Bharti Airtel crosses 60mn customer mark

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Bharti Airtel crosses 60mn customer mark

This article was posted on Feb 13, 2008 and is filed under Press Releases

Bharti Airtel Limited, India’s leading telecommunication services provider, today said that it has achieved the 60 million customer mark. This landmark has catapulted Bharti Airtel into the club of top mobile operators in the world in terms of subscriber base. The 60 million customer base covers mobile as well as fixed line and broadband customers.

Commenting on this major global landmark, Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharti Airtel said, “To be amongst the top global telcos is a significant achievement not only for us but also for the Indian telecom industry. This landmark once again underlines the strength of India’s telecom story and Bharti Airtel is proud to have played a pioneering role in providing affordable telecom services to millions of people across every corner of the country.”

Added Mr. Manoj Kohli, President & CEO, Bharti Airtel, “This is a major milestone in our journey towards the 100 million customers mark and gives the company a truly global scale. Over the last few months, we have recorded phenomenal customer growth and this is a testimony to the depth and width of our network as well as our focus on providing affordable services to all. We are fully committed to taking our network deeper into rural India.”

Bharti Airtel is amongst the fastest growing telecom companies in the world. The company crossed the 50 million customer mark in October 2007. The company added the next 10 million customers across mobile, fixed line and broadband in just over 4 months. The company had crossed the 10 million customer mark in January 2005 and in July 2006 it crossed the 25 million customer mark.

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