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Airtel touches 50 million customers mark in Africa
TT Correspondent |  |  01 Dec 2011

Bharti Airtel a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa has on Wednesday said that it has acquired 50 millionth mobile customer in Africa.

Airtel has achieved this milestone within just 17 months of acquiring Zain’s mobile operations in 16 African countries and added 14 million new mobile customers during this period.

“This milestone demonstrates our continued dedication and commitment toAfrica,” said Mr. Manoj Kohli, CEO (International) and Joint Managing Director, Bharti Airtel Limited.

“We would like to thank our customers for reposing their faith in brand Airtel and we are committed to serving them with world-class services. I would also like to thank the governments and regulators for their support and would like to reiterate that we share their vision of bridging the digital divide with affordable telecom services.”

    
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01 Dec 2011(IST)  
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