Bharti Airtel crosses 300 million customers milestone

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Bharti Airtel today announced that it has crossed the 300 million customers mark across its operations. The milestone includes customers across mobile, fixed line and DSL, and DTH services.

Bharti Airtel, which began operations in 1995, reached the 100 million customers mark in 2009 and crossed the 200 million mark in 2012.

The latest 100 million customers have joined the Airtel family in less than two years. The company ranks as the fourth largest mobile service provider globally and second largest globally outside of China.

Gopal Vittal, MD and CEO (India and South Asia) Bharti Airtel said, "This milestone underlines the strength of our operations, which is one of the largest on a global scale. It is also a tribute to the ‘Airtel' brand which is trusted by customers in 20 countries, making it the largest global consumer brand out of India. Today, telecom is at the cusp of transformation, which, going forward will be driven as much by the force of technology as by the changing demographics in emerging markets across Asia and Africa. Accelerated data consumption by the youth is going to be the underlying story. I am confident that Airtel will continue to be at the forefront of this future growth story and continue to delight customers by adding value to their lives."

Airtel's mobile networks cover over 1.85 billion people across its operations in 20 countries and carry over 311 billion minutes of calls every quarter.