Bharti Airtel

By: EconomyWatch   Date: 17 July 2010

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Bharti Airtel, a leading mobile service provider in India is Bharti Enterprises' flagship company. According to Forbes Global 2000 list, Bharti Airtel, India's pioneering private telecommunication service provider, is ranked #826.
This integrated telecom service provider operates three strategic business units covering 23 telecommunication circles. These three strategic businesses are mobile business, enterprise business, and Airtel telemedia business. Their mobile business comprising fixed wireless and mobile services is spread over 23 telecom circles, whereas their Airtel telemedia business provides telephone and broadband services to clients in 94 cities. International and domestic long distance services and end to end telecommunication solution for companies are included in Airtel enterprise business.

Brief history
Bharti Airtel was established as Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited in 1985. This telecommunication company is a joint stock holding enterprise headquartered in New Delhi. Bharti Airtel, commonly called 'Airtel' is among largest mobile service operator with a subscriber base of nearly 75 million. Airtel has a submarine cable landing station in Chennai connecting this South Indian city to Singapore.

Products and services
Services offered by Bharti Airtel can be classified into:

Mobile services – Based on number of customers Bharti Airtel is largest mobile service operator in India. This company offers mobile services based on GSM technology. For convenience of its customers Bharti Airtel has both pre- paid and post paid facilities.
Enterprise business – Bharti Airtel provides integrated services comprising mobile, telephone, broadband, data and connectivity services internationally as well as nationally for small, medium and large scale enterprises. Its carrier service provides network connectivity through optic fiber over a distance of more than 35,000 km. Bharti Airtel is a member of South East Asia – Middle East – Western Europe – 4 consortium which includes 15 global telecommunication service providers.
Airtel Telemedia Services – This company offers high speed broadband services through landlines in 94 cities.

Financials
Bharti Airtel till March 2008 had assets worth US $6.61 billion. During period between April 2007 – March 2008, it achieved sales amounting to US $6.61 billion and profits of US $0.94 billion.

Awards and recognition
Bharti Airtel was adjudged 'Best Carrier India' at 2008 Telecom Asia. It was recognized as 'Best Cellular Service Provider' and 'Best Broadband Service Provider' at V&D 100 awards for 2008. In 2007, Bharti Airtel won 'Business Leadership Award' from NDTV Profit.



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