History of AirTel

Bharti Airtel, aforetime accepted as Bharti Tele-Ventures LTD (BTVL) is India's better cellular account provider with added than 92 actor subscribers as of February 2009. It aswell offers anchored band casework and broadband services. It offers its TELECOM casework beneath the Airtel cast and is headed by Sunil Bharti Mittal. The aggregation aswell provides blast casework and Internet admission over DSL in 14 circles. It aswell acts as a carrier for civic and all-embracing continued ambit advice services. The aggregation has a abysmal cable landing abject at Chennai, which connects the abysmal cable connectingChennai and Singapore.

The businesses at Bharti Airtel accept been structured into three alone cardinal business units (SBU's) - Adaptable Services,

Airtel Telemedia Casework & Action Services. The adaptable business provides adaptable & anchored wireless casework application GSM technology beyond 23 telecom circles while the Airtel Telemedia Casework business offers broadband & blast casework in 95 cities and has afresh launched a Direct-to-Home (DTH) service, Airtel agenda TV. The aggregation provides end-to-end abstracts and action casework to the accumulated barter through its civic cilia optic backbone, endure mile connectivity in fixed-line and adaptable circles, VSATs, ISP and all-embracing bandwidth admission through the gateways and landing station.

Globally, Bharti Airtel is the 3rd better in-country adaptable abettor by subscriber base, abaft China Adaptable and China Unicom. In India, the aggregation has a 24.6% allotment of the wireless casework market, followed by 17.7% for Reliance Communications and 17.4% for Vodafone Essar

Airtel is a cast of telecommunication casework in India and Sri Lanka endemic and operated by Bharti Airtel. It is the better cellular account provider in India in agreement of amount of subscribers. Casework are offered beneath the cast name Airtel: Adaptable Casework (using GSM Technology), Broadband & Blast Casework (Fixed line, Internet Connectivity (DSL) and Leased Line), Continued Ambit Casework and Action Casework (Telecommunications Consulting for corporate). It has attendance in all 23 circles of the country and covers 71% of the accepted citizenry (as of FY07).

Airtel Sri Lanka

In December 2008, Bharti Airtel formed out third bearing casework in Sri Lanka in affiliation with Singtel. SingTel, is a above amateur in the 3G amplitude in Asia. It operates third bearing networks in several markets beyond Asia. It had been abundantly criticised in contempo times on its disability to alpha operation even two years afterwards its acceptance and proposed date of launch.

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

In 2009, Airtel aswell accommodate broadband at 16mbps top speed. Now It Is the No 1 Broadband Account Providers in India

Touchtel

Until September 18, 2004, Bharti provided fixed-line telephony and broadband casework beneath the Touchtel brand. Bharti now provides all telecom casework including fixed-line casework beneath a accepted cast "Airtel"

BlackBerry

On 19 October 2004 Airtel appear the barrage of a BlackBerry Wireless Solution in India. The barrage is a aftereffect of a amalgamation amid Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited and Research In Motion (RIM).

Digital TV

On 9 October 2008, Airtel abutting the DTH appearance in India with Airtel Agenda TV, a Direct-to-Home Television service.

iPhone 3G

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