Bharti Airtel Ltd, India’s leading telecom player in terms of subscriber numbers and revenues, has entered into exclusive discussions with Kuwaiti telecom company Zain to acquire its African unit, Zain Africa BV.
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Category: Bharti Airtel
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) will expand and upgrade Bharti Airtel’s, India’s number one telecom services provider, 2.5 G network by 50 per cent across circles, under a $700-million GSM network contract signed between the companies. The contract includes network planning, implementation and project management, handling of local logistics and materials, and system integration for the base transceiver stations.
Bharti Airtel has launched a mobile applications store, Airtel App Central, which enables its subscribers to transform basic phones into high-end devices by downloading over 1,250 applications. These applications – both free and paid – are categorised under business, games, books, social networking and other needs.
India’s number one telecom services provider Bharti Airtel has launched a new SMS pack, ‘Lage Raho SMS’, under which the company will provide advantage of 500 free text messages. The package has been launched only for Mumbai circle.
India’s number one telecom services provider Bharti Airtel and Canada’s Research In Motion (RIM), the makers of BlackBerry handsets, has launched BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone in India. The BlackBerry Bold 9700 offers a wide range of communication and multimedia features for both professional and personal use.
Bharti Airtel recorded a net profit of Rs 2,237 crore during the quarter ended December 31, 2009, down by 3.75 per cent, compared with Rs 2,321 crore recorded for the same period a year ago. The company’s revenue rose to Rs 10,304 crore from Rs 9846 crore in the September quarter.
Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom service provider by revenues and subscriber base, is offering an additional talk time of Rs 26 on January 26, 2010 for pre-paid customers whose last four digits end with 2601.
Bharti Airtel Ltd, India’s largest telecom service provider by revenues and subscriber base, has set up a new division – International Business Group – to focus on expanding operations to international markets beyond India and South Asia.
Bharti Airtel Ltd will announce third quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2009, earnings on January 22.
Bharti Airtel Ltd, India’s largest telecom operator by subscriber numbers, has acquired a 70 per cent stake in Bangladesh’s Warid Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi’s Dhabi Group. Under the agreement, Bharti Airtel will make a fresh investment of $300 million to expand Warid Telecom’s operations, while it will get management and board control of the company.