Airtel now world’s third largest mobile operator

Bharti Airtel, a telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa, yesterday said that it has become the third largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers.

As per the latest data published by WCIS, Airtel with over 303 million mobile subscribers across its operations, has moved up one position in the global rankings.

Airtel began operations in November 1995 in New Delhi, India and in less than two decades it has emerged as one of the top brands in the emerging markets with an unmatched scale and diversity of operations.

Bharti Airtel chairperson Sunil Bharti Mittal said: “This is a major landmark in the journey of Airtel and underlines the strength of our business model and our brand that is loved by customers across 20 countries.

“Today, we seamlessly manage global scale operations in diverse geographies and deliver the same world-class services to each customers, this perhaps is one of our biggest achievements.”—Bharti Airtel