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Airtel had also rolled out its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) technology across all Indian telecom circles. [5] It is the second largest mobile network operator in India and the second largest mobile network operator in the world. [4] Airtel was named India's 2nd most valuable brand in the first ever Brandz ranking by Millward Brown and WPP plc. [6]
Bharti Telecom (BTL), is a holding company of Bharti Airtel with Bharti Enterprises and SingTel owning 50.56 percent and 49.44 percent, respectively, in BTL, which in turn owns 35.80 percent of Bharti Airtel. [7] Bharti Airtel is the third largest mobile operator in the world, in subscriber base, and has a presence across 18 countries. [8]
Airtel launched 4G services on mobile from February 2014. The first city to get the service was Bangalore. [24] [25] Airtel has started their 4G services in Karnal and Yamunanagar in Haryana on 16 June 2015. [26] Airtel 4G trials has been started in Delhi from 18 June 2015. [27] Airtel had 95,173,000 4G subscribers as of June 2019. [28]
Post-merger, Bharti Airtel received a 36.73% stake in the merged entity and Vodafone Group held a 28.12% stake. [5] The remaining shares are held by private equity firm Providence Equity Partners (3.1%) and public shares (35.2%). [21] The merger made Indus Towers the second largest telecom tower infrastructure operator in the world. [22]
Airtel Networks Limited (Airtel Nigeria), commonly known as Airtel, is a leading mobile network operator in Nigeria. According to the Subscribers statistics released by Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on 30 August 2019, Airtel Nigeria has 26.8% mobile telephone market share and 46.8 million subscribers.
Post-merger, Bharti Airtel held a 36.73% stake in Indus Towers, with Vodafone Group Plc holding 28.12%, [7] and 3.1% shares held by Providence Equity. [ 4 ] Currently Indus Towers is a subsidiary of Bharati Airtel after the latter increased it's stake to 50.005% & Vodafone Group Plc exited the company
On 12 October 2017, Bharti Airtel announced that it would acquire the consumer mobile businesses of Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices Maharastra Ltd (TTML) in a debt-free cash-free deal. The deal will essentially be free for Airtel which will only incur TTSL's unpaid spectrum payment liability.
Airtel Gabon has 829,000 customers and its market share stood at 61%. [28] Kenya Airtel Kenya: Airtel Kenya is the second largest operator and has about 9 million customers. [29] Madagascar Airtel Madagascar Airtel holds second place in the mobile telecom market in Madagascar, has a 39% market share and over 1.4 million customers. [26] Malawi