Airtel Launches Internet Portal

Techtree News Staff, Mar 31, 2008 1516 hrs IST

Airtel's move is expected to give its customers easy access to Google's simple yet powerful applications over the company's fast and reliable Broadband network.

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Airtel yesterday announced the launch of "airtellive.com", claimed to be an all-in-one Internet portal for its customers. This makes the company the first telco in the country to launch such a portal, it said.

The portal is looked upon as a milestone for Airtel; it builds upon the existing Broadband ecosystem to establish an Internet destination for Web applications, said Atul Bindal, president of Airtel Telemedia Services during the launch.

Airtel's move is expected to give its customers easy access to Google's simple yet powerful applications over the company's fast and reliable Broadband network. At "airtellive.com", Airtel customers will can access -- for free -- Google's Applications messaging and collaboration Suite that includes email services, Google documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Services are co-branded and powered by Google and Airtel Broadband. Airtel claims it has also partnered the likes of shaadi.com, 24x7guru, and naukri.com to offer exclusive deals and discounts on its portal.

Bharti Airtel, spear-headed by Sunil Bharti Mittal, is the country's leading integrated telecom services provider with a total subscriber base of nearly 61.91 million.

USER COMMENTS

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by rajinikanth, karimnagar, on Sep 19, 2008 06:48 PM, Report abuse Reply

i want airtel bill statement

by narayan, bangalore, on Sep 10, 2008 10:03 AM, Report abuse Reply

what is cost of new I - pord of apple and how much cost ane what is configure?

by Krunal, Baroda, on Sep 05, 2008 03:18 PM, Report abuse Reply

i want internet connection details mobil tower space available at pattabiram

by hermesh rao, villivakkam, on Jul 03, 2008 02:49 PM, Report abuse Reply

airtel is very bad very ,very bad service i & my tem bought an airtel card & we faced many many problems such as cut of call & stil balance use 2 be reduce & cross connection & many maore, now we people use an idea card & we r quite happy enjoying it any

by wahab kazi, pune (pimpri chinchwed), on Jun 08, 2008 09:32 PM, Report abuse Reply

for information internet

by ARUN, Bangalore, on Jun 08, 2008 03:40 PM, Report abuse Reply

dear sir, I am a bsnl customer on land line phone,staying in nalconagar,orissa .for last 15 days i am getting calls from airtel mobile nos at odd hours and disturbing me a lot.i think many persons are getting the same calls in myn township.is it a business drive from airtel ?how to get rid of this bad calls?can you help me ?

by k c dash, nalconagar, angul,orissa, on Apr 26, 2008 08:36 PM, Report abuse Reply

I am staying in goregaon and wanted airtel broadband connection. Could u provide me tel and detail of person to be contacted.

by Ansari Imran, Mumbai, on Apr 04, 2008 02:11 PM, Report abuse Reply

Dear Mr Mittal. I want to being one thing to your notice that your airtel network is worse than BSNL . So please see that your quality is restored.

by Max, Aligarh, on Apr 03, 2008 03:22 PM, Report abuse Reply

Hi , I am shyam , now day Has come When A irtel will will able to acheive Higest market share in Market,

by shyam jee, Bangalore, on Apr 03, 2008 01:55 PM, Report abuse Reply

I fully agree with the views expressed by Prashanth. To access the account details, it is paining to note that we have to submit hard copy to their main office. They have to change their outlook before going in for new portel.

by Srinivasan.R, Chennai, on Apr 03, 2008 01:55 PM, Report abuse Reply

Airtel is worst in maintaining websites, their existing sites doesn't work well, if click on calendar date it will go to home page...., if we click on forgot password it will say so and so .jsp not available...thousands of functionalities doesn't even work..., Dear Airtel people , maintain the existing sites first then go for new ones. Creating a new portal which doesn't help is like fooling the customers in April.

by Kanth, Hyderabad, on Apr 03, 2008 01:45 PM, Report abuse Reply

bull crap... airtel cant even provide online registration for its customers to access their account details. they require us to submit a hard copy by walking into their main office(Not even the Airtel outlets collect these forms). i have had airtel connection for almost two years and still cant check my usage online.

by Prashanth, Bangalore, on Mar 31, 2008 07:40 PM, Report abuse Reply

Hi Prashant, I completely agree with you. Its really surprising that a company like Airtel can't provide this simple service. Even BSNL customers can approach any of the BSNL customer service centres for any assistance, but thats not the case with Airtel. Who has the time to go all the way to their main office? For the record Google Docs is available free for all gmail users. So whats so great in airtel providing the same. Some cheap gimmicks.

by kanchins, Bangalore, on Mar 31, 2008 08:22 PM, Report abuse

My experience of Airtel as NRI is very bad.I paid $25 for Calling India and could not access the account for weeks. And now because of non usage, they have appropriated that amount. I stick with reliance who are far better.

by Vivek, Atlanta, on Mar 31, 2008 10:38 PM, Report abuse

now it will be available in new portal it is automatically creates login with active sim

by Prawal Varma, Gurgaon, on Apr 01, 2008 10:34 AM, Report abuse

Hi there Well I have Airtel Postpaid connection for last 1 year now, and I always pay my bill online using credit card, and can access all the details of the calls made. Very very simple process, I dont know whats wrong with your case. But all this is there

by Manmeet, Gurgaon, on Apr 01, 2008 07:06 PM, Report abuse

we too have the facility. But they need us to register for it manually as i mentioned in my post. It cannot be done online.. i dont understand why atop of the line ISP like Airtel make such a simple process so complicated. The office they mention is atleast 10km from my place and in our kind of traffic i will need atleast 2to 3 hours to go there submit the form. Why do they need a hard copy when they already have all my details and i have been paying my bills on time for over two years now. Other than that their service is pretty good.

