THE BUSINESS TIMES

At the FICCI Frames 2023 conference in Mumbai, Bharti Airtel CEO, Gopal Vittal, emphasized the need for collaboration between direct-to-consumer OTT players and telecom operators like Airtel to overcome distribution challenges. He pointed out that different regulations for various content delivery pipelines pose challenges to the business model that OTT platforms operate on, and that …

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Airtel Payments Bank and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) have joined forces to introduce a new face authentication feature for Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS) transactions. Previously, Aadhaar number, iris or fingerprint match in UIDAI records were used to authenticate transactions. However, the new feature allows users to validate transactions using face authentication in …

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Up to this point, Reliance Jio has declared that its ultra-rapid fifth generation (5G) network will now reach 406 cities. With the addition of 235 new locations to its network, telecom provider Bharti Airtel surpassed Reliance Jio in the 5G roll-out, bringing its overall coverage to 500 cities. Up to this point, Reliance Jio has declared that its ultra-rapid fifth generation (5G) network will now reach 406 cities. “Customers of Bharti Airtel have access to lightning-fast 5G service in 500 cities across the nation.  One of the largest rollouts to date, Airtel added 235 cities to its network “The business declared in a statement. According to Airtel, its 5G network is expanding by 30 to 40 cities every day. “In October 2022, Airtel became the first company to offer 5G services, and with today’s massive launch, we’re committing to giving every Airtel user in the nation access to lightning-fast Airtel 5G Plus.  500 cities have now been covered, and we continue to add 30 to 40 cities daily.  We anticipate extending our 5G footprint to all of urban India by September 2023 “Randeep Sekhon, CTO at Bharti Airtel, said.

According to Bharti Airtel, its Airtel 5G Plus 5G service is now accessible in 500 cities nationwide.  One of the largest 5G rollouts to date, Airtel’s network has grown by 235 cities as a result of this development.  According to Airtel, its 5G Plus service is now accessible in all of India’s main cities. According to Airtel 5G Plus, the 5G network can offer speeds that are 20–30 times faster than those of 4G.  The telecom company further states that the services will include a pleasant voice experience and a quick call connection. Customers of Airtel who can currently receive 5G data from their respective areas don’t have to be concerned about data caps.  The business has temporarily lifted the data use cap from all active subscriptions.  Users must take care not to unintentionally use up all of their 4G data, though. In addition to launching India’s first private 5G network at the BOSCH facility in Bengaluru, Airtel also launched India’s first live 5G network in Hyderabad.  For the construction of its Chakan production site, the business has also teamed up with Mahindra & Mahindra.  It became the country’s first auto manufacturing facility to support 5G. The rapid adoption of 5G in the nation is astounding, according to Randeep Sekhon, CTO of Bharti Airtel, and Airtel’s mega-launch is its pledge to provide every Airtel user in the nation with ultra-fast Airtel 5G Plus service.  The company already covers 500 cities, and 30 to 40 more cities are being added daily.  Airtel intends to extend its 5G presence to all of metropolitan India by September 2023.