Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 16 countries across Asia and Africa. It is headquartered in New Delhi, India. The company ranks amongst the top three mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high speed home broadband, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long-distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G, 4G wireless services and mobile commerce.
Company Website: www.airtel.in/
Bharti Airtel – The Smartphone Network
| 2021 | In March 2021, in the latest spectrum auction conducted by the Department of Telecom (Government of India), Bharti Airtel acquired 355.45 MHz spectrum across the Sub GHz, mid band and 2300 MHz bands for a total consideration of Rs. 18,699 crore (US$ 2.55 billion). In February 2021, with the launch of Airtel Advertisements, a strong brand interaction solution, Bharti Airtel entered the advertising market. In February 2021, Bharti Airtel and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. collaborated to speed up 5G deployment in India. In Hyderabad, Airtel recently became India's first telco to demonstrate 5G over a LIVE commercial network. |
| 2020 | In December 2020, Airtel launched the customer advisory board with an objective to make customers equal stakeholders in its product development journey. In November 2020, Airtel, through its subsidiary Nxtra Data Limited (Nxtra), signed a memorandum of understanding with the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation to set up two new data centre campuses in the state. In October 2020, Airtel marked its entry into the fast-growing cloud communications market with the launch of Airtel IQ. Airtel launched a new ad campaign, ‘Sab Kuch Try Karo, Fir Sahi Chuno’ and rolled out a new campaign 'Open to Questions', highlighting its aim to resolve every single customer query, learn quickly from failures and ensure these are not repeated In September 2020, Airtel launched Airtel Xstream Fiber with speeds upto 1 Gbps, to drive penetration of home broadband in India. Airtel’s subsidiary, Bharti International (Singapore), bought an additional 6.3% stake in Robi Axiata from NTT Docomo |
| 2019 | Airtel Payments Bank launched Bharosa savings account in which Rs. 500 (US$ 7.15) would be the minimum balance required. It also offered free accident cover of Rs. 5 lakh (US$ 7,154) Airtel launched its broadband service Airtel Xtream Fibre at Rs. 3,999 (US$ 57.21) Airtel upgraded its 4G network in Delhi NCR and deployed LTE 900 technology to boost indoor coverage |
| 2018 | Received a 10-year license to provide inflight and maritime connectivity and broadband services from Department of Telecommunications. |
| 2017 | Ranked amongst top 100 firms in 'The World's Most Innovative Companies' (2017) by Forbes Launches digital platform to offer integrated solutions |
| 2014 | Surpasses 300 million customers milestone Airtel and Apple launch India’s first 4G on mobile |
| 2012 | Announces partnership with Qualcomm for 4G |
| 2011 | Launches 3G services in Mumbai |
| 2006 | Changes its name from Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd. to Bharti Airtel Ltd. |
| 2003 | AirTel subscribers exceed 3 million mark |
| 2002 | Became the first company in India to come out with 100% book building issue |
| 1995 | Launched cellular services by the name 'AirTel' in Delhi Incorporated on July 7, 1995 as a company with limited liability under the Companies Act |