Bharti Airtel formerly known as Bharti Tele-Ventures LTD (BTVL) is the largest cellular service provider in India, with more than 135 million subscribtions as of May 2010.
With this, Bharti is now the world's third-largest, single-country mobile operator and sixth-largest integrated telecom operator. It also offers fixed line services and broadband services. It offers its TELECOM services under the Airtel brand and is headed by Sunil Bharti Mittal.
Globally, Bharti Airtel is the 3rd largest in-country mobile operator by subscriber base, behind China Mobile and China Unicom. In India, the company has a 24.6% share of the wireless services market, followed by 17.7% for Reliance Communications and 17.4% for Vodafone Essar.
In January 2010, company anonced that Manoj Kohli, Joint Managing Director and current Chief Executive Officer of Indian and South Asian operations, will become the Chief Executive Officer of the International Business Group from 1 April 2010. He will be overseeing Bharti's overseas business. Current Dy. CEO, Sanjay Kapoor, will replace Manoj Kohli and will be the CEO with effective from 1 April, 2010.
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Apr 10 - France24
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Mar 09 - The Times of India
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Feb 23 - The Times of India
Airtel fined in Africa over quality of service standards
Feb 12 - The Times of India
Airtel fined in Africa over QoS
Feb 12 - The Times of India
Bharti Q3 net falls 22%, shares drop 6%
Feb 08 - The Times of India
Bharti Airtel Net Misses Estimates as Customers Curb Calls
Feb 08 - Business Week
Sensex witnesses choppy trade, Bharti Airtel rises
Feb 03 - The Times of India
Nigeria: Bharti Airtel Deal Gone Awry?
Feb 02 - AllAfrica News
Notices to 5 telcos for understating revenues
Jan 31 - The Times of India
World Economic Forum Davos 2012: 3G bidding has taken sheen off telecom industry, says Sunil Mittal
Jan 26 - The Times of India
Bharti slapped with Rs 1,067 cr tax notice
Jan 18 - The Times of India
Bharti Airtel faces Rs 1,067 crore TDS demand related to global ops
Jan 18 - The Times of India
Sensex rallies 195 points; IT, realty stocks climb
Dec 26 - The Times of India
Bharti Gains After Indian Tribunal Agrees to Hear 3G Disputes
Dec 26 - Business Week
Legal battle looms as Airtel, Idea, Vodafone told to stop 3G roaming
Dec 23 - The Times of India
Terminating 3G roaming pact to dent govt's credibility: Bharti Airtel
Dec 23 - The Times of India
Airtel officials sold shares worth Rs.4.6 crore
Nov 22 - The Times of India
Top telecom CEOs seek PM intervention on 3G roaming issue
Nov 22 - The Times of India
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Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile phone operator, added 2.01 million mobile users in April, taking its total subscribers in the country to 183.3 million, data from an industry body showed on Friday. (May 25)
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India's telecoms regulator on Sunday reaffirmed most of its proposed rules for an auction of mobile airwaves, including a steep base price for bids, despite howls of protests by carriers in the world's second-biggest mobile phone market. (May 13)
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India's telecoms regulator proposed a sharply-higher-than expected auction base price for 2G spectrum in what could be a blow to carriers that are set to lose their licences after a court order and are betting on the auction to win back permits. (Apr 23)
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Bharti Airtel has launched Broadband Wireless Access or 4G services in Kolkata on Tuesday. Will this 4G service be better than the existing 3G service provided by Airtel itself along with Vodafone, BSNL, Reliance and Tata?. (Apr 10)
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