Airtel Introduces ‘Airtel Wi-Fi Calling’ - India’s First Voice Over Wi-Fi Service

Will significantly enhance indoor voice calling experience for smartphone customers

· Enables Airtel smartphone customers to switch seamlessly from LTE to Wi-Fi based calling when they are inside their homes/offices

· No extra charge for voice calls made with ‘Airtel Wi-Fi Calling’

· Currently available in Delhi/NCR. To be rolled out across the country in the coming days

In yet another industry first, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s largest integrated telecommunications company, 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. With ‘Airtel Wi-Fi Calling’, customers with  Wi-Fi at home or office will get excellent signal quality indoors. There will be no extra charge for calls made over ‘Airtel Wi-Fi Calling’ and the application consumes minimal data. The service is currently available to Airtel customers in Delhi NCR and will be gradually rolled out across India.   

‘Airtel Wi-Fi Calling’ does not require any app and can be configured on the smartphone by following the steps mentioned below:

1. Check smartphone compatibility on airtel.in/wifi-calling

2. Upgrade device operating software to the latest version that supports Wi-Fi Calling*

3. Go to Settings on your mobile phone and Switch On Wi-Fi Calling 

4. Keep VoLTE switched on as well for a seamless experience 

Currently, the following smartphones support ‘Airtel Wi-Fi Calling’

· Apple: All iPhone series starting 6s and above

· Xiaomi: Redmi K20, Redmi K20 Pro & POCO F1

· Samsung: J6, A10s, On6, M30s

· OnePlus: All models of OnePlus 7 Series

Airtel is working with all leading smartphone brands to roll out compatibility with ‘Airtel Wi-Fi Calling’. 

The service is currently compatible with Airtel Xstream Fiber home broadband and will soon be compatible with all broadband services and Wi-Fi hotspots.

New Delhi, December 10, 2019