Bharti Airtel today launched its voice over Wi-Fi service 'Airtel Wi-Fi Calling'. 'Airtel Wi-Fi Calling' is designed to enhance voice calling experience for Airtel smartphone customers, especially when they are indoors, said the telco in a press release. "With 'Airtel Wi-Fi Calling', customers with Wi-Fi at home or office will get excellent signal quality indoors," it further claimed.

Nearly 92,700 employees of BSNL and MTNL have opted for voluntary retirement, which is expected to save about Rs 8,800 crore annually in salary bills for the debt-laden telecom companies. Top officials of both state-run firms have said that the numbers have exceeded the target set for the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS), which closed on Tuesday.

Amid ongoing turbulence in the telecom sector, Trai chairman on Wednesday met heads of telcos, including Vodafone Idea CEO, to identify priority issues that will be taken up by the regulator in 2020. Sources said that floor price and redefining adjusted gross revenue (AGR) were among key issues that were flagged by the industry representatives at the meeting today.