Company History - Bharti Airtel

Bharti Tele-Ventures was incorporated on July 7, 1995 as a company

with
limited liability under the Companies Act, for promoting
telecommunications services. Bharti Tele-Ventures received
certificate
for commencement of business on January 18, 1996. The Company was
initially formed as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bharti Telecom
Limited. The chronology of events since Bharti Tele-Ventures was
incorporated in 1995 is as follows:

Calendar year & Events

1995

- Bharti Cellular launched cellular services'AirTel'in Delhi

1996

- STET International Netherlands NV, or STET, a company promoted by

Telecom Italia, Italy acquired a 20% equity interest in Bharti

Tele-Ventures

- Bharti Telenet launched cellular services in Himachal Pradesh

1997

- British Telecom acquired a 21.05% equity interest in Bharti

Cellular

- Bharti Telenet obtained a license for providing fixed-line

services
in Madhya Pradesh circle

- Bharti Telecom and British Telecom formed a 51% : 49% joint

venture,
Bharti BT, for providing VSAT services

1998
- Bharti Telecom and British Telecom formed a 51% : 49% joint
venture,
Bharti BT Internet for providing Internet services

- First Indian private fixed-line services launched in Indore in the

Madhya Pradesh circle on June 4, 1998 by Bharti Telenet thereby
ending
fixed-line services monopoly of DoT (now BSNL)

1999

- Warburg Pincus (through its investment company Brentwood

Investment
Holdings Limited) acquired a 19.05% equity interest in Bharti
Tele-Ventures

- Bharti Tele-Ventures (by acquiring a 63.45% equity interest in S

-Bharti Tele-Ventures has struck a deal with Shyam Telecom to buy out the latter's 67.5 per cent stake in cellular services
company Hexacom for Rs 430 crore.

-Bharti Tele garners 0 m via FCCBs

- Samsung India Electronics Limited has tied up with cellular
operator Bharti for bundling its mobile handsets with a connection.

-The Bharti group finalised a Rs 500-crore deal to share its

national long-distance (STD) network with VSNL in a first-of-its-kind
accord between two top telecom service providers in a bid to optimise
capacities in the NLD segment.

- Internet gateway and services provider, Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd.

(VSNL) has signed a Right to Use (RoU) agreement to deploy mobile
telephony major, Bharti Tele-Ventures' existing National Long
Distance (NLD) backbone.

-Airtel offers talktime transfer service

-Airtel has announced money-back guarantee offer in case of call drop

or poor network experience for its subscribers

-Bharti launches 2-in-1 card

-- Airtel launched two-way international roaming and GPRS for prepaid

customers in the Maharshtra and Goa circles

-India's leading cellular company Bharti Tele-Ventures has bagged the
Asian MobileNews operator of the year award in India and the
subcontinent

-Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd has awarded a million equipment

contract to Swedish telecoms company Ericsson

-Bharti Televentures announced formation of a new strategic business

unit to offer various telecom and IT services through a single
contact

-Bharti Televentures unveiled a mobile portal featuring sports,

entertainment and news among others
-Airtel ties up with Micro Tech to set up 'Mcops' vehicle security
system

-Bharti Tele-Venture on July 19 launched ring back tone service which

is a personalized mobile music service where the caller hears songs
and other sound clips instead of the traditional switchboard
ring-ring tone

-Airtel, a private telecom services provider, has commissioned its

first 24x7 customer service centre in Andhra Pradesh

-Airtel unveils Rs 199 pre paid card

-AirTel join hands with NMIMS to offer executive MBA programme

-AirTel introduces new scheme for hearing impaired in Maharashtra &

Goa

-AirTel inks pact with JP Mobile

- Rolls out Enhanced Data Rate for Global Evolution (EDGE) network in

Pune on September 9, 2004, Ties up with Nokia for sale of Nokia 6230,

an EDGE-enabled handset.

-AirTel unveils first virtual calling cards in India

-BTVL rolls out EDGE services in Bangalore

-Airtel rolls out Full Talktime Advantage card

-Airtel rolls out wi-fi services in Mumbai

-BTVL launches new 'Airtel Broadband Friendly Offer'

-Airtel launches GPRS services for pre-paid customers

-Airtel partners with ITPO to set up Wi-Fi network in Delhi

-Airtel launches EDGE services and a new pre-paid plan for Chennai

-Airtel introduces LAS in Karnataka

2005

-Airtel launches video services for its GPRS customers on February

22, 2005

-Airtel unveils new TV ad featuring Sachin, Sharukh

-Bharti Tele-Ventures launches telecom network in Andaman & Nicobar

-BTVL unveil fixed line, broadband services

-Bharti inks 5-m deal with Nokia for rural network expansion

-Bharti Tele Ventures Ltd has announced that Airtel, ICICI Bank &

VISA have joined hands to launch mChq - a revolutionary new service -

a credit card on the mobile phone
-Bharti Tele Ventures - Airtel introduces BlackBerry Connect in

India

-Bharti Tele Ventures announces agreement with Vodafone

-Airtel unveils 'free flight' offer

-Airtel unveils starter pack

-Bharti Tele-Ventures launches under sea cable system

2006

-Airtel unveils Re 1 STD plans

-Airtel launches NetXpert.

-Airtel launches Post2Pre recharging service on April 04,2006.

-Airtel sets up customer centre

-Mobile service provider Airtel today announced the launch of `Save

My Phone Contact' service for its pre-paid and post-paid customers in

Delhi
-Bharti Tele Ventures bags 'Wireless Service Provider of the Year' &

'Competitive Service Provider of the Year' awards

-Sunil Mittal bags CEO of the Year award

-Cellebrum join hands with Airtel

-Airtel Mega unveiled in Coimbatore

-Airtel joins hand with Microsoft

-Bharti Airtel Ltd has informed that Microsoft and the Company

announced a strategic partnership that will offer a range of software

and services for small and medium businesses (SMBs) in India.

-Bharti Airtel Ltd on Nov 8, announced a first-of-its-kind alliance

with the Adani Group for establishing an end-to-end modern
telecommunication network infrastructure for the latter's
multi-sector special economic zone (SEZ), located near Mundra Port in
Kutch district of Gujarat.

2007

-Bharti Airtel, telecom major, has come out with a slew of

initiatives including buying out SingTel's 50 per cent stake in joint
venture under sea cable company Network i2i for 0 million.

-Bharti Airtel on Feb 11, has been awarded QCI-DL Shah National Award
on Economics of Quality.
-Bharti Airtel Ltd has announced the following changes in the
operational leadership structure and roles in the Company effective
April 01, 2007.

-Bharti Airtel Ltd on April 01, 2007, has announced the reduction in
International Long Distance Tariffs (ISD) for all its mobile
customers in India.

-Airtel signs agreement with HTC for touch screen mobile