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Incorporated on July 7, 1995, Bharti Airtel Ltd is a division of Bharti Enterprises. The businesses of Bharti Airtel are structured into two main strategic groups - Mobility and Infotel. The Mobility business provides GSM mobile services in all 23 telecommunications circles in India, while the Infotel business group provides telephone services and Internet access over DSL in 15 circles. The company complements its mobile, broadband, and 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. Bharti Tele-Ventures provides end-to-end data and enterprise services to corporate customers by leveraging its nationwide fibre-optic backbone, last mile connectivity in fixed-line and mobile circles, VSATs, ISP and international bandwidth access through the gateways and landing station. All of Bharti Tele-Ventures' services are provided under the Airtel brand.
As of September 2005, Bharti Tele-Ventures was the only company to provide mobile services in all 23 telecom circles in India.
By the end of October 2005, Bharti Tele-Ventures was serving more than 14.74 million GSM mobile subscribers and 1.10 million broadband and telephone (fixed line) customers.
The equity shares of Bharti Tele-Ventures are currently listed on the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) and the Stock Exchange, Mumbai (BSE). As of September 30, 2005, the main shareholders of Bharti Tele-Ventures were: Bharti Telecom Ltd (45.65%), a subsidiary of Bharti Enterprises; Singapore Telecom (15.69%), through its investment division Pastel Ltd; and, Warburg Pincus (5.65%), through its investment company Brentwood Investment Holdings Ltd). Other shareholders with more than a 1% stake were: Citi Group Global Markets Mauritius Pvt Ltd (2.99%); Europacific Growth Fund (2.04%); Morgan Stanley & Co International Ltd (1.93%); CLSA Merchant Bankers Ltd A/C Calyon (1.33%); Life Insurance Corporation of India (1.34%); and, The Growth Fund of America Inc (1.11%).
Sunil Bharti Mittal, the founder-chairman of Bharti Enterprises (which owns Airtel), is today, the most celebrated face of the telecom sector in India. He symbolises the adage that success comes to those who dream big and then work assiduously to deliver it. Sunil Bharti Mittal began his journey manufacturing spare parts for bicycles in the late 1970s. His strong entrepreneurial instincts gave him a unique flair for sensing new business opportunities. In the early years, Bharti established itself as a supplier of basic telecom equipment. His true calling came in the mid 1990s when the government opened up the sector and allowed private players to provide telecom services.
Bharti Enterprises accepted every opportunity provided by this new policy to evolve into India's largest telecommunications company and one of India's most respected brands. Airtel was launched in 1995 in Delhi. In the ensuing years, as the Airtel network expanded to several parts of India, the brand came to symbolise the very essence of mobile services.
Product
Airtel provides a host of voice and data products and services, including high-speed GPRS services. Airtel also offers a wide array of 'postpaid' and 'prepaid' mobile offers, with a range of tariff plans that target different segments. A comprehensive range of value-added, customised services are part of the unique package from Airtel. The company's products reflect a desire to constantly innovate. Some of these are reflected in the fact that Airtel was the first to develop a 'single integrated billing system'
Airtel comes to you from Bharti Airtel Limited - a part of the biggest private integrated telecom conglomerate, Bharti Enterprises. Bharti is the leading cellular service provider, with an all India footprint covering all 23 telecom circles of the country. It has over 21 million satisfied customers. Bharti Enterprises has been at the forefront of technology and has revolutionized telecommunications with its world class products and services. Established in 1976, Bharti has been a pioneering force in the telecom sector with many firsts and innovations to its credit. Bharti has many joint ventures with world leaders like Singtel (Singapore Telecom); Warburg Pincus, USA; Telia, Sweden; Asian infrastructure find, Mauritius; International Finance Corporation, USA and New York Life International, USA. Bharti provides a range of telecom services, which include Cellular, Basic, Internet and recently introduced National Long Distance. Bharti also manufactures and exports telephone terminals and cordless phones. Apart from being the largest manufacturer of telephone instruments in India, it is also the first company to export its products to the USA.
Airtel's journey to leadership began in Delhi in 1995. Since then, Airtel has established itself across India in sixteen states covering a
population of over 600 million people. Airtel will soon cover the entire country through a process of acquisitions and green field projects. With a presence in over 1,400 towns, Airtel today has the largest network capacity in the country.
In the last nine years Airtel has achieved many firsts and unique records: it was the first to launch nationwide roaming operations, it was the first to cross the one million and the five million customer marks. It was also the first to launch services overseas.
There are other 'firsts' credited to Airtel - many of them in the area of innovative products and services. Today, Airtel innovates in almost everything that it presents to the market. An excellent example is Easy Charge - India's first paperless electronic recharging facility for prepaid customers. As evidence of its fine record, Airtel has also been conferred with numerous awards. It won the prestigious Techies Award for 'being the best cellular services provider' for four consecutive years between 1997 and 2000 - a record that is still unmatched. And in 2003, it received the Voice & Data Award for being 'India's largest cellular service provider', amongst others.
