel currently runs a 3G service in Seychelles and has a…

Airtel Launches Broadband Portal Powered By Google - 7 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 31 Mar 2008 04:37 AM PST

Wow...I didn’t know that there was such a paucity of web developers and designers in the world that India’s largest telco Airtel had to resign itself to having its broadband…

Earnings: Airtel: VAS Will Grow Only With 3G; IPTV Delayed; Broadband Strategy - 2 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 04 Feb 2008 01:08 AM PST

During an analysts conference call, Bharti Airtel executives were asked about the stagnant share of non-voice revenues, and whether it is desirable for the company to grow it. The company’s…

Airtel And Western Union To Launch Mobile Money Transfer In December 2008 - 3 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 09 Jan 2008 03:48 AM PST

[by Cerius Shah] Here is a neat bit of trivia to start off, as per this ET article, India is the highest recipient of overseas remittances. Airtel and Western Union,…

Airtel VAS Head Harish Gandhi To Join Canaan Partners - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 24 Dec 2007 01:35 AM PST

You’re reading it here first: Harish Gandhi, Vice-President (Value Added Services and New Product Development) for Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile operator, is set to join VC firm Canaan Partners.…

Bharti Airtel May Partner With Google On Phone Software - 13 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 03 Nov 2007 12:09 AM PST

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is expected to announce its Open Handset Alliance and Linux-based mobile software on Monday next week, and some reports that in India, Bharti Airtel is set to…

Airtel To Offer Money Transfer In India With Western Union, SBI - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Wed 24 Oct 2007 02:59 AM PST

Money transfer service Western Union has inked a deal with GSM Association (GSMA), to offer its money transfer service via mobile. Initially 35 operators including India’s Bharti Airtel will offer…

Zee Moots Concept Of Universal Broadcaster For Mobile TV In India; Wants MediaFLO Barred - 4 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Tue 23 Oct 2007 08:52 PM PST

The Zee group has come out all guns blazing on the issue of allocation of licenses and spectrum for Mobile TV in India. The group has told the TRAI in…

@IDNS: Airtel Awaits Legal And Regulatory Clarity On IPTV; Roll Out In North India First - 1 Comment
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Thu 18 Oct 2007 12:19 AM PST

Bharti Airtel is waiting for legal and regulatory clarity before rolling out IPTV services. Puneet Garg, GM IPTV for Bharti Airtel, speaking at the India Digital Networks Summit said that…

Airtel Launches 8Mbps Broadband Service - 8 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Wed 10 Oct 2007 06:35 PM PST

Airtel will launch an 8 Mbps broadband service first in Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, Delhi and the NCR with plans to introduce it to Mumbai and Hyderabad users in the…

Telco Roundup: Airtel-Germany; AT&T In Talks With DLF? - 0 Comments
Posted By Nikhil Pahwa - Mon 08 Oct 2007 04:22 AM PST

-- Bharti Enterprises Chairman Sunil Mittal has said that Airtel intends to ask German Chancellor Angela Merkel for a mobile phone licence when she visits India next month, reports Forbes,…

Bharti Airtel Set To Go Live With Mobile Money Transfer Pilot - 3 Comments
Posted By Anupama Chandrasekaran - Sun 30 Sep 2007 08:26 PM PST

After pilot testing mobile money transfer with the State Bank of India, Bharti Airtel is ready to unveil mobile money transfer services in India. The company will launch host of…