Airtel Crosses the 5 Million Customer Landmark in Delhi

Becomes the first mobile operator to reach this milestone in a Metro Circle

· Airtel strengthens its status as the No.1 operator in Delhi & NCR

· Adds the last million in just 13 months

· More customers in the fold than the population of countries like Singapore, Norway, UAE

New Delhi, June 15, 2009: Bharti Airtel, Asia’s leading integrated telecom services provider, today announced that it has crossed the significant milestone of 5 million customers in the Delhi & NCR circle. With this, Airtel added another feather in its cap by becoming the first mobile operator to achieve this landmark in a metro circle and added the last million subscribers in only 13 months in a circle that already boasts of a mobile penetration of almost 100%. The milestone of 5 million customers amply demonstrates the customer’s faith and reinforces Airtel’s leadership position in the Delhi & NCR circle, backed by its seamless network and excellent customer service.

Mr. Shashi Arora, CEO – Bharti Airtel Limited, (Mobile Services), Delhi & NCR, said, “The significant milestone of crossing the 5 million customer mark in the circle from where Airtel started its remarkable journey back in 1995, is indeed an extremely proud and special moment. This is a testimony to the faith and trust that the customers of the Delhi & NCR have reposed on Airtel and we would like to take this opportunity to thank every single one of them. This surely inspires us to achieve much more and continue on our commitment to provide world-class mobile services and unmatched quality of coverage to the people of Delhi.”

About Bharti Airtel:

Bharti Airtel Limited, a group company of Bharti Enterprises Limited, is Asia’s leading integrated telecom services provider with operations in India and Sri Lanka, with an aggregate of over 100 million customers. Bharti Airtel Limited has been voted as India’s most innovative company, in a survey conducted by The Wall Street Journal.

Bharti Airtel is structured into three strategic business units ― Mobile services, Telemedia services and Enterprise services. The mobile business offers services in India and Sri Lanka. The Telemedia business provides broadband and telephone services in 95 cities, DTH services and has recently forayed into the IPTV services. The Enterprise business provides end-to-end telecom solutions to corporate customers and national and international long distance services to carriers. All these services are provided under the Airtel brand. Airtel’s high-speed optic fibre network currently spans over 101,337 Rkms covering all the major cities in the country. The company has two international landing stations in Chennai that connects two submarine cable systems – i2i to Singapore and SEA-ME-WE-4 to Europe. For more information, visit: www.bhartiairtel.in

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