Bharti Airtel becomes the fourth largest mobile operator in the world

NAIROBI, Kenya, October 21, 2012/ — Bharti Airtel (http://www.airtel.com), a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa moved up one notch in the world wide ranking to be the fourth largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers. (Source: Wireless Intelligence ‘Scoreboard’).

Top Five Operators Globally:

Operator	Connections (millions)*	YoY Growth, connections
China Mobile	683.08	11 %
Vodafone Group	386.88	5 %
America Movil Group	251.83	7 %
Bharti Airtel	250.04	13 %
Telefonica Group	243.51	7 %

(Source: Wirelessintelligence.com

(Mobile operator worldwide group global ranking by connections, Q2 2012)

*Connections are aggregated as the sum of each group’s subsidiaries where a minimum of 50 % plus one share economic interest is held.

At the end of the quarter ended June 2012, the Company had over 250 million mobile subscribers across its operations, representing  13% Y-o-Y growth.

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.

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