Unlimited 3G packs @ Rs 9 from #Aircel Karnataka

With an USSD recharge of Rs.9 per day, subscribers can enjoy 100MB 3G and thereafter unlimited 2G for a day. Subscribers can also enjoy 1GB, 3GB and 7.5GB of unlimited 3G/2G data for Rs.84, Rs.249 and Rs. 397 respectively. Aircel is buoyant on Karnataka  and the company’s  growth is attributed to innovative data products and services such as Combo 196.Its gross revenue grows by 3.1%  as compared to the industry’s de-growth of 0.9% in the last quarter making Aircelone of the fastest growing telecom operator in Karnataka.Aircel currently has 4000 towers in Karnataka mostly in Bengaluru, Mysore and Davangere districts.

Unlimited 3G packs @ Rs 9 from #Aircel #Karnataka pic.twitter.com/QU93zvPJG1

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) December 10, 2015

"We are extremely committed to the Karnataka circle and will constantly strive to provide simple and innovative products and services to our customers,” said Kanwarbir Singh, Circle Business Head, Karnataka, Aircel.

#Aircel to sell data recharge packs via #Snapdeal

#Aircel to sell data recharge packs via #Snapdeal pic.twitter.com/MgLpLhIF1n

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) October 15, 2015

In order to provide an online shopper an option to buy a Data Recharge, Aircel is offering Paper Recharge through an ecommerce portal wherein an online shopper can choose from two exclusive denomination packs (Rs. 402 and Rs. 602). The voucher will be delivered through a courier service which will collect cash from the customer against physical delivery of the voucher. Aircel has partnered with Snapdeal.com to begin with for the offer and is looking to extend it to other websites as well.

#Aircel to have 1,000 Xpress Stores across India by Q1 2016

Aircel aims to have more than 1,000 ‘Aircel Xpress Stores’ in its chain by Q1 2016. Launched last year, Aircel Xpress Stores are based on the low-cost FOFO (Franchisee Owned Franchisee Operated) model that aims at providing maximum ease to customers with its presence spaced every 3-4 kilometers in most cities across the length and breadth of the country.

#Aircel to have 1,000 Xpress Stores across India by Q1 2016 pic.twitter.com/s0h3y1dCUM

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) September 29, 2015

"We have been able to achieve our previous target of 500 Xpress Stores ahead of time in March 2015, resulting in a trend of opening one store every day. We continue with that approach even today, and expect to expand our chain to over 1,000 stores by Q1 2016, and eventually to more than 2,000 stores by exit 2017,” said Vipul Saurabh, National Head – Operations & Customer Support, Aircel.

#Aircel to add 13000 new 2G, 3G and 4G sites by Dec.2015

Aircel today announced its network expansion plan of adding 13000 2G, 3G and 4G sites across the country by December 2015. The plan is in line with the growing demand for mobile telephony services and to offer better customer experience, uninterrupted services and enhanced data speeds.

#Aircel to add 13000 new 2G, 3G and 4G sites by Dec.2015 pic.twitter.com/nbQxIrNKxT

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) September 21, 2015

As part of the plan, Aircel has already rolled out close to 7400 sites this year and has added approximately 2.2 million hours per day of voice capacity and 200TB/day of data capacity to its network. Aircel consistently upgrades and optimizes its existing network to increase capacity, achieve higher efficiency and reduce existing pressure on networks. 

'Five states, one rate' plan by @Aircel

'Five states, one rate' plan by @Aircel pic.twitter.com/lfTjdydYcQ

— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) June 12, 2015

Cellular operator Aircel has announced a new plan for five states namely Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.Aircel customers in South traveling between these states will incur no incoming call charges. While the outgoing calls will be charged at a minimal rate of only 1 p/sec for both local and STD calls, all SMS and Pocket Internet packs will remain unchanged and customers can continue to use them as per their already applicable rates and packs. For the ease of the Aircel customers in South, this offering will be activated for them by default w.e.f. 11th June 2015.

#Aircel joins PM #Modi's ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan,' pledges Rs. 82.6 Lakhs

Aircel, one of India’s leading mobile service providers, has pledged a contribution of Rs. 82.6 Lakhs towards the ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan’. The project - titled ‘SwacchVidyalaya’ and run in partnership with Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) - will build toilets and provide sanitation facilities in schools across Tamil Nadu. The dedicated fund will be utilised towards construction and maintenance of toilets. Additionally, it would also be used for building hand-wash units and providing education to children on the importance of sanitation and hygiene under the ‘Aircel Clean School Drive’ program. This project will extend to across 50 schools in Tamil Nadu.

