Airtel becomes the third largest mobile operator globally
Bharti Airtel, the parent company of Airtel Bangladesh, became the third largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers, the company said in a statement yesterday.
Airtel jumped one position in the global ranking to achieve the third place serving 303 million customers across 20 countries, according to data from the World Cellular Information Service.
Airtel's mobile networks cover over 1.85 billion people across its operations in 20 countries and carried over 1.23 trillion minutes of calls and over 333 petabytes of data in fiscal 2014-15, according to the statement.
“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,” said Sunil Bharti Mittal, chairman of Airtel.
In India, Airtel has the widest 3G footprint covering approximately 86.8 percent of the country's population and has the largest rural mobile customer base serving over 100 million mobile customers in rural markets, Mittal said.
In Bangladesh, it is the fastest growing mobile operator, with a distribution network comprising over 146,000 retailers.
In Africa, Airtel is the largest mobile operator in terms of geographical footprint. It offers 2G, 3G services and Airtel Money across all 17 countries in Africa. In Sri Lanka, it provides voice, data and enterprise solutions.
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