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- Bharti Airtel Limited (BHARTIARTL.BO) is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company that provides mobile voice and data services, fixed broadband and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), fixed wireless access (FWA), direct-to-home (DTH) digital television, enterprise connectivity solutions including cloud and data centers, cybersecurity, Internet of Things (IoT), digital payments and financial services, video streaming and entertainment platforms, and passive infrastructure through subsidiary Indus Towers Ltd; its digital arm Xtelify offers AI-driven platforms and sovereign telco-grade Airtel Cloud services to enterprises and telcos globally. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in New Delhi with registered office in Gurugram, the company operates as India's largest integrated communications provider and the second-largest mobile operator in Africa, serving over 600 million customers across 15 countries in Asia and Africa plus associates in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, with networks covering more than two billion people and additional global reach via submarine cables spanning 365,000+ RKMs in 50 countries. Recent developments include a strategic partnership with IBM in October 2025 to augment Airtel Cloud with IBM Power systems for AI inferencing, completion of a 5% stake acquisition in Ericsson-led Aduna Global Holding LLC in July 2025 to access global network APIs, approval in November 2025 for up to 5% additional stake in Indus Towers, partnerships with Swift Navigation in 2025 for AI-powered GNSS corrections services targeting ADAS, agriculture and logistics, expansion of 5G FWA and Wi-Fi solutions with Nokia and Qualcomm, and a collaboration with Nokia in December 2025 to open 5G network APIs for developers.