#Aircel joins PM #Modi's ‘Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan,' pledges Rs. 82.6 Lakhs pic.twitter.com/03WKLFWfEH
— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) April 23, 2015

Brinda Malhotra, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Aircel handed over the contribution cheque to actor FarhanAkhtar and legendary cricketer SouravGanguly in the presence of Mr.Rajiv Pratap Rudy – Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

#Hungama PRO app now free for @Aircel subscribers

Aircel has partnered with Hungama to offer the premium Music App Hungama-Pro enabling customers to listen music and view full length HD quality music videos for free for the first two months.
The tie-up makes Aircel the first mobile service provider to present such an exclusive service to its customers through Hungama.

#Hungama PRO app now free for @Aircel subscribers pic.twitter.com/7HBFxURvK4
— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) December 10, 2014

Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer, Aircel, said, “At Aircel, all our efforts revolve around what our customers need. We understand that music connects with people from across demographics, and especially with the youth that has been increasingly using smartphones to access video based entertainment content. Hungama-Pro offers all that our customers need – a hassle-free music experience with high-quality content from varied genres and languages, and we’re happy to offer this package exclusively to our subscribers. Hungama and Aircel share a common promise of going beyond limits to benefit customers, and we’re glad to tie-up with them for this truly user-friendly product.”

#Aircel offers all Arya Z2 Smartphone users with 500 MB data free

Debutant Smartphone brand Arya which launched in exclusive partnership with Amazon has partnered with Aircel to offer all Arya Z2 users with 500 MB data free on a monthly basis.
Gopal Jiwarajka, CMD, Salora International Limited said "We hope to launch more products in the near future which will continue to reiterate our ethos of great product experience and high quality at extremely competitive prices exclusively thru global e-comm leader Amazon".

#Aircel offers all Arya Z2 Smartphone users with 500 MB data free pic.twitter.com/A8Ny5ZfjC2
— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) October 4, 2014

Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer, Aircel said, “Aircel has always believed in the potential of data and recognizes the role it plays in empowering the end users. Today,  as we stand at the cusp of a data revolution in the country, strategic partnerships with device manufactures will indeed help service providers in further strengthening the telecom ecosystem in India. In line with this, today we are delighted to partner with Amazon and Salora for its robust Arya launch and offer a special long term data plan that will allow customers to enjoy 500 MB data per month FREE for 3 months. This Free Data Offer will be available from 2nd Oct.
Arya Z2, a 7.55mm slim stylish Smartphone with a 12.7 cms (5”) HD IPS screen, 8 MP rear camera and running on the Android KitKat OS is available on Amazon.in with a launch offer price of Rs.6999/- and a 8GB micro SD card free”

@Aircel offers roaming and local calls @ 10p/min

@Aircel offers roaming and local calls @ 10p/min pic.twitter.com/eHRHODnLEA
— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) September 25, 2014

This festive season Aircel has launched an industry first rate cutter that offers Aircel to Aircel Local & STD calls at 10p/min. Customers will be able to make all Aircel calls at just 10p/min not only in home network but also while roaming on Aircel network.

#Aircel offers free location based tracking service in Jammu and Kashmir

Aircel is offering free location based tracking service ‘Aircel Locate’ to help people locate their family and friends stranded in severe flood affected areas in Jammu & Kashmir. This free VAS service is available for all Aircel customers across India. The customers can request for the location of theirfamily members and friends living in J&K, without any subscription fee or prior registration to the service.

#Aircel offers free location based tracking servic in Jammu and Kashmir pic.twitter.com/c3uYqYtq9Q
— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) September 12, 2014

To use this service, Aircel customers will need to send an SMS LOCATE to 54654 from anywhere in India. They will immediately receive the last location and nearest known location and the latitude/Longitude of the requested user.
 Aircel has also made its Missed call alert service free for its Aircel customers in the worst affected areas in Kashmir, such that they can be notified of any important calls they may miss.
 In this need of the hour, Aircel has offered its network to all other mobile service operators to help the people of J&K to connect with their families and friends. Mobile charging units & calling booths have been set up to offer stranded flood victims the facility to make free calls to their homes/families and friends. The booths are equipped with handsets, sufficient talk-time and mobile charging units to enable free calls.
Airtel network has been restored in many critical areas across the state including Jammu, Kargil, Ladakh and Leh. A few sites in the region continue to be submerged in water and inaccessible, thus impacting restoration efforts.

