Project of Airtel
Project of Airtel
Project of Airtel
This article is about Bharti Airtel worldwide. For Bharti Airtel's telecommunication operations in
India, see Airtel India.
Type Public
ISIN INE397D01024
Industry Telecommunications
Website www.airtel.com
Bharti Airtel Limited is an Indian global telecommunications services company based in New
Delhi, India. It operates in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa. Airtel
provides GSM, 3G and 4G LTE mobile services, fixed line broadband and voice services
depending upon the country of operation. It is the largest mobile network operator in India and
the third largest in the world with 365 million subscribers.[5][6] Airtel was named India's second
most valuable brand in the first ever Brandz ranking by Millward Brown and WPP plc.[7]
Airtel is credited with pioneering the business strategy of outsourcing all of its business
operations except marketing, sales and finance and building the 'minutes factory' model of low
cost and high volumes. The strategy has since been adopted by several operators. [8] Airtel's
equipment is provided and maintained by Ericsson and Nokia Solutions and Networks[9] whereas
IT support is provided by IBM.[10] The transmission towers are maintained by subsidiaries and
joint venture companies of Bharti including Bharti Infratel and Indus Towers in India.[11] Ericsson
agreed for the first time to be paid by the minute for installation an