AiRtEl

By Abhilash,Abhimanyu & Ashutosh (1st Sem, M.B.A.)

History of Airtel:- Bharti Cellular launched cellular services 'AiRtEl‘ in Delhi in

1995,Himachal Pradesh in 1997, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh circles in 1999

In 1998, Bharti Telenet obtained a license for providing fixed-line services in Madhya Pradesh circle and in the same year, Bharti Telecom and British Telecom formed a 51% : 49% joint venture

In 1999, New York Life Insurance Fund acquired a 3% equity interest in Bharti Cellular.

In 2001, Bharti Cellular entered into a joint venture, Bharti Aqua net, with SingTel for establishing a submarine cable landing station at Chennai.

In 2002, Bharti Cellular entered into license agreements to provide cellular services in eight new circles.

In 2002, Bharti Cellular Ties up with Secondary School Certification Board, Hyderabad, where Bharti will announce SSC results to its customers on their mobile phones.

History……… In the same year,2002,ICICI Bank ties up with Bharti for pre-paid

mobile cards via ATMs. In 2003, Bharti Group's cellular brand Airtel has unveiled free

multimedia messaging services (MMS) for its customers. The company has also rolled out pan-India GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) for its corporate subscribers.

Launches its `IndiaOne MeetXpress' audio-conferencing service(2003)

Airtel provides SMS facilities to hearing impaired in Chennai(2003)

In 2003, Airtel Subscribers exceed 3 million mark. In 2004, Bharti Cellular entered into license agreements to

provide cellular services in 6 new circles including Uttar Pradesh (East), West Bengal & Andaman Nicobar, Orissa, Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir.

Same year Airtel launches GPRS services for pre-paid customers

Mission & Vision :-

Company’s VISION

* "To provide global telecom services and have delight customers.“

Company’s MISSION

* Error- free service delivery  

* Innovative products and services  

* Cost efficiency  

* Unified Messaging Solutions

* has a target of 125 million subscribers by 2010

Company's Vision & promise:-

By 2010 Airtel will be the most admired brand in India:

* Loved by more customers

* Targeted by top talent

* Benchmarked by more businesses

Airtel’s VISION “We at Airtel always think in fresh and innovative ways about the needs of our customers and how we want them to feel. We deliver what we promise and go out of our way to delight the customer with a little bit more”.

General Achievements & Milestones :- Airtel bags 'Wireless Service Provider of the Year' &

'Competitive Service Provider of the Year' awards in the year 2006.

Bharti Airtel on Feb 11 2007 , has been awarded QCI-DL Shah National Award on Economics of Quality.

This Awards is given under different categories. These are:

Category A – Public Sector Enterprises

Category B – Large Scale Units

->Category B1 – Manufacturing Sector

->Category B2 – Service Sector

Category C – Micro, Small & Medium Scale Units

->Category C1 – Manufacturing Sector

->Category C2 – Service Sector

General Achievements & Milestones :-

Bharti Airtel is one of India's leading private sector providers of telecommunications services based on an aggregate of 102,367,881 GSM mobile and 2,827,881 broadband & telephone (fixed line) customers (Status as at month ended June 30, 2009).

Globally, Bharti Airtel is the 3rd largest in-country mobile operator by subscriber base, behind China Mobile and China Unicom.

Has completed 100% verification of its subscribers and in the process disconnected three lakh (300,000) subscribers

In addition to telecom services, Airtel also recently acquired a 4-star luxury 124-bedroom hotel in Seychelles, called Le Meridian Barbarons Beach Hotel.

In India, the company has a 24.6% share of the wireless services market, followed by 17.7% for Reliance Communications and 17.4% for Vodafone Essar.

Bharti Airtel is now connecting India to Europe under its Europe India gateway [EIG]project. The company is building 15,000 km 3.84 Terabit OFC sub-marine cable system connecting Europe [London] to India via the Middle East. The project is expected to cost $700 million, which is to be completed by 2010..

Sunil Bharti Mittal, the CMD of Airtel,has been conferred one of the highest civilian award – Padma Bhushan.

CMD's(Founder) Profile:- Sunil Bharti Mittal He started his career at a young age of 18 after graduating from

Punjab University in India and then he founded Bharti. Chairman & Managing Director

since October 2001 Age: 49 years Today, at 49, he heads a successful enterprise, amongst the top 5

in India, with a market capitalization of over US$ 40 billion and employing over 30,000 people.

