Bharti Airtel Limited or BHARTIARTL

The Company was incorporated on July 7, 1995, is the flagship company of Bharti Enterprises and has a diverse business portfolio that created global brands in the telecommunication sector. It is Asia’s leading integrated telecom services provider with its operations in both India and Sri Lanka. Also, the company has been at the forefront of the telecom technology revolution and transformed the sector with its world-class services functioning on the best technologies. It is one of India’s leading business groups with several interests in sectors such as telecom, retail, manufacturing, agribusiness, and financial services. Recently, it has forayed into retail business as Bharti Retail Pvt. Ltd. under a MoU with the WalMart specifically for the cash & carry business. The Company also launched an international venture with the EL Rothschild Group for exporting fresh Agri products exclusively in Europe and the USA. Also, the company launched Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Ltd under a JV with AXA, a world leader in both financial protection as well as wealth management. It is India’s largest integrated and the first private telecom services provider that has its footprint in 23 telecom circles. Since the Company's inception, it is at the forefront of technology and also directed the course for the telecom sector in India along with its world-class products & services. The businesses of the Company are structured in three individual strategic business units or SBU’s – Mobile Services, Airtel Telemedia Services & Enterprise Services. In this, the mobile business also provides mobile & fixed wireless services using GSM technology in 23 telecom circles. Whereas, the Airtel Telemedia Services business offers broadband & telephone services in about 95 cities and has recently launched India's best Direct to Home (DTH) service named Airtel digital TV. It also provides end–to–end telecom solutions to corporate clients and both national & international long distance services to carriers. The brand Airtel offers such services as it has a high-speed optic fiber network that spans over 90,205 km and covers all the major cities in India. Also, the company has two international landing stations in Chennai that connect two submarine cable systems such as i2i to Singapore and SEA-ME-WE-4 to Europe. The Company's, Singapore wholly-owned subsidiary, was incorporated on April 2, 2007, and will obtain a license to enable interconnecting the i2i cable with other submarine cable systems landing in Singapore. It will provide increased onward connectivity to the US West Coast and cater to connectivity needs in the Asia Pacific and for carrying the business of International Calling Card Services.

Some Product and Services offered by the Company:

• Mobile
• Prepaid
• Postpaid
• Broadband & Internet
• Speed on demand
• Airtel PC secure
• Airtel Net PC
• IPTV
• Digital TV
• Data and IP Solutions
• Wireless Internet
• Data Card
• USB Modem
• Email on the go
• Windows Mobile 5.0
• Airtel Easy Mail
• Calling Cards
• International Calling Cards
• Airtel Call Home
• Airtel World Calling Cards
• Voice Solutions Conferencing

Some of the Milestones:

• 2014: The Airtel crosses 200 million mobile clients mark in India.
• 2013: The Airtel signs a definitive agreement to acquire Warid Uganda fully.
• 2012: The Company moves one notch in the global ranking to be the fourth-largest mobile operator worldwide in terms of the subscribers.
• 2011: Bharti Airtel and other global telcos launched EIG for Commercial use.
• 2011: The Company partners with Savvis for enhancing the Managed Service offerings.
• 2010: The Company launches a high-capacity direct terrestrial link between India and China.
• 2010: The Company was rated as India’s Best Enterprise Connectivity Provider.
• 2010: The Company launched Global Data Services in Thailand & Malaysia.

Some of the Achievements:

• The Company ranked fourth in Transparency in 2013.
• The Company won top honors at the 7th Frost & Sullivan ICT Awards in 2008.
• Bharti Airtel was awarded the 'Best Cellular Service Provider' and 'Best Broadband Service Provider' at the 2008 V&D 100 Awards.
• The Company was voted as India's most innovative company, according to a survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal.
• The Company was voted the 2nd Most Trusted Service Brand in the Annual Economic Times-Brand Equity, and the Most Trusted Brands survey.
• Also, Airtel received the Platinum Trusted Brand Award in the category of Mobile Service provider in the Reader's Digest Asia Trusted Brands Survey.
• Airtel bagged the 'Wireless Service Provider of the Year' award in 2008 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards.
• The Company was voted as India’s most innovative company, according to a survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal in 2008.=
• The winner of the “Gallup Great Workplace Award Gallup Consulting in 2008.
• “The 2nd Most Trusted Service Brand” – Annual Economic Times-Brand Equity, Most Trusted Brands survey in 2008.
• ‘Best Content Service’ Award for its Farmer Information Dissemination Platform for the Bharti Airtel’s JV with IFFCO, IKSL (IFFCO Kisan Samachar) - World Communications Awards in 2008.
• 'Best Project Management’ Award for its Gujarat e–GRAM project - World Communications Awards in 2008.
• “The Best Telecom Company” at the NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards.
• Best Carrier India for new and innovative products & services and efficient cost models and the Ovum Telco-Transformation award for recognizing philosophy and execution of a successful outsourcing strategy at the Telecom Asia Awards in 2008.
• Sunil Bharti Mittal was awarded the GSM Association Chairman’s Award in 2008. The highest honor in the global telecom sector recognized his huge contribution to the development of India’s telecom sector.
• Sunil Bharti Mittal adjudged the “Business Leader Transforming India in 2008 at the NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards.
• Bharti Airtel received the ‘Most Preferred Cellular Service Provider Brand’ award at the CNBC Awaaz Consumer Awards in Mumbai.
• Also, Bharti Airtel received the prestigious Business world-FICCI-SEDF Corporate Social Responsibility Award in 2009–2010.