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Bharti Airtel becomes the fourth largest mobile operator in the world
Over 250 million mobile subscribers
NAIROBI, Kenya, October 21, 2012/ -- Bharti Airtel (http://www.airtel.com),
a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20
countries across South Asia and Africa moved up one notch in the world
wide ranking to be the fourth largest mobile operator in the world in
terms of subscribers. (Source: Wireless Intelligence ‘Scoreboard’).
Top Five Operators Globally:
Operator
|
Connections
(millions)*
|
YoY Growth,
connections
|
China Mobile
|
683.08
|
11 %
|
Vodafone Group
|
386.88
|
5 %
|
America Movil Group
|
251.83
|
7 %
|
Bharti Airtel
|
250.04
|
13 %
|
Telefonica Group
|
243.51
|
7 %
|
(Source: Wirelessintelligence.com
(Mobile operator worldwide group global ranking by connections, Q2 2012)
*Connections
are aggregated as the sum of each group’s subsidiaries where a minimum
of 50 % plus one share economic interest is held.
At
the end of the quarter ended June 2012, the Company had over 250
million mobile subscribers across its operations, representing 13%
Y-o-Y growth.
Bharti
Airtel had become the fifth largest mobile operator in the world
following its acquisition of Zain Group’s mobile operations across 15
African nations in June 2010.
Distributed by the African Press Organization on behalf of Bharti Airtel Limited.
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About Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel Limited (http://www.airtel.com)
is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20
countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the
company ranks amongst the top 5 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 DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including
national & international long distance services to carriers. In the
rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G wireless services and mobile
commerce. Bharti Airtel had over 259 million customers across its
operations at the end of September 2012. To know more please visit, http://www.airtel.com
SOURCE
Bharti Airtel Limited
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