Airtel India

This article is about the local mobile network operator in India. For the global telecommunication brand, see Bharti Airtel.

Airtel India
Airtel
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded7 July 1995; 29 years ago (1995-07-07)[1]
FounderSunil Mittal
HeadquartersBharti Crescent, 1, Nelson Mandela Road, New Delhi, India[1]
Area served
India
Key people
Products
ParentBharti Airtel
Websiteairtel.in

Airtel India is the second largest provider of mobile telephony and third largest provider of fixed telephony in India, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television services.[2] The brand is operated by several subsidiaries of Bharti Airtel, with Bharti Hexacom and Bharti Telemedia providing broadband fixed line services and Bharti Infratel providing telecom passive infrastructure service such as telecom equipment and telecom towers.[3][4] Currently, Airtel provides 5G, 4G and 4G+ services all over India. Currently offered services include fixed-line broadband, and voice services depending upon the country of operation. Airtel had also rolled out its VoLTE technology across all Indian telecom circles.[5]

Airtel is the first Indian telecom service provider to achieve Cisco Gold Certification.[6] It also acts as a carrier for national and international long-distance communication services. The company has a submarine cable landing station at Chennai, with a connection to Singapore.[7][8] Airtel was named India's second most valuable brand in the first ever Brandz ranking by Millward Brown and WPP plc in 2014.[9][10]

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  3. ^ "Bharti Hexacom Limited: Private Company Information". Bloomberg.
  4. ^ "Profile: Bharti Infratel Ltd (BHRI.NS)". Reuters. Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Airtel Plans to Launch Its 4G VoLTE Services Later This Year, Says CEO". NDTV Gadgets360.com. 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  6. ^ Agencies (22 August 2010). "Bharti Airtel gets Gold Certification". Express India. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2010.
  7. ^ "Press Release on Telecom Subscription Data as on 31 October 2020" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 31 October 2020.
  8. ^ Reporter, B. S. (13 September 2016). "Top three telcos have 61% market share". Business Standard India. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  9. ^ "HDFC Bank named India's most valuable brand in Brandranking". 19 August 2014. Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
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