Bharti Airtel Limited has increased monthly postpaid tariffs by 3-11% effective October 8, raising most plans by Rs50 including the entry-level plan to Rs499 from Rs449, while bundling one free five-day international roaming pack per number each year.

Bharti Airtel group chief regulatory officer Rahul Vatts urged stakeholders to relook at India's net neutrality principles to allow differentiated 5G network slicing, citing Bharti Airtel's Fastlane slicing rollout for postpaid customers earlier this year as delivering differentiated experience without harming other subscribers.

Bharti Airtel Limited has launched new postpaid plans from October 8, 2026 offering one free five-day international roaming pack per SIM per year with 5GB data, 60 minutes of calls and 25 outgoing SMSes, alongside unlimited data and calling, 5G Fast Lane technology, spam and fraud protection, entertainment subscriptions and Advantage Club access across Rs499 to Rs1,799 individual and family plans.

Motilal Oswal Financial Services assigns ~12x FY28E EV/EBITDA to Bharti Airtel's India business, matching Jio Platforms despite the latter's market leadership, due to Airtel's superior FCF, RoCE, and Rs 1.25 trillion from stakes in Indus Towers and Airtel Africa, plus data centers and financial services exposure.

Centrum Institutional Research expects Bharti Airtel Limited to add 3 million India wireless subscribers quarter-on-quarter to reach 380 million in Q2FY27, with average revenue per user growing 2.0% to Rs 269 and revenue growing 3.1%, supported by 2G-to-4G migration and more days in the quarter.

Bharti Airtel Ltd has invested about Rs 2,766 crore in its data centre arm Nxtra, established in 2013, almost all as part of a $1 billion funding round in March. Nxtra has over 250 MW of operational capacity and is expected to reach 1 GW in the next few years.

Bharti Airtel Limited, along with other private operators, has opposed telecom regulator Trai's proposed quality of service amendments, arguing coverage maps are model-based and 98% accuracy is unachievable, silent-call measures could misclassify intentional pauses and handset issues as faults, and 80% cell utilisation limits on 5G slicing would restrict flexibility and innovation.