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Bharti Infratel was the first Indian company to start a tower infrastructure sharing business. It was India's largest consolidated tower infrastructure company, directly owning 95,372 towers as on 31 March 2020. [1] Bharti Infratel was merged with Indus Towers on 19 November 2020. Bharti Airtel now holds a 36.73% stake in Indus Towers. [5]
Post-merger, Bharti Airtel held a 36.73% stake in Indus Towers, with Vodafone Group Plc holding 28.12%, [7] and 3.1% shares held by Providence Equity. [ 4 ] Currently Indus Towers is a subsidiary of Bharati Airtel after the latter increased it's stake to 50.005% & Vodafone Group Plc exited the company
Andhra Pradesh State FiberNet Limited (abbreviated as APSFL) is a fully-owned entity of the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India, started in October 2015.The project aims to provide affordable end-to-end broadband, wifi connection, internet facility, cable television, and phone connectivity in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. [1]
Bharti Telecom (BTL), is a holding company of Bharti Airtel with Bharti Enterprises and SingTel owning 50.56 percent and 49.44 percent, respectively, in BTL, which in turn owns 35.80 percent of Bharti Airtel. [7] Bharti Airtel is the third largest mobile operator in the world, in subscriber base, and has a presence across 18 countries. [8]
Airtel launched 4G services on mobile from February 2014. The first city to get the service was Bangalore. [24] [25] Airtel has started their 4G services in Karnal and Yamunanagar in Haryana on 16 June 2015. [26] Airtel 4G trials has been started in Delhi from 18 June 2015. [27] Airtel had 95,173,000 4G subscribers as of June 2019. [28]
The deal will essentially be free for Airtel which will only incur TTSL's unpaid spectrum payment liability. TTSL will continue to operate its enterprise, fixed line and broadband businesses and its stake in tower company Viom Networks. [24] [25] [26] The deal received approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in mid-November 2017.
Airtel had also rolled out its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) technology across all Indian telecom circles. [6] It is the second largest mobile network operator in India and the second largest mobile network operator in the world. [4] Airtel was named India's 2nd most valuable brand in the first ever Brandz ranking by Millward Brown and WPP plc. [7]
There are 4 pay-for-use DTH service providers and one free-to-air service provider (DD Free Dish) in India. [1]As of 30 September 2024, there are 59.91 million active paying DTH subscribers, in addition to the subscribers of state-owned DD Free Dish, in the country according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).