- CEO
- Shashwat Sharma
- Full Time Employees
- 91,130
- Sector
- Communications
- Industry
- Wireless telecommunications
- Address
- Airtel Center, Plot No. 16 New Delhi DE India 122015
- IPO Date
- Jul 7, 1995
- Business
- Bharti Airtel Limited is an Indian multinational telecommunications company headquartered in New Delhi, India, operating in 17 countries across Asia and Africa. Founded in 1995, it is among the top three mobile service providers globally, with a customer base exceeding 600 million. The company provides a comprehensive range of telecommunications products and services including high-speed 4G and 5G mobile services, fixed-line broadband, voice telephony, digital TV broadcasting, and mobile commerce. Airtel also delivers enterprise solutions encompassing secure connectivity, cloud and data center services, cybersecurity, Internet of Things (IoT), communications platform as a service (CPaaS) via Airtel IQ, network as a service (NaaS), enterprise mobility, network integration, and professional services. Its digital arm, Xtelify, focuses on AI-driven digital transformation and offers Airtel Cloud, a sovereign telco-grade cloud platform in India. Additionally, through its subsidiary Indus Towers Ltd, Airtel provides passive infrastructure services. Its retail consumer portfolio features FTTH and fixed wireless access Wi-Fi offerings with speeds up to 1 Gbps, converged linear and on-demand entertainment, video streaming services, digital payments, and financial services. Recent major company changes include a strategic restructuring announced in 2024 to separate its Direct-to-Home (DTH) business from the Connected Homes division, which includes broadband and converged entertainment services, aimed at enhancing focus and operational efficiency. Alongside this restructuring, key leadership changes were implemented effective from early 2025, including appointments of new CEOs for DTH and Connected Homes divisions, and separation of Customer Experience as a standalone function to strengthen customer engagement. The company’s operations extend across India, multiple African countries, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka through associate entities, servicing consumer, enterprise, government, and telecom carrier customers with an extensive global network footprint covering over two billion people. Bharti Airtel remains India’s largest integrated communications solutions provider and the second largest mobile operator in Africa. The company continuously expands its technology and service capabilities, maintaining a leadership position in the telecommunications industry globally.