Airtel broadband suffers major weekend outage in India

Airtel broadband suffers major weekend outage in India

Airtel broadband services, which suffered a major nationwide outage that left millions of users without internet on both mobile and desktop for more than two hours, were later fixed. According to website outage monitoring platform DownDetector.com, the outage which affected millions of users across the country sta...


Vi partners with SonyLIV to bolster content offerings

Vi partners with SonyLIV to bolster content offerings

Telcom service provider Vodafone Idea (Vi) has announced a partnership with SonyLIV, the video streaming platform from Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI), to offer premium content services.

Vi has introduced a new add-on recharge of Rs 82, which will provide a free mobile-only subsc...


Vi partners ICRIER to set up telecom centre of excellence

Vi partners ICRIER to set up telecom centre of excellence

Vodafone Idea has partnered with Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) to set up a telecom Centre of Excellence.

The centre has been named InViCT (ICRIER and Vodafone Idea Centre for Telecom), which will drive research advisory and policy support ef...


Bharti Airtel acquires Cnergee Technologies

Bharti Airtel acquires Cnergee Technologies

Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said it has acquired a “strategic minority stake” in Mumbai-based cloud-based networking solutions provider Cnergee Technologies under the Airtel Startup Accelerator Program. The stake acquisition will enable Airtel to sharpen its network as a service (NaaS) proposition for small and medium businesses (SMBs) who are...


Jio Air Fiber

Jio introduces new postpaid plan with freebies

Telecom major Reliance Jio, which recently pipped Airtel to become the second largest fixed-line service provider, has announced the launch of a new 'Entertainment Bonanza' JioFiber postpaid plan for users with zero entry cost. The new plans came into effect Friday. A press release, issued by the telecom earlier this week said, postpaid p...


Jio overtakes Airtel in fixed-line; tele subs down to 116.6cr in Feb

Jio overtakes Airtel in fixed-line; tele subs down to 116.6cr in Feb

Telecom operator Reliance Jio has taken a lead over Bharti Airtel to become the country's second-largest fixed-line service provider in February 2022, according to data published by the sector regulator Trai. Fixed-line or wireline telecommunication refers to telephone and broadband internet services provided through a network of cables. ...