Maran bullied Sivasankaran to sell his stakes in #Aircel: CBI

Former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran had put undue pressure and  forced Chennai-based telecom promoter C Sivasankaran to sell his stakes in Aircel and two subsidiary firms to Malaysian firm Maxis Group in 2006, the CBI today told a special court.
"Accused number one (Dayanidhi Maran) forced Sivasankaran to sell his companies. He (Sivasankaran) sold his three firms to Malaysia's Maxis Communication Berhad, accused number six," the CBI told Special Judge O P Saini during arguments on consideration of charge sheet filed in the Aircel-Maxis deal case.
The CBI had on August 29 filed the charge sheet in the case against Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanidhi Maran and six others, including four firms.
It said that as soon as Maxis Group bought Sivasankaran's firms, all the pending issues were cleared by Dayanidhi Maran giving undue benefit to the Malaysian company.
"If accused number one (Dayanidhi) had cleared all the issues and had given licences and spectrum to Sivasankaran's firms, then Maxis Group would have had to pay much more to buy the companies," it claimed.
According to the CBI, the Malaysian firm was favoured by Maran and granted licence within six months after the take over of Aircel in December 2006.
Maran, who has been examined by the CBI, has denied all the allegations leveled against him and his family members.
Besides the Maran brothers, the CBI has named Malaysian business tycoon T Ananda Krishnan, Malaysian national Augustus Ralph Marshall and four firms--Sun Direct TV Pvt Ltd, Maxis Communication Berhad, Astro All Asia Network PLC and South Asia Entertainment Holding Ltd--as accused in the case.

#KashmirFloods: @Aircel offers FREE calls to all its J&K customers for two days

@Aircel offers FREE calls to all its J&K customers for two days pic.twitter.com/h7sZ4P9mPO
— Press Release Watch (@PrReleaseWatch) September 9, 2014

Aircel offers free calls to all its postpaid and prepaid J&K customers for the next two days, the 10th and 11th of September 2014, in its support towards the natural calamity faced in J&K. 
Aircel is working together with the local administration and the Army to restore 2G network in the city and to ensure no outages reoccur on their 3G network, which is presently up and running in Srinagar. 

Aircel has offered its network to all other mobile service operators to help the people of J&K to connect with their families and friends. In this need of the hour,  Aircel has also set up mobile charging units & calling booths to offer the stranded flood victims the facility to make free calls to their homes/families and friends. The booths are equipped with handsets, sufficient talk-time and mobile charging units to enable free calls.

The Rescue Teams of Aircel employees are working to evacuate people stranded in flooded areas. Aircel is also working closely with the local agencies and Government’s disaster management groups to render help and support with relief work being carried out. The company is also stocking up relief material like medicines, water, non-perishable food items at their offices.

#Aircel launches Super Combo offers in Karnataka

Aircel today launched special voice and data Super Combos priced at Rs.251 and Rs.299 for it prepaid customers in Karnataka.

The product offers best tariffs with unmatched full talk time and 2G/3G data benefits on a single recharge. The combos priced at Rs.251 and Rs. 299 offer full talk time of Rs. 180 along with 1GB of 2G/3G data and full talk of Rs. 200 with 1.5 GB 2G/3G data respectively.  The product will be valid for 30 days.

MRP	Talk time Benefits	Data Benefits
Rs. 251	Rs. 180 (Unlimited validity)	1 GB
Rs. 299	Rs.200(Unlimited validity)	1.5 GB

 

#Nargis Fakhri extends support to #Aircel’s‘Save Our Tigers’initiative

Actress Nargis Fakhri came forward to support tiger conservation and encourage the brave guardians of the wild at the Rajiv Gandhi National Park, Nagarhole. The actress extended her support to Aircel’s‘Save Our Tigers’ initiative by signing for the Signature Campaign 2014.

At the event, Aircel donated 35 units of gas stoves and solar chargers to the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) of the National Park. Brinda Malhotra, Head Corporate Social Responsibility, Aircel and Jose Louies,Regional Head- South India - Wildlife Trust of India (WTI)in presence of actress NargisFakrihanded over the equipment to ACF Lindaraju, Head of STPF. The actress experienced the working of the hand-held devices given to the STPF staff to understand the cost effective ways technology is helping tiger conservation.

