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  Airtel launched Net PC today claiming to be “a next-generation computer that never goes obsolete and never crashes”. Really? To straighten the marketing lingo, it’s basically a PC in the clouds (on the server) and for Rs. 7,999 Airtel gives the user a 15-inch LCD monitor, keyboard and mouse. A user also gets a [...]

  It’s time for celebrations for India’s top cellular operator. Bharti Airtel today confirmed that they have surpassed the 100 million subscriber mark, making them the world’s third operator to achieve such a figure in a single country. A big celebration is in the offing but wouldn’t it be nice if they include their customers [...]

  Its raining Blackberrys this month. The third Blackberry phone to be launched in India is Curve 8900. Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance Communications will be selling this little Bold sibling for Rs. 27,500. Internally, there are no surprises as such. There’s EDGE and Wi-Fi for wireless internet connectivity, a HVGA+ display, 512MHz processor, GPS, 3.2 [...]

  Update: Even Vodafone has announced it. India’s leading GSM operator, Airtel today launched Blackberry’s first clamshell phone, Pearl Flip 8220. The phone will sell for Rs. 21,990 ($452) and will be available at all Airtel authorized outlets. If you’re forgetful about what Pearl Flip is, then here it is. It has a SureType keypad, [...]

  I don’t know what made Airtel to team up with i-mate to bring JAMA 101 phone in India. JAMA 101 is a year old device which is finally making its way over here through an official channel. It will sell for Rs. 12,900 ($279)and Airtel users will be able to opt for a data [...]

  Research in Motion (RIM) along Airtel, Reliance (GSM) and Vodafone have introduced Blackberry Bold in India. All the operators will sell at a pre-determined price of Rs. 34,990 ($755) with the difference in the launch dates. While Airtel and Vodafone will bring the phone by the end of this month, Reliance users will be [...]

  UPDATE: Airtel has also started selling iPhone on EMIs. More details here. With the current iPhone price in India, it is next to impossible for the masses to get their hands on the iconic phone. With this view in mind, Vodafone India has launched a scheme to sell iPhone on half yearly or yearly [...]

  We apologize if we have had too much of iPhone coverage today but here comes the final dampener for today. Airtel will also be selling the iPhone at the same price which Vodafone revealed today. We hope the plans will be something to cheer for! Airtel iPhone

  UPDATE: Vodafone iPhone Plans UPDATE 2: Airtel iPhone 3G price iPhone 3G hits India on this Friday and out of the two exclusive operators, Vodafone is the first one to reveal the prices. And the prices SUCK. If you have got enough money to burn then 8GB will cost you Rs. 31,000 ($709) and [...]

  India’s Bharti Airtel achieved an important landmark by taking its subscriber base past 75 million. The figure includes customers from all of its business units like mobile, telemedia and enterprise services. This makes Airtel the largest telecom operator in India and fourth largest in-country operator in the world after AT&T. Airtel

  UPDATE: Our sleuth turned out to be wrong. Here’s the official price. Our sleuth hiding in one of the Airtel offices has discovered something important which we all had been waiting for the past 2 weeks. In a short breath he spilled some juicy details on iPhone 3G pricing as well as on other [...]

  Someone managed to snag a picture of iPhone running on Airtel. As we can see from the image, the iPhone will support EDGE and will have 3G after spectrum is allotted. Airtel will be launching a value added card by the name of Airtel Live Card which we guess will work with iPhone to [...]

  Update: Vodafone India will also be releasing iPhone on the same day So the rumors of iPhone 3G coming this month in India were true. Airtel has officially announced August 22 as the D-Day for iPhone 3G and will be available in all Airtel Relationship centers. They are still keeping a mum on the [...]

  iPhone 3G officially announced Telecom operators, Vodafone and Airtel who are supposed to bring iPhone 3G in India have started accepting pre-registrations for those interested in buying the device. Both the companies are tight lipped about the pricing and availability but according to Telegyaan, iPhone may not see the light till the end of [...]

  Airtel has inked a deal with HTC to bring the much touted Touch Diamond phone to India. Touch Diamond will be exclusively available from Airtel which features the new TouchFLO 3D, VGA screen, HSDPA, Windows 6.1, thread messages, WLAN, 3.2 MP camera, GPS, YouTube playback and one-touch access to Airtel Live!. It will be [...]