Airtel becomes third largest mobile operator globally

New Delhi: Bharati Airtel has moved up a position in global rankings to become the third largest mobile operator in the world, in terms of subscribers, the company said in a press release. It now has 303 million customers across 20 countries.

According to data posted by the World Cellular Information Service (WCIS), the top five mobile operators in terms of subscribers (in millions), are China Mobile (626.27), Vodafone Group (403.08), Bharti Airtel (303.10), China Unicom (299.09) and America Movil (274.14). 

Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of Bharti Airtel, said , “This is a major landmark in the journey of Airtel and underlines the strength of our business model and our brand that is loved by customers across 20 countries. I want to thank our employees and our business partners for supporting us through this exciting journey and with the mobile internet play about to happen in the developing world, things will only get brighter from here on.”

Airtel has also achieved the largest rural mobile customer base in India with nearly 100 million mobile customers, the release said.

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