Bharti Airtel Limited, usually referred to simply as "airtel", is a Indian

telecommunications company that operates in 19 countries across South Asia, Africa and
the Channel Islands. It operates a GSM network in all countries, providing 2G or 3G
services depending upon the country of operation. Airtel is the fifth largest telecom
operator in the world with over 200 million subscribers as of October 2010. It is the
largest cellular service provider in India, with over 143 million subscribers as of
September 30, 2010.[3] Airtel is the 3rd largest in-country mobile operator by subscriber
base, behind China Mobile and China Unicom. It has a 29.00% market share of the GSM
mobile service in India
Brief history
Bharti Airtel was established as Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited in 1985. This
telecommunication company is a joint stock holding enterprise headquartered in
New Delhi. Bharti Airtel, commonly called 'Airtel' is among largest mobile service
operator with a subscriber base of over 200 million subscribers as of October 2010.
Airtel has a submarine cable landing station in Chennai connecting this South
Indian city to Singapore.
It is known for being the first mobile phone company in the world to outsource
everything except marketing and sales and finance. Its network (base stations, microwave
links, etc.) is maintained by Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Network and Huawei.,[5] business
support by IBM and transmission towers by another company (Bharti Infratel Ltd. in
India).[6
Products and services
Services offered by Bharti Airtel can be classified into:

Mobile services – Based on number of customers Bharti Airtel is largest mobile

service operator in India. This company offers mobile services based on GSM
technology. For convenience of its customers Bharti Airtel has both pre- paid and
post paid facilities.
Enterprise business – Bharti Airtel provides integrated services comprising
mobile, telephone, broadband, data and connectivity services internationally as
well as nationally for small, medium and large scale enterprises. Its carrier
service provides network connectivity through optic fiber over a distance of more
than 35,000 km. Bharti Airtel is a member of South East Asia – Middle East –
Western Europe – 4 consortium which includes 15 global telecommunication
service providers.
Airtel Telemedia Services – This company offers high speed broadband
services through landlines in 94 cities.