About Bharti Airtel Limited

Bharti Airtel Limited is a global communications solutions provider incorporated in 1995, with its Registered Office in Gurugram and Corporate Office in New Delhi. The company offers an integrated suite of telecom and digital services spanning mobile voice and data, home broadband, digital TV, IPTV, enterprise connectivity, cloud and security, IoT, and CPaaS (Airtel IQ). Its retail portfolio includes high-speed 4G/5G mobile broadband, Airtel Xstream Fiber, streaming, digital payments, and Airtel Finance, while passive infrastructure services are provided through its subsidiary, Indus Towers Limited.

Airtel positions itself as India’s No. 1 integrated communications service provider and the No. 2 mobile operator in Africa, connecting over 590.5 million customers across 17 countries (including presence via associates in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) and covering more than 2 billion people.

The company’s network and customer experience are anchored by its “5G Plus” rollout and AI-powered platforms, including an industry-first, network-based spam detection solution that has already blocked over 37 billion spam calls.

Key brands and offerings include Airtel Xstream Fiber for homes, Airtel Digital TV and the IPTV proposition launched in March 2025, Airtel Black for converged bundles, Airtel IQ for cloud communications, and Airtel Finance for digital financial services. Content tie-ups include a first-of-its-kind partnership with Apple TV+ and Apple Music, and Airtel Digital TV has partnered with Amazon Prime Lite to deliver bundled entertainment. For enterprises and governments, Airtel provides secure connectivity, a global and terrestrial fiber backbone, state-of-the-art data centers, cloud, cybersecurity, IoT and CPaaS solutions.

 

Bharti Airtel Limited’s Business Segments

 

• Mobile: Core mobility services on 4G/5G with a focus on ARPU-accretive, quality customer growth; Airtel continues to gain revenue market share, supported by premiumisation, deeper rural coverage, and rapid 5G adoption. 
• Homes: High-speed broadband via FTTH, now live in 1,476 cities, and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) available in 2,500+ cities. The home broadband customer base crossed 10 million in FY2024–25. In March 2025, Airtel launched IPTV across ~2,000 cities, bundling large-screen viewing with 29 streaming apps and 600 TV channels. 
• Digital TV & IPTV: Digital TV services with a base of 17.5 million customers, complemented by the IPTV launch to strengthen its convergence strategy. 
• Airtel Business (B2B): End-to-end solutions for enterprises, governments and SMBs across IoT, CPaaS, cloud, cybersecurity and managed services. Infrastructure includes ~489,000 route-km of terrestrial fiber, >400,000 route-km of submarine cable systems, and a data center platform with 14 large and 120+ edge facilities. The company is targeting to at least double capacity to 400 MW, and recently landed the SEA-ME-WE 6 and 2Africa Pearls cables in India.

Industries served include enterprises, governments, SMEs, carriers and OTT platforms, with a solutions-first approach for secure, scalable digital transformation.

Revenue by geography (FY2024–25, consolidated): India leads, followed by Africa and Others.

 

Bharti Airtel Limited Key Management

 

• Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman – Leads the Board and stewardship of the Company. 
• Gopal Vittal, Vice Chairman & Managing Director (India & South Asia) – Oversees strategy and operations; effective October 2024, he assumed the Vice Chairman role. The Board has approved a leadership succession, with Shashwat Sharma set to take over as CEO & MD of Airtel (subject to approvals).

 

Latest Updates on Bharti Airtel Limited

• Customer experience & digital launches: Rolled out India’s first network-based, AI-powered spam detection solution; launched IPTV in ~2,000 cities; extended network connectivity to remote and strategic locations, including Leh–Ladakh and Phobrang village at the Line of Actual Control. 
• Network & spectrum: Completed deployment of additional spectrum acquired in July 2024 across multiple circles; piloted SA↔NSA switching; conducted 5G NSA Cloud RAN trials with Nokia; and carried out chipset trials with MediaTek and Nokia to combine TDD–FDD bands. 
• Partnerships & content: Deepened collaboration with Apple to bring Apple TV+ and Apple Music to customers; Airtel Digital TV partnered with Amazon Prime Lite for bundled plans. 
• Governance & corporate actions: Bharti Hexacom Limited, a subsidiary, achieved listing and trading of its equity shares on NSE and BSE effective April 12, 2024. Indus Towers Limited became a subsidiary of Airtel in November 2024. The group also completed other structural updates, including selective amalgamations and exits such as the sale of FireFly Networks.