As part of its continuing expansion, Airtel has invested over Rs. 1,065 billion in creating a new telecom infrastructure. In 2003/04, Bharti Tele-Ventures earned a gross profit of Rs. 16 billion on revenues of Rs. 50 billion.
As of September 2005, Bharti Tele-Ventures was the only company to provide mobile services in all 23 telecom circles in India.
By the end of October 2005, Bharti Tele-Ventures was serving more than 14.74 million GSM mobile subscribers and 1.10 million broadband and telephone (fixed line) customers.
The equity shares of Bharti Tele-Ventures are currently listed on the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) and the Stock Exchange, Mumbai (BSE). As of September 30, 2005, the main shareholders of Bharti Tele-Ventures were: Bharti Telecom Ltd (45.65%), a subsidiary of Bharti Enterprises; Singapore Telecom (15.69%), through its investment division Pastel Ltd; and, Warburg Pincus (5.65%), through its investment company Brentwood Investment Holdings Ltd). Other shareholders with more than a 1% stake were: Citi Group Global Markets Mauritius Pvt Ltd (2.99%); Europacific Growth Fund (2.04%); Morgan Stanley & Co International Ltd (1.93%); CLSA Merchant Bankers Ltd A/C Calyon (1.33%); Life Insurance Corporation of India (1.34%); and, The Growth Fund of America Inc (1.11%).
Sunil Bharti Mittal, the founder-chairman of Bharti Enterprises (which owns Airtel), is today, the most celebrated face of the telecom sector in India. He symbolises the adage that success comes to those who dream big and then work assiduously to deliver it. Sunil Bharti Mittal began his journey manufacturing spare parts for bicycles in the late 1970s. His strong entrepreneurial instincts gave him a unique flair for sensing new business opportunities. In the early years, Bharti established itself as a supplier of basic telecom equipment. His true calling came in the mid 1990s when the government opened up the sector and allowed private players to provide telecom services.
Bharti Enterprises accepted every opportunity provided by this new policy to evolve into India's largest telecommunications company and one of India's most respected brands. Airtel was launched in 1995 in Delhi. In the ensuing years, as the Airtel network expanded to several parts of India, the brand came to symbolise the very essence of mobile services.
Product
Airtel provides a host of voice and data products and services, including high-speed GPRS services. Airtel also offers a wide array of 'postpaid' and 'prepaid' mobile offers, with a range of tariff plans that target different segments. A comprehensive range of value-added, customised services are part of the unique package from Airtel. The company's products reflect a desire to constantly innovate. Some of these are reflected in the fact that Airtel was the first to develop a 'single integrated billing system'
Airtel comes to you from Bharti Airtel Limited - a part of the biggest private integrated telecom conglomerate, Bharti Enterprises. Bharti is the leading cellular service provider, with an all India footprint covering all 23 telecom circles of the country. It has over 21 million satisfied customers. Bharti Enterprises has been at the forefront of technology and has revolutionized telecommunications with its world class products and services. Established in 1976, Bharti has been a pioneering force in the telecom sector with many firsts and innovations to its credit. Bharti has many joint ventures with world leaders like Singtel (Singapore Telecom); Warburg Pincus, USA; Telia, Sweden; Asian infrastructure find, Mauritius; International Finance Corporation, USA and New York Life International, USA. Bharti provides a range of telecom services, which include Cellular, Basic, Internet and recently introduced National Long Distance. Bharti also manufactures and exports telephone terminals and cordless phones. Apart from being the largest manufacturer of telephone instruments in India, it is also the first company to export its products to the USA.
Airtel's journey to leadership began in Delhi in 1995. Since then, Airtel has established itself across India in sixteen states covering a
population of over 600 million people. Airtel will soon cover the entire country through a process of acquisitions and green field projects. With a presence in over 1,400 towns, Airtel today has the largest network capacity in the country.
In the last nine years Airtel has achieved many firsts and unique records: it was the first to launch nationwide roaming operations, it was the first to cross the one million and the five million customer marks. It was also the first to launch services overseas.
There are other 'firsts' credited to Airtel - many of them in the area of innovative products and services. Today, Airtel innovates in almost everything that it presents to the market. An excellent example is Easy Charge - India's first paperless electronic recharging facility for prepaid customers. As evidence of its fine record, Airtel has also been conferred with numerous awards. It won the prestigious Techies Award for 'being the best cellular services provider' for four consecutive years between 1997 and 2000 - a record that is still unmatched. And in 2003, it received the Voice & Data Award for being 'India's largest cellular service provider', amongst others.
As part of its continuing expansion, Airtel has invested over Rs. 1,065 billion in creating a new telecom infrastructure. In 2003/04, Bharti Tele-Ventures earned a gross profit of Rs. 16 billion on revenues of Rs. 50 billion.