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
| 2020 | 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 |
Updated: May, 2019