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As per market data, Airtel has priced $750 million of senior 10.25-year bonds at a yield of US 10 Year Treasury + 187.5bps for an implied coupon of 3.250%

Bharti Airtel announced a partnership with Apple for the India launch of the Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular).

The incumbents, particularly Bharti Airtel, should be able to retain most of high-end subscribers given they provide better voice and customer service, claimed a Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey

After the Vodafone-Idea deal, Bharti Airtel has now entered into a definitive agreement with Tikona Digital Networks to acquire Tikona’s 4G Business including the Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum and 350 sites, in five telecom circles

As part of the deal, Airtel will incorporate Nokia’s 1830 PSS-x OTN switches in its National Long-Distance Network, connecting major Indian cities.

With NVIDIA, Airtel has developed an automated speech recognition algorithm that runs on 84% of its calls, allowing them to identify areas of improvement for their agents when interacting with customers.

The solution complies with the Automotive Research Association of India’s AIS-140 standard implemented by the Ministry of Road Transport.

Airtel has confirmed to hike the price of its prepaid plans again. This time, the average revenue per user will be set at Rs 200.

Airtel looks to deploy the new Blockchain technology to scale up operations across its fast-growing adtech, digital entertainment and digital marketplace offerings.

The company plans to raise $1 billion in debt after it reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue on higher tariff rates.