Bharti Airtel becomes the fourth largest mobile operator in the world

Bharti Airtel, 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: China Mobile

Connections (millions)*: 683.08

YoY Growth, Connections: 11 %

Operator: Vodafone Group    

Connections (millions)*: 386.88

YoY Growth, Connections: 5 %

Operator: America Movil Group

Connections (millions)*: 251.83

YoY Growth, Connections: 7 %

Operator: Bharti Airtel

Connections (millions)*: 250.04

YoY Growth, Connections: 13 %

Operator: Telefonica Group

Connections (millions)*: 243.51

YoY Growth, Connections: 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.

This article was originally posted on Africa ICT & Telecom Network

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