Bharti Airtel Largest Private Integrated Telecom Company in India 3rd Largest Wireless Operator in the World Largest & Fastest Growing Wireless Operator in India Largest Telecom Company listed on Indian Stock
History of bharti 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 Telnet 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 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 India One Meet Xpress' audio-conferencing service(2003)
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: 53 years 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.
Organization Structure
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.
Airtel Digital TV * On 9 October 2008, Airtel joined the DTH bandwagon in India with Airtel Digital TV, a Direct-to-Home Television service.
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
PRESENT COMPETITION National Long Distance BSNL, RELIANCE, VSNL, VODAPHONE, TATA, IDEA International Long Distance VSNL, RELIANCE , BSNL
SWOT Strengths Largest Telecom Player in India . Strategic Alliance with other stakeholders in Bharti Airtel include Sony-Ericsson, Nokia - and Sing Tel. Pan India Presence Strong Financials Weakness Outsourcing of Core Systems Lack of emerging market investment opportunity
SWOT Opportunities Bharti Infratel Cutting Down cost in Rural area. Match Box Strategy Scale of Penetration.
Low Broadband Penetration, Rural Telephony Threats India centric Major revenues from India Falling ARPU & AMOU Intense Competition & Shortage of Bandwidth
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