He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, USA. He has been conferred one of the highest civilian award –

Padma Bhushan. He has been conferred the degree of Doctor of Science by the G

B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology.

Airtel:- The businesses at Bharti Airtel have been structured into three

individual strategic business units (SBU’s) - Mobile Services, Airtel Telemedia Services & Enterprise Services.

The mobile business provides mobile & fixed wireless services using GSM technology across 22 telecom circles while the Airtel Telemedia Services business offers broadband & telephone services in 95 cities and has recently launched a Direct-to-Home (DTH) service, Airtel digital TV.

The company provides end-to-end data and enterprise services to the corporate customers through its nationwide fiber optic backbone, last mile connectivity in fixed-line and mobile circles, VSATs, ISP and international bandwidth access through the gateways and landing station.

The call center operations for the mobile services have been outsourced to

IBM Daksh, Hinduja TMT, Teletech & Mphasis. The company’s mobile network equipment partners include Ericsson

and Nokia.

Airtel Lanka:-

In December 2008, Bharti Airtel rolled out third generation services in Sri Lanka in association with Singtel.

Singlet is a major player in the 3G space in Asia. It operates third generation networks in several markets across Asia.

Airtel's operation in Sri Lanka, known as Airtel Lanka, commenced operations on the 12th of January 2009.

Products:-

Airtel Connections Postpaid

Airtel Connections Prepaid

Airtel Data Cards

Airtel Blackberry phones

* On 19 October 2004 Airtel announced the launch of a Blackberry Wireless Solution in India. The launch is a result of a tie-up between Bharti Tele- Ventures Limited and Research In Motion (RIM).

Airtel I Phones

* As of 22 August 2008, the Apple iPhone 3G is available in India on Airtel and Vodafone.

Product:-

Airtel Digital TV

* On 9 October 2008, Airtel joined the DTH bandwagon in India with Airtel Digital TV, a Direct-to-Home Television service.

Subscriber Base ..

The Airtel subscriber base according to TRAI - Telecom Regulatory Authority of India as of February 2009 was:

Chennai - 2,133,677 Delhi - 4,671,177 Mumbai - 2,791,963 Kolkata - 2,456,896 Madhya Pradesh - 7,690,609 Gujarat - 3,981,660 Andhra Pradesh - 8,892,353 Karnataka - 9,820,812 Tamil Nadu - 6,003,040 Kerala - 2,169,633

Subscriber Base ..

West Bengal & Andaman and Nicobar - 3,501,560 Bihar - 7,152,245 Orissa - 2,811,453 Assam - 1,448,389 Himachal Pradesh - 951,121 Jammu & Kashmir - 1,590,935 Uttar Pradesh (West) - 2,256,862 Uttar Pradesh (East) - 5,722,386 Rajasthan - 6,704,274 Punjab - 3,754,405 Maharashtra - 6,248,906 ……………

Fact sheet..Name Bharti Airtel Limited.

Business Description Provides mobile, broadband & telephone (fixed line) and enterprise services (carriers & services to corporate)

Established 07, 1995, as a Public Limited Company

Proportionate Revenue Rs. 369,615 million (year ended March 31, 2009-Audited)

Rs. 270,250 million (year ended March 31, 2008-Audited) As per Indian GAAP Accounts

Proportionate EBITDA Rs. 151,678 million (year ended March 31, 2009 - Audited)Rs. 113,715 million (year ended March 31, 2008 - Audited)As per Indian GAAP Accounts

Shares in Issue 1,898,373,280 as at June 30, 2009

Listings Stock Exchange, Mumbai (BSE)The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE)

Customer Base 102,367,881 GSM mobile and 2,827,881 Telemedia Customers (status as on June 30, 2009)

Operational Network Provides GSM mobile services in all the 22 telecom circles in India, and was the first private operator to have an all India presence.Provides broadband (DSL) and telephone services (fixed line) in 95 cities in India.

Registered Office Bharti Airtel Limited(A Bharti Enterprise)Qutab Ambience (at Qutab Minar), Mehrauli Road,New Delhi - 110 030Tel. No.: +91 11 4166 6000, +91 11 4166 6011/12(Fax)

Reference :-

WEBSITES: * www.airtel.com

* www.bharti.com SEARCH ENGINES * www.google.com

* www.msn.com * www.yahoo.com

Acronym:-

• GAAP=Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

• EBITDA=Earnings Before Interest, Taxes and Depreciation.

• GSM=Global system for mobile communication

• VSAT =Very Small Aperture Terminal

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