English assignment on Airtel

							                  AIRTEL


Bharti Airtel Limited :

   An Indian telecommunications company that operates in 19 countries across South Asia,
Africa and the Channel Islands. It operates a GSM network in all countries, providing 2G or 3G
services depending upon the country of operation. Airtel is the fifth largest telecom operator in
the world with over 200 million subscribers as of October 2010. It is the largest cellular service
provider in India, with over 143 million subscribers as of September 30, 2010. Airtel is the 3rd
largest in-country mobile operator by subscriber base, behind China Mobile and China Unicom.

Founder:

Sunil Bharti Mittal
Sunil Bharti Mittal, founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Group can be labeled as
the most ambitious telecom entrepreneur in India. Sunil a former student of Harvard Business
School graduated from Punjab University. The son of a parliamentarian, In 1981 he was running
an import and distribution operation out of New Delhi and Mumbai.

Sunil Mittal got interested in push button phones while on a trip to Taiwan, and in 1982,
introduced the phones to India, replacing the old fashioned, bulky rotary phones that were in use
in the country then. Bharti Telecom Limited (BTL) was incorporated and entered into a technical
tie up with Siemens AG of Germany for manufacture of electronic push button phones. By the
early 1990s, Mittal was making fax machines, cordless phones and other telecom gear.

The turning point came in 1992 when the Indian government was awarding licenses for mobile
phone services for the first time. One of the conditions for the Delhi cellular license was that the
bidder have some experience as a telecom operator. Mittal clinched a deal with the French
telecom group Vivendi. Two years later, Sunil secured rights to serve New Delhi. In 1995,
Bharti Cellular Limited (BCL) was formed to offer cellular services under the brand name
AirTel. Within a few years Bharti became the first telecom company to cross the 2-million
mobile subscriber mark. The company is also instrumental in bringing down the high STD/ISD,
cellular rates in the country by rolling the countries first private national as well as international
long-distance service under the brand name IndiaOne. In 2001, the company entered into a joint
venture with Singapore Telecom International for a $650-million Submarine cable project, the
countries first ever undersea cable link connecting Chennai in India and Singapore.
Achievements and Awards:

       He was chosen as one of the top entrepreneurs in the world for the year 2000
and amongst 'Stars Of Asia', by 'Business Week', he received IT Man of the Year Award 2002
from Dataquest and CEO Of the Year, 2002 Award (World HRD Congress). He is the member
of National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce & Industry (FICCI), Chairman, Indo-US Joint Business Council, Member, Advisory
Committee constituted by Ministry of IT.

    Sunil has received several awards including:

    Transforming India Leader,NDTVBusiness Leader Awards 2008.

    GSMA Chairman's Award 2008

    Padma Bhushan in 2007, from the President of India

    Asia Businessman of the Year, Fortune Magazine 2006

    Telecom Person of the Year, Voice & Data, 2006

    CEO of the year 2005, at the Frost and Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT awards 2006

    Best Asian Telecom CEO, Telecom Asia Awards 2005

    Best CEO, India, Institutional Investor, 2005

    Business Leader Of The Year, Economic Times, 2005

    Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2004, Ernst & Young.

Shares:
It has a 29.00% market share of the GSM mobile service in India.

       Bharti Enterprises (63.56%)
       SingTel (32.04%)
       Vodafone (4.4%)

Services Rendered:
              Telephone.
              Mobile-GSM.
              Internet.
              Satellite television
Revenue        35,699.27 crore (US$7.75 billion) (2009)

Operating income       14,589.33 crore (US$3.17 billion) (2009)

Profit      9,426.16 crore (US$2.05 billion) (2009)

Total assets    US$ 11.853 billion (2009)

Employees 18,354 (2010)



Contacting Airtel:
Investors -

Bharti Airtel Limited
(A Bharti Enterprise)
Bharti Crescent,
1, Nelson Mandela Road,
Vasant Kunj, Phase II,
New Delhi – 110 070, India
Tel. No. : +91 11 46666100, +91 11 42666500
Fax No. : +91 11 4166-6137.

Websites:

www.airtel.in

Careers -

The hiring process for Barthi Airtel undergoes five steps on picking up a candidate.

   1. Application.
      - Apply on the position that best matches your profile and interest area.
   2. Screening.
      -They match your profile with the requirements of your role.
   3. Assessment.
       -Undergoing an aptitude test or Occupational Personality Questionnaire.
   4. Interview.
        -To go through about 1-3 rounds.
   5. Verification.
        -Background verification check on the credentials provided by you.
   6. Joining.
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Assignment on Indian Multi-National Company.

For English Department.




Name              : Mohamed Jalaludin .S

Reg.no            : 09UCS0921.

Class             : Bsc. - Degree.

Major             : Computer science.

Submitted on : 5/Jan/2011.




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