Airtel world's fourth largest operator

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Bharti Airtel world's fourth largest operator​

Bharti Airtel is the fourth largest mobile operator in the world with over 250 million connnections globally, according to analyst firm Wireless Intelligence.

Telecom major Bharti AirtelBSE 0.34 % is the fourth largest mobile operator in the world with over 250 million connnections globally, according to analyst firm Wireless Intelligence.

China Mobile continues to be at the top spot with 683.08 million connections, followed by Vodafone Group (386.88 million) and America Movil Group (251.83 million).

Bharti Airtel (250.04) and Telefonica Group (243.51) are at fourth and fifth position, respectively, Wireless Intelligence said in its 'Mobile operator worldwide group global ranking by connections (Q2, 2012)'.

Besides China Unicom (which is at the sixth position), the report said Bharti Airtel is the only other member of the top ten to move up the ranking, recording a 13 per cent year-on-year rise in connections to overtake Telefonica.

Bharti Airtel had become the fifth largest mobile operator in the world following its acquisition of Zain Group's mobile operations across 15 African nations in June 2010, the operator said in a statement.

It, however, added that Bharti's mobile revenue at $ 3.04 billion in the second quarter of FY12 is significantly lower than the other operators in the top five, "reflecting Bharti's presence in the ultra low-cost, low-margin Indian and African markets."

The other Indian telecom operators in the report are Reliance Communications, Idea Cellular and BSNL at eigth, fourteenth and twentieth position, respectively.

While Reliance Communications has maintained its global ranking, Idea Cellular has moved up three places. State-run BSNL's ranking dropped by two places.

Telenor and Sistema -- foreign firms with a subsidiary in India -- were at the ninth and fifteenth position, respectively.

Russia's Sistema Group lost four positions in the ranking, the report said.


The Economic Times

 

[mmadhankumar]

Thats good news buddy. Glad i use two of worlds top 4 operator :tup

 

[iS THAT ME]

I use #2, #4 and #8

 

[mmadhankumar]

Guys just an update.....

The above stats claims that Airtel has 250.04 million subscribers by June 2012 but according to Airtel's Quarterly report for Q1 Airtel has over 260 million. So, Bharti Airtel is the 3rd largest operator. :nj

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Airtel's Quarterly report: Quarterly_report_Q1_12 - Quarterly_report_Q1_12.pdf - Minus

Bharti Airtel is the fourth largest mobile operator in the world with over 250 million connnections globally, according to analyst firm Wireless Intelligence.

 

[Vikram]

Airtel is No.1 In india.... :huh

 

[iS THAT ME]

Yeah...No 1 in India for sure

 

[Vikram]

Airtel Is To Costly From Other But No.1 In network Coverage Also Calling, m using From More Then 5 years But never "Network busy" on Single Days , but @10/30/50 Paise by other operator Network Busy Normal And hear On Everycall

 

[Karthik]

I am using BSNL as main
Airtel as secondary[ Browsing purpose]
My wife using vodafone

 

[iS THAT ME]

Airtel Is To Costly From Other But No.1 In network Coverage Also Calling, m using From More Then 5 years But never "Network busy" on Single Days , but @10/30/50 Paise by other operator Network Busy Normal And hear On Everycall

You can say that for Airtel, but I can say that for Vodafone. Even when CDMA fails, I see my Vodafone working...Infact, BSNL/Airtel doesnt even stand chance when Vodafone network is considered

 

[mmadhankumar]

Moved to telecom section