Airtel Launches Prepaid Number Locker Services

Airtel has come up with a innovative service called number locker which will help NRI’s a chance to keep your number active till you come back and start using the number again.To avail the service Airtel subscribers have to do a recharge for Rs. 150 and the number will be kept active for a period of 6 months.

Airtel Number Locker Offer Details

Denomination (in Rs.)	Validity
150	6 months
300	12 months

Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular to Continue 3G Roaming via ICRA

India’s leading mobile service providers, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular today jointly said said they will continue to offer 3G mobile and Data services in their non 3G circles on a pan India basis via ICRA.

The statement came from the telcos as the dispute over 3G Roaming pacts (ICRA) heads to the Supreme Court, after a two-member bench of the Telecom Disputes Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) delivered a spited verdict on a petition challenging the Government’s order banning such 3G ICRA.

Bharti Airtel CEO Sanjay Kapoor sees many new partnerships between India and China

SHANGHAI: Telecom major Bharti Airtel is expecting many new partnerships between Indian and Chinese telecom industry in coming years, a top company executive said today.

"We see many new partnerships emerging. What would be important is product innovation, play of frequency and magnifying scale of product centric environment," Bharti Airtel CEO Sanjay Kapoor said, while talking about ecosystem in India and China at GSMA Mobile Asia Expo 2012.

Airtel recently deployed India's first 4G-network-based on LTE technology in partnership with Chinese telecom gear maker ZTE and also partnered with Huawei for launch of the services in Bangalore.

"The size of ecosystem in these two countries (India and China) can actually change the tide and business case for many future applications in technology. LTE (Long Term Evolution) happens to be just one of them," Kapoor said.

He added that in last three years, the volume of industry has grown three times and telecom industry has potential to reshape many industries around it like banking, education and others.

Kapoor also attributed the success of developing ecosystem to the respective governments.

"The biggest change has come from government and regulator who are putting their heads together to find out where the next 50 Mhz spectrum is coming from," Kapoor said.