Brinda Malhotra, Head Corporate Social Responsibility, Aircel, said, “Aircel has been dedicated towards the cause of tiger conservation for the past six years through our ‘Save Our Tiger’s initiative, to create awareness and garner mass support for the cause. We are committed to provide resource support to the STPF of Bandipur and Nagarhole Tiger Reserves in consultation with the Karnataka State Forest Department.”

Karnataka was the first state to create the Special Tiger Protection force (STPF) in Bandipur Tiger Reserve. There are around 100 anti-poaching camps in Bandipur and Nagarhole, with 48 in the latter alone. Approximately 500 frontline forest staff and STPF staff stand to benefit from this continuing support initiative in both Bandipur TR and Rajiv Gandhi TR. Each camp will be provided the equipment and the 35 handed over today are only the first installment of the ongoing support to add to the existing infrastructure.

#Aircel celebrates ‘World Tiger Day’ in #Bangalore

On World Tiger Day, Aircel organized an art competition on the theme of ‘Save Our Tigers’in Bangalore.The event witnessed participation from more than 500 school children from various schools across Bangalore to paint their imagination of the Tiger. The selected paintings will be promoted and auctioned online with support from our various NGO partners.  The school children from the city and neighboring areas extended their support to Aircel’s’ 360 degree ‘Save our Tiger’ campaign, which is been running successfully since 2008 to spread awareness on the cause. The students were felicitated by  Mr. Kadhiravan K, Circle Business Head, Karnataka, Aircel.

#Aircel 3G music smartphone with Micromax Canvas Beat

Aircel has launched 3G music smartphone – Canvas Beat – offering unified music experience with technology powered by Micromax. Bundled with a bouquet of attractive offers and benefits, the smartphone will be exclusively retailed by Aircel only for its customers.

Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer, Aircel, said,“We are delighted to launch Canvas Beat, industry’s first 3G music smartphone which is packaged with right content developed especially for music lovers and will offer unified music experience to them.”

“Speaking on the launch, Mr. Vikas Jain, Co-Founder, Micromax said, “Amalgamation of Aircel’ s data offerings and Micromax’s hardware capabilities, enabling millions of Indian consumers with seamless connectivity.”

#Aircel launches 4G services across four circles

Aircel today launched its 4G services across four circles, namely, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Odisha. With this launch, Aircel will now offer services under all the three existing technologies of 2G, 3G and 4G LTE bringing it at par with global telecommunication offerings.

Aircel holds 20MHz of spectrum in the 4G LTE 2300 MHz band across eight circles - Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam and North East and Jammu and Kashmir. With the launch of 4G LTE services, Aircel is well placed to continue meeting the ever increasing data demand of its customers.

Mr Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer said, “Our existing technological leadership position further lends to providing a promising and reliable 4G LTE service to our customers. The wireless broadband services offered will help customers transform their workplaces and homes into ‘smarter’ entities. The parameters that will differentiate  Aircel’s 4G LTE services include customized offerings with a quick turnaround time for deployment of services to Enterprise and Home customer, beating existing industry standards; high speed and low latency, which are critical to any enterprise service experience, will be Aircel’s key focus deliverable building on Reliable MPLS (Multiple Protocol Label Switching) core network. It is with this targeted approach, Aircel is confident of leading the 4G LTE market in India.”

“Aircel has always been at the forefront of data revolution by offering innovative products and services in this space. It is only when a company having strong vision and strategy to predict customer needs and demands coupled with the ability to tackle evolution of technology, can it dream to take on a leadership position” Mr. Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer further added.

Aircel’s enterprise customers will experience a 4G LTE high-speed network to receive dedicated internet and secure VPN (Virtual Private Network) services whereas its Home customers will experience various infotainment services on high-speed broadband that will help connect any wifi device to support services such as faster internet access, Smart TVs, Virtual Home Solutions, Home Security, online gaming and much more.

#Aircel sets up 200 XPRESS Stores

Aircel has expanded its retail footprint across the country by setting up 200 XPRESS Stores. These XPRESS Stores are based on the FOFO (Franchisee Owned Franchisee Operated) model and will exclusively provide Aircel’s products and services, new connections, recharges and top-ups, resolution of customer queries, assistance and support to all new and existing Aircel customers. Furthermore, Aircel plans to increase the number up to 500 by the mid of next year to expand across India.

