Bharti Airtel partners TVAsia in an exclusive marketing tie-up for its voice calling app Airtel TalK

EDISON, N.J. - July 15, 2015 - PRLog -- USA, July 15, 2015: Bharti Airtel Hong Kong today announced an exclusive marketing partnership with USA based media group – TV Asia for its voice calling app – Airtel Talk. A first of its kind initiative by Bharti Airtel Hong Kong will enable Indians settled in USA to easily connect with their loved ones back in India at affordable tariffs.

Ajay Chitkara, Director & CEO, Global Voice & Data Business, Bharti Airtelsaid, “No other app brings India so close to their loved ones as Airtel Talk. With this partnership we aim to enable the 3.8 million Indians settled in the United States to easily stay in touch with friends & family back in India at affordable prices using Bharti Airtel’s global network”.

In addition to voice calling feature, Airtel Talk would include in its gamut of services many interesting features like value added services including horoscope, cricket updates and more to keep the NRIs updated with the Indian culture. With Airtel Talk’s first-of-its-kind feature - Call Back NRIs can bill calls from India to themselves thus enabling their loved ones back in India to call them without incurring any charges.

TV Asia is now the exclusive distribution partner to promote and market Airtel Talk in USA. Commenting on the partnership, H.R. Shah, Chairman - TV ASIA said, “TV ASIA is proud to be an exclusive marketing partner with Airtel, the leader in global telecom. As most of you know, TV ASIA’s long-standing slogan is Home Away from Home. It is natural, therefore, for us to team up with Airtel to convey our common goal of connecting South Asians to their homeland.”

Airtel Talk special voice calling packs for NRIs in USA:

Price: 7$,      Validity: 30 days,    Talktime: 350 minutes
Price: 15$,    Validity: 30 days,    Talktime: 900 minutes

Unlimited free calling from Airtel Talk to Airtel Talk

Unlimited free chat between Airtel Talk users

While Android device users can download Airtel Talk at https://goo.gl/bsoc0O, iOS users can get it at https://goo.gl/TziXHv . For more details, please log on to http://www.airtel.com/airteltalk/.

***Bharti Airtel here refers to the Hong Kong arm of the company***

About Bharti Airtel

Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 3 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high speed DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services and mobile commerce. Bharti Airtel had over 328 million customers across its operations at the end of May 2015. To know more please visit, www.airtel.com

About TV Asia

TV Asia is a New Jersey based Pay TV Channel telecasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is available in USA in HD on Dish Satellite Channel 700, Dish World IPTV (Sling TV) and on major Cable systems such as Comcast Xfinity, Time Warner, Cablevision etc including Verizon FIOS & AT & T U Verse. TV Asia is celebrating 23 years in United States and engages in dialogue via outreach programs with the community and is the Voice and Mirror of the South Asian Community in North America. TV Asia’s mission is to highlight South Asian Talent in the U.S. and promote our rich heritage in the arts, religion, sports, culture and inspire the current generation to uphold and carry forward the rich and ancient ideals of our glorious past. The only source for celebrating achievements, cultural fulfillment etc. of South Asians in the USA, is featured via 1 Channel – TV Asia. This is our niche. Visit www.tvasiausa.com for more information.