Bharti Airtel
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| Bharti Enterprises (Airtel) | |
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| Type | Public, Listed on BSE |
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| Founded | 1985 |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, India |
| Key people |  Sunil Mittal |
| Industry | Telecom |
| Products | Mobile and Fixed-Line Telecommunication operator |
| Revenue |  USD 3.66 billion |
| Slogan | Express Yourself |
| Website | http://www.Bharti.com |
Bharti Airtel, formerly known as Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited (BTVL) is among India's largest mobile phone and Fixed Network operators. With more than 28.6 million subscriptions as of September 2006, the company is one of the world's fastest growing telecom companies. It offers its mobile services under the Airtel brand and is headed by Sunil Mittal, India's sixth richest men with a total worth of US$6.9 billion. The company is the only operator to provide mobile services in all the 23 circles in India. The company also provides telephone services and Internet access over DSL in 14 circles. The company complements its mobile, broadband & telephone services with national and international long distance services. The company also has a submarine cable landing station at Chennai, which connects the submarine cable connecting Chennai and Singapore. The company provides reliable end-to-end data and enterprise services to the corporate customers by leveraging its nationwide fiber optic backbone, last mile connectivity in fixed-line and mobile circles, VSATs, ISP and international bandwidth access through the gateways and landing station.
Although Bharti Airtel is the largest mobile service provider, BSNL, the state run mobile and wireline service provider is the market leader as of 31 December 2006 customer's base.
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[edit] Airtel
Airtel is the largest cellular service provider in India in terms of number of subscribers. Bharti Airtel owns the Airtel brand and provides the following services under the brand name Airtel: Mobile Services (using GSM Technology), Broadband & Telephone Services (Fixed line and Internet Connectivity), Long Distance Services and Enterprise Services (Telecommunications Consulting for corporates).
Leading international telecommunication companies such as Vodafone and SingTel hold partial stakes in Airtel.
[edit] Touchtel
Until September 18, 2004, Bharti provided fixed-line telephony and broadband services under the Touchtel brand. Bharti now provides all telecom services including fixed-line services under a common brand "Airtel"
[edit] Forbes Global 2000 Ranking - 2005
The Forbes Global 2000 list for the year 2005 ranked Bharti at 1336 [1].
[edit] In News
Recently Sunil Bharti's Airtel Launched its calling card in America specially for the NRI(Non-resident Indians) and people calling from America to India at a cheaper rate as compared to the tariff offered by other providers.
On February 12, 2007 Vodafone sold its 5.6% stake in AirTel back to AirTel for US $1.6 billion; and purchased a controlling stake in rival Hutchison Essar.