Speaking at the occasion, Mr. Vipul Saurabh, National Head – Operations & Customer Support, Aircel, said, “We are delighted to expand our national retail footprint by opening up 200 Aircel XPRESS Stores across the country. These XPRESS Stores are Franchisee Owned and Franchisee Operated, which is a testimonial to the trust and belief that our trade partners have in the brand Aircel.”

He added, “This partnership with trade is a rewarding model for both Aircel and the franchisee owners as we are able to make our customers experience unique products and services through the XPRESS Stores and franchisees get to set up a sustainable business. We plan to elevate the number of Aircel XPRESS Stores to 500 stores by first half of 2015. Aircel is one of the fastest growing telecom players in the country, thus setting up XPRESS Stores is a big boost for our acquisition strategy and will play a significant role in strengthening our relationships with customers and franchisees alike.”

Aircel observed that these stores are extremely convenient touch points where customers can get access to a variety of services. Hence, it embarked on a strong retail footprint to enable retailers to extend support and convenience to the customers.

Aircel being one of India’s leading telecom operators works on an aggressive strategy for the Indian market and constantly innovates new products and services. Aircel has taken up the position of a data-led mobile service provider banking on the ‘Extra’ proposition that it offers to its customers. It constantly innovates many industry firsts be it the ‘Pocket Internet’, which redefined the usage of internet on mobile, or ‘One Nation One Rate’ which pioneered the concept of free roaming in the country. Despite being a relatively new player late entrant in the market, Aircel has consistently grown and cemented its place as a young leading innovative mobile service provider in the Indian telecom space.

#Aircel enters partnership with ASKME

Aircel, one of the leading innovative mobile service providers in India  and ASK ME a local discovery platform to provide ‘Pay per lead’ generation plan through an operator billing system entered into unique partnership with ASKME.

In India, there are over 48 million SMEs, contributing 8% to economy’s GDP; proving to be a segment with huge market potential. The revolutionary business lead generation service will provide SMEs the convenience to pay only for the potential leads, thereby helping SMEs address the biggest challenge of upfront investment for increasing business. Under this partnership, ASKME will promote the registered SMEs through its various channels and Aircel will offer easy lead payment solutions on SME prepaid or postpaid connections. In addition, registered SMEs will enjoy the benefits of premium presence across mediums with quality lead generation and the flexibility to activate and deactivate the service.

Speaking on this alliance, Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer, Aircel, said, “Aircel is delighted to be the first telecom operator to provide operator billing solution to the ever growing SME segment. Through this partnership with Askme, we plan to enhance our enterprise business and offer the segment to grow their business through easy lead payment solutions. This partnership is an excellent amalgamation of AskMe’s robust reach in the SME segment and Aircel’s innovative offerings in the marketplace.”
Commenting on this partnership, Jaspreet Bindra, CEO, Getit Infomedia said, “This is a first-of-its-kind partnership in India wherein a telco and an online business have come together to tap the SME market. We bring in over a decade of experience of working with SMEs and working with Aircel would definitely help us further enhance it. Under this partnership, we aim to cover the untapped SMEs through this unique model which has been customized keeping in mind the requirements of Indian SMEs. We hope that Pay-per-Lead model will ensure a fair revenue model for SMEs and create a trusted business ecosystem”.

Customers can dial toll free number 54422 or log on to askme.com to get local search information of various sectors like hospitality, real estate, automotive services, Furniture and Furnishings, Apparel etc.

Aircel launches special internet bundle FRC in #Bangalore

With a strong focus data and value for money products, Aircel, one of India’s leading innovative mobile service providers today launched yet another unique Internet bundle product FRC 79. The product offers best tariffs on Local and STD calls, along with 1GB 3G data benefits over 3 months, 97 free SMS daily for three months and free Facebook for 2 months. The product is aimed at youth and young working professionals to give a complete package of talk, text and mobile internet benefits bundled into a single recharge at an affordable rate.

Kadhiravan K, Circle Business Head – Karnataka, Aircel, said, “Aircel offers ‘Extra’ in all its products and services. With the launch of this new exciting bundle FRC 79, Aircel is reiterating its commitment towards offering extra benefits with half paise all India calls, 1GB Internet, Rs.80 talktime, Free SMS and in addition, Free facebook for 2 months – all in one package. This will redefine our customer experience.”