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  To help its customers stay connected with friends and family in these trying times, Airtel has announced to offer its Rs 49 recharge pack for free to low-income users. This, as per the telecom giant, will be a  “one-time gesture”  for its massive 5.5 crores customer base, especially for those living in rural India. Moreover, the company also announced to offer double benefits for its prepaid customers who buy the Rs 79 recharge pack. The announcement from Airtel comes right after Reliance Jio announced to offer similar benefits to its customers recently. The latter is offers Jio Phone owners 300 additional minutes of outgoing voice calls for free every month  “for the entire period of the pandemic” . On the other hand, Airtel prepaid customers will now get the Rs 49 recharge plan for free, which  offers 100MB of data and Rs 38 worth of talktime for a period of 28 days . The company says that the benefits account for Rs 270 crores and it will help low...

Airtel XStream Fiber Offers 1000GB Data to New Customers By Techtonic group Airtel has reportedly started offering  1000GB additional data  at no extra cost to Airtel  XStream Fiber  customers. As reported by  TelecomTalk ,  the offer is applicable to new customers  signing up for the service within the promotional period. The  company will run the offer until the 7th of June . According to the report, the offer is already live in select cities across the country including Chennai, Coimbatore, Cochin, and Ernakulam. In case you're unaware, Airtel XStream Fiber offers a total of four plans - Basic, Entertainment, Premium, and VIP.  The aforesaid 1000GB promotional data is not applicable to the high-end VIP plan since it has no FUP . The Basic plan offers you 150GB of data at up to 100Mbps speed along with unlimited Local and STD calls at Rs.799. The Entertainment plan takes it to 300GB and up to 200Mbps at Rs.999, while the Premium...

Amazon Reportedly in Talks to Aquire $2 Billion-Stake in Airtel By Techtonic group US technology and retail giant Amazon is reportedly planning on buying stakes worth $2 billion in Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel. As reported by Reuters, sources close to the talks claim the conversation is in its early stages right now. With this investment, Amazon will acquire close to 5% stake in Airtel according to its current market value. Amazon's interest in Airtel isn't unwarranted. The company has  invested in India  quite often. In fact, it has committed close to $6.5 billion in investments in the country. that said, as mentioned before, talks are in early stages right now. Therefore, the terms of the deal may change, or the deal may not go through as well. Interestingly, this report comes at a time when Reliance Industries' Jio Platforms is seeing a lot of investment activity as well. Over the past few weeks, multiple US-based companies have  invested in Jio Pl...

PUBG Mobile Partners with Airtel for PUBG Mobile Pro League South Asia By Techtonic group Popular battle royale game  PUBG Mobile  is partnering with Airtel for the PUBG Mobile Pro League in South Asia. With this partnership, Airtel is the preferred network of the eSports tournament. Moreover, valued Airtel subscribers will gain access to certain additional benefits. According to the press release, exciting moments from the PMPL tournament will be available on Airtel Xstream. Plus, users will get access to some exclusive experiences as well. It's unclear what these experiences are, but it's still exciting news. The PUBG Mobile Pro League is  starting today and will carry on till June 14th.  In the tournament, the top 20 teams will compete for a spot in the PUBG Mobile World Championships. The  tournament is being livestreamed from 6PM IST today (May 29th), to 10:20PM IST.  The streams will be available from Friday to Sunday every week on the Air...

Airtel Introduces New 'Work@Home' Plans for Businesses  By Techtonic group In light of the extended lockdown in India,  Airtel  has today announced new 'Work@Home' plans aimed at businesses. With these plans, Airtel's business arm aims to provide enterprise employees  "a fully secure and seamless office like experience at home." Both wired and wireless connectivity options along with collaboration tools, and security solutions are on offer by Airtel. These include  Airtel's Corporate Broadband with up to 1Gbps speeds , and  "High speed Airtel 4G Corporate Mi-Fi devices with complimentary G Suite pack. " Companies using Airtel broadband can extend the network to their employees homes. Moreover, Airtel is also offering "Priority 4G Data SIM with Free G-Suite" aimed at helping employees to work from home with ease. The plan starts at Rs. 399 and will come with the following benefits: unlimited video conferencing 30GB secure...