Bharti Airtel is one of India’s leading telecommunications firms. Bharti Airtel is headquartered in the national capital - New Delhi. The history of Bharti Airtel can be traced back to 1995. In that year, Indian industrialist Sunil Bharti Mittal incorporated Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited. Initially, Bharti Telecom owned a hundred per cent stake in Bharti Tele-Ventures. Brand ‘Airtel’ commenced operations in 1995 when cellular services were launched in Delhi for the first time. The following year Airtel expanded its services to the neighbouring state of Himachal Pradesh. As the years passed, Airtel expanded to other states and regions till eventually, it was available all across India. In the late 1990s, Bharti Telecom and British Telecom came together to launch VSAT and internet services in India. In 1998, Madhya Pradesh was the state in which Bharti Airtel launched its first fixed-line services in India. Bharti Airtel, in another step forward, issued its Initial Public Offer (IPO) in 2002 and was thus listed on Indian stock exchanges. Bharti Airtel in 2003 brought all its cellular phone operations across the country under a single brand name - ‘Airtel’. The following year, Bharti Airtel launched the popular calling feature ‘Hello Tunes’ in India. In 2010, Airtel purchased the African business of Zain Telecom which is a Kuwait-based telecom firm. Airtel underwent a rebranding exercise in 2011. The telecom major introduced a new logo and brand identity which is currently in use. In order to launch 4G services in India, Airtel and US-based firm Qualcomm came together in 2012. This helped Bharti Airtel become the first telecom company to launch 4G mobile data services in 2015. The Indian arm of Telenor Communications in 2018 was acquired by Bharti Airtel in an effort to further expand its hold on the Indian telecommunications market. The following year, telecom major Bharti Airtel merged with Tata Teleservices which transferred its telecommunications assets over to Airtel. Airtel took another bold step forward in 2022 as it became the first company to launch 5G services in the country. 

Products and services 

Telecom major Bharti Airtel offers several mobile, voice and internet data services to customers. Under its mobile business, Airtel offers multiple prepaid and postpaid plans to customers including 4G services. These postpaid or prepaid plans come with many benefits like unlimited calling, data rollover and free subscriptions to various OTT platforms. Airtel also provides broadband services in multiple cities. As part of Airtel Xstream, Airtel offers high-speed internet and various plans to its broadband customers. Airtel provides DTH services to its customers via Airtel Digital TV which comes with a range of channels and packages. Airtel offers multiple specialised services to its corporate clients. These include cloud services, data centre services and security solutions. Lately, Bharti Airtel with the launch of Airtel Payments Bank and Airtel Thanks, etc., has expanded its presence in the digital space. 

Listing 

Shares of telecom major Bharti Airtel are listed on a number of Indian stock exchanges like the NSE, BSE, Calcutta Stock Exchange, Delhi Stock Exchange etc. Bharti Airtel is a part of multiple indices like Nifty 50, Nifty 500, S&P BSE Sensex etc.