Bharti Airtel, formerly known as Bharti Tele-Ventures Limited (BTVL) is India's largest Telecom Business operator with more than 64.4 million subscribers as of April 2008. It also offers fixed line services and broadband services. It offers its TELECOM services under the Airtel brand and is headed by Sunil Mittal. The company also provides telephone services and Internet access over DSL in 14 circles. The company complements its mobile, broadband & telephone services with national and international long distance services. The company also has a submarine cable landing station at Chennai, which connects the submarine cable connecting Chennai and Singapore. The company provides end-to-end data and enterprise services to the corporate customers through its nationwide fiber optic backbone, last mile connectivity in fixed-line and mobile circles, VSATs, ISP and international bandwidth access through the gateways and landing station Competition for new mobile subscribers is fierce. There are now more than 3.1 billion wireless subscribers in the world, and according to an Ovum Mobile Market Trends report, worldwide mobile connections are outpacing population growth. Developed markets are embracing mobile technologies, and have either reached or are nearing 100 percent saturation. Many subscribers in these markets even have multiple devices and networks. This overwhelming market saturation indicates that the time has come for mobile operators to look elsewhere for new customers.
Fortunately, a new report from Portio Research forecasts the addition of more than 1.8 billion mobile subscribers worldwide before 2012, and two- thirds of these subscribers are expected to come from emerging markets. Seven of the top ten fastest-growing markets are in Asia, while the Middle Ea ...