Bharti Airtel

In October 2021, Airtel conducted India's first 5G trial in rural geography.

In September 2021, the company announced to invest Rs. 5,000 crore (US$ 669 million) to set up new data centres in Chennai, Mumbai, Pune and Kolkata.

In June 2021, Bharti Airtel and Tata Group announced a strategic partnership to implement 5G network solutions across India. Airtel will pilot and deploy this indigenous solution as a part of its 5G roll-out plans in India. The company will start the pilot in January 2022, as per guidelines outlined by the Government of India.

In May 2021, the company deployed an additional 10MHz spectrum in the 2300MHz band, along with network software tools, in North Eastern India to enhance network capacity and coverage.

In May 2021, the company deployed the 5MHz spectrum in the 1800MHz band, along with network software tools, across its network in Tamil Nadu to enhance high-speed data capacity in the state.

In March 2021, Airtel acquired 355.45 MHz spectrum across sub GHz, mid band and 2,300 MHz bands for a total consideration of Rs. 18,699 crore (US$ 2.57 billion) in the latest spectrum auction that was conducted by the Department of Telecom, Government of India.

In February 2021, Airtel and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. collaborated to accelerate 5G network in India.

In December 2020, Airtel launched the customer advisory board with an objective to make customers equal stakeholders in its product development journey.

In November 2020, Airtel, through its subsidiary Nxtra Data Limited (Nxtra), signed a memorandum of understanding with the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation to set up two new data centre campuses in the state.

In October 2020, Airtel marked its entry into the fast-growing cloud communications market with the launch of Airtel IQ.

Airtel launched a new ad campaign, ‘Sab Kuch Try Karo, Fir Sahi Chuno’ and rolled out a new campaign 'Open to Questions', highlighting its aim to resolve every single customer query, learn quickly from failures and ensure these are not repeated

In September 2020, Airtel launched Airtel Xstream Fiber with speeds upto 1 Gbps, to drive penetration of home broadband in India.

Airtel Payments Bank launched Bharosa savings account in which Rs. 500 (US$ 7.15) would be the minimum balance required. It also offered free accident cover of Rs. 5 lakh (US$ 7,154)

Airtel launched its broadband service Airtel Xtream Fibre at Rs. 3,999 (US$ 57.21)