It is now aiming for a co-branded handset strategy to take Jio head-on and ringfence 2G subscribers.
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It trails Jio which has a subscriber base of 436.7 million.Īirtel became the first Indian telecom operator in January 2021 to trial 5G services over a live 4G network using its liberalized spectrum in the 1800MHz band through the Non-Standalone (NSA) technology and in October 2021, it conducted the country’s first rural 5G trial with Swedish vendor Ericsson.ĭuring recent months, the telco has undertaken several initiatives in its DTH and Xstream Fiber broadband businesses. As of February 2020, the telco shut down its 3G services across 11 circles.Īirtel’s subscriber base rose to 352.11 million in June 2021. In India, the second-largest telco operates in all 22 telecom circles with offerings that include 2G, 3G, and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line, high-speed DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, and enterprise services. In 2012, it has become the fourth-largest telecom service provider worldwide in terms of subscriber base. The company, driven by Sunil Bharti Mittal, has operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Bharti Airtel is India’s top telecom service provider, headquartered in Gurgaon.