Apple iPhone 7 for Rs 19,990 on Airtel offer is still on

Soon after reports emerged that Bharti Airtel website page — where an offer “Apple iPhone 7 at Rs 19,990 on Airtel” was highlighted — returned a 404 error message, the telecom company confirmed that “the offer is still on”. “The offer is very much on. The site will be up and running soon,” a source in the company told IANS. When one logged into the company’s website, a message returned: “Sorry! The page you are looking for could not be found! Please try later or go to www.airtel.in.”

Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus were officially available in India from October 7. The telecom giant rolled out an offer on the these premium devices saying that Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus smartphones can be purchased on contract basis at a minimum down payment of Rs 19,990 and Rs 30,792, respectively. Under this offer, Airtel will provide unlimited local and STD calls, free roaming, and free data (5GB, 10GB or 15GB, as per the plan chosen) under a new postpaid connection.

As part of this plan, the customers can keep the devices for a year. After the completion of one year, the iPhone 7 users will have two options: either to upgrade to the next version of the iPhone or to buy the handset they are using by making a balloon payment. According to Bharti Airtel website, the offer is available only to customers in Noida and Karnataka.

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Airtel’s ‘V-Fiber’ broadband with 100 Mbps speed goes live in Chennai

Airtel’s ‘V-Fiber’ technology is claimed to deliver speeds of up to 100 Mbps on Airtel’s fixed broadband.

Bharti Airtel has announced it deployed ‘V-Fiber’ technology in Chennai to offer superfast broadband speeds to its customers. The technology is claimed to deliver speeds of up to 100 Mbps on Airtel’s fixed broadband. The service will be rolled out in 87 more cities in the coming weeks. Airtel says it is the first operator in India to deploy Vectorization. Airtel has upgraded its equipment to handle fiber speeds. “V-Fiber will transform the home broadband for Airtel customers with consistently superfast data speeds and enable HD video streaming, heavy file downloads and uploads in a multi-device environment (over Wi-Fi),” Airtel said in a press statement. To experience Airtel’s new ‘V-Fiber’ speeds, one simply needs to upgrade to a new modem.

Existing Airtel broadband customers can upgrade to ‘V-Fiber’ speeds with their current plan at no extra monthly charges. Airtel says it will refund the modem charges within a month if users are not happy with the service. Also, the amount will be adjusted in their next bill cycle. New users get three months trial offer.

“With ‘V-Fiber’ and our national optic fiber backbone, we are all set to offer a future ready network for tomorrow’s digitally connected homes. This solution, besides reducing our carbon footprint, offers a very quick and convenient upgrade to the customer. We are also delighted to launch our innovative myHome Rewards and unlimited free voice calling facility for our customers,” said Ajai Puri, Director – Operations, Bharti Airtel.

Airtel is also offering unlimited free voice calling to all of its broadband customers. The service is now live across broadband plans. Customers can make free voice calls to any network across the country. Airtel recently launched the ‘myHome Rewards’ program for its broadband customers. Under the program, customers will get free additional data benefit of 5GB per month for every other Airtel service connection – postpaid mobile or digital TV (DTH) – within the home.

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