Quarter 1, FY 2019-20
Digital Innovations & Customer Delight
airtelThanks program was extended to Broadband customers with certain rentals to include access to premium entertainment content from Netflix, Amazon Prime membership, ZEE5 and Airtel TV.
Offered free access to online courses on practical skills including music, language and fitness from globally renowned online educator – Shaw Academy.
Strategic Alliances & Partnerships
Collaborated with Oravel Stays Private Limited (OYO) to launch OYO Store on airtelThanks for seamless booking.
Partnered with HDFC Life Insurance Limited to offer life insurance cover (term plan) worth ₹ 4 Lakhs to users, bundled with prepaid rental plan.
Network Expansion & Transformation
Phased out 3G services in Kolkata, replacing it with 4G services through deployment of modern L900 technology.
Deployed superior LTE 2100 MHz spectrum band across Gujarat, MP, Kerala and Delhi-NCR to improve connectivity.
First telecom operator to introduce 4G high-speed data services in Lakshadweep islands.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Airtel and Hughes Communications India Ltd. (HCIL), a subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) entered into an agreement to combine their VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) operations in India to leverage the demand for secure connectivity in a rapidly growing digital economy.
All customers, assets, spectrum and agreed liabilities of the Consumer Mobile Businesses of Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited and Tata Teleservices Limited merged with Airtel, effective July 01, 2019.
Quarter 2, FY 2019-20
Digital Innovations & Customer Delight
Launched Airtel Xstream, our own converged digital entertainment application for mobile users and 4k Hybrid Smart Box – an android based OTT smart stick that offers satellite TV and OTT content.
Launched Airtel Xstream Fiber – the ultra-fast broadband offering bundled with other benefits.
Strategic Alliances & Partnerships
Partnered with Government of Uttar Pradesh in their digital transformation story with the implementation of State Wide Area Network (SWAN) to provide secure, highspeed connectivity for government services over a closed user-group network.
Announced the induction of Bengaluru based tech startup Vahan into its Startup Accelerator Program. Airtel will acquire a stake in Vahan and partner with them in building significant scale to achieve their vision of enabling jobs for the next billion internet users. The acquisition is subject to requisite statutory and regulatory approvals as may be applicable
Network Expansion & Transformation
Deployed superior LTE 2100 MHz spectrum band across Maharashtra, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir and Rajasthan to improve connectivity
Mergers & Acquisitions
The Scheme of arrangement between Airtel and Telesonic Networks Limited (‘Telesonic’) and their respective shareholders and creditors (‘Scheme’) for the transfer of Optical fiber cable business of Airtel to Telesonic, became effective on August 03, 2019.