by Prashanth, Bangalore, on Apr 01, 2008 07:43 PM, Report abuse

prashant....even i faced the same problem of airtel outlets not accepting the hard copy of the form.....i called up a nodal officer n explained my problem....he told me to courier it instead of submitting it to the head office...

by rakesh, bangalore, on Apr 01, 2008 11:17 PM, Report abuse

i dont believe it , u know why all the problem that u get it coz as per people who belong to their state. here in chennai, people from chennai of customer care did give very good and robust response, major problem is their state people.

by ajit, chennai, on Apr 02, 2008 11:54 AM, Report abuse

I have been using airtel for 2 years i have no problems in regisering as well as online bill payment. There is no use of hard copy. I dont know why in ur case u have to goto main office

by sreemoy, kolkata, on Apr 02, 2008 04:48 PM, Report abuse

i am using airtel for the past 6 years. and last 4 years of postpaid connection. For accessing bills online i register with their website online and they immediately send me a password to the mobile no for which i registered and I am all set to go from then to view my account details online.

by sharath, chennai, on Apr 03, 2008 07:00 AM, Report abuse

Ya agree with u. Their revamped site is also poor. Cant access it. Also the service on brodband is nowhere near their mobile service. I rergret asuming that both service's are the same. Airtel pls buck up your show...

by James, Bangalore, on Apr 03, 2008 11:08 AM, Report abuse

they suck!!

by slayer, pune, on Apr 03, 2008 01:07 PM, Report abuse

yeah,obviously it is very good to owr future generation to develop owr nation ,it is neasy to pay the bill

by ayman khan, gulbarga, on Apr 03, 2008 10:33 AM, Report abuse Reply

its a great start in new arena our airtel is great

by VIJAY KUMAR, Gurgoan, on Apr 02, 2008 10:10 PM, Report abuse Reply

it is a very good service.

by bibhanjan patra, bbsr, on Apr 02, 2008 09:53 PM, Report abuse Reply

very goooooooooooodddddddddddd

by madan, varanasi, on Apr 02, 2008 08:34 PM, Report abuse Reply

thanks , mittal ji

by pawan, bhunter, on Apr 02, 2008 08:10 PM, Report abuse Reply

I found a fast,clear &quick service in and around Chandigarh,and to back home from here in NJ,USA. Only,I have realised its bit costlier,comparing input costs.

by Prahlad S Kalsi, Secaucus, on Apr 02, 2008 07:20 PM, Report abuse Reply

I called up the toll free to inquire for an broadband connection, I got a reply that their executive will get in touch with me in 15 working days..... Sucks....

by Baski, Chennai, on Apr 02, 2008 06:07 PM, Report abuse Reply

Will wait to see the progress of this portal

by Pottayil Aravin, Mumbai, on Apr 01, 2008 09:19 AM, Report abuse Reply

airtel going that way it is wonderfuly and is pride of india I would like to be one among millions of airtel member.

by Paramjit Mangal, Ravenna Italy, on Apr 01, 2008 12:48 AM, Report abuse Reply

I am proud to be one among 61.91 million...

by Srikant Misra, Noida, on Mar 31, 2008 11:17 PM, Report abuse Reply

I go with rubeus.. Airtel's Customer Care & Service is pretty good. I guess it does vary from place to place but its usually damn good in Chennai. But then again, the price is high. And their Broadband rates are so uncertain. But this portal.. I don't know how much of a help it can be..

by Gdn | TD, Chennai, on Mar 31, 2008 11:02 PM, Report abuse Reply

As always the customer service by airtel is good. But there are some issues by it outsourcing some of its service for third parties who have created most of the problem. Having used airtel for almost 3 years now i dont think i would regret continuing with them as there is less headache though the bills are bit hefty.

by rubeus, Chennai, on Mar 31, 2008 09:51 PM, Report abuse Reply

Have you heard this latest cool song, "Taron mein chaand ho tum...The Musical" on Airtel Live? It is sung by Kunal Ganjawala. Check it out!!! The CT code is dial 55055417246 and press 1.

by Praveen, Mumbai, on Mar 31, 2008 08:13 PM, Report abuse Reply

Thanks to Airtel for understanding the customer needs.

by Saravanan, Bangalore, on Mar 31, 2008 07:08 PM, Report abuse Reply

we are proud of you

by sunil bohra, kota, on Mar 31, 2008 03:52 PM, Report abuse Reply

No 1 provider for "call drops" and low end customer services......

by manu, mumba, on Mar 31, 2008 04:51 PM, Report abuse

Great call drops. No signal at all even out door. This is the worst service provider i've seen till now.

by Anonymous, hyderabad, on Mar 31, 2008 06:58 PM, Report abuse

Its crap. I think Airtel never had it - apologies to Jai Menon and Google just lost it with Airtel managers telling them what to do.

by Airtel Employee, Gurgan, on Mar 31, 2008 06:54 PM, Report abuse Reply

welcome