Airtel, Ericsson extend ties with LTE deployment in GabonBharti Airtel's subsidiary in the African state of Gabon has partnered with Ericsson to bring the latest mobile technology to the country.
28 Jul, 2015, 11.15 PM IST
Airtel hires senior MTN executive Wim Vanhelleputte as its new executive director in AfricaBharti Airtel named Wim Vanhelleputte its new executive director for a key business unit within Africa, a region where Airtel is still stru...
07 Jul, 2015, 11.23 AM IST
Airtel Africa hires Ericsson executive Andrew Kossowski as chief information officerKossowski joins Airtel Africa from telecom equipment maker Ericsson, where he served as vice president-operations for Latin America.
13 May, 2015, 01.45 PM IST
Airtel Africa appoints ex-MTN executive as MD for ChadAirtel Africa has appointed former executive of MTN, Anwar Soussa, as the Managing Director for Airtel Chad with effect from May 1.
23 Apr, 2015, 12.06 PM IST
Airtel, UNICEF pact to provide education content in AfricaBharti Airtel has partnered with UNICEF to provide health, education and youth-focussed content to its customers in 17 African countries.
18 Feb, 2015, 04.21 PM IST
Airtel Africa aims to drive 3G business, launches smartphonehe smartphone will start selling from $53 subject to various governments’ levies and will be available at local retail outlets.
17 Feb, 2015, 01.17 PM IST
Airtel sells telecom towers in Zambia, RwandaThe pact will help Airtel to focus on its core business and customers, enable it to de-leverage through debt reduction.
15 Dec, 2014, 11.39 AM IST
Bharti Airtel launches 4G service in SeychellesThe infrastructure is a new, nationwide LTE 800 MHz network, which will meet the growing customer demand for mobile broadband services, Air...
27 Nov, 2014, 01.48 PM IST
Bharti Airtel appoints Titus Naikuni as new chairman for Kenya operationsNaikuni has had extensive boardroom experience having previously served on various company boards, the company in a statement said.
21 Nov, 2014, 03.00 PM IST
Airtel joins GSMA's mobile health programme"...collaborative partnership is aimed at developing sustainable mHealth services that meet public health needs," Bharti Airtel said in a s...
04 Nov, 2014, 04.40 PM IST
Bharti Africa Q2 loss widens, weak voice revenue hurtsOperational expenditure increased by 10.8% on year to $631 million, primarily on account of investments in network and sales & marketing co...
30 Oct, 2014, 06.17 PM IST
Bharti Group Chairman Sunil Mittal ask Sarvjit S Dhillon to turn around Africa operationsDhillon will work in tandem with Christian de Faria, who was appointed Africa CEO earlier this year, and both would report to Mittal.
16 Oct, 2014, 05.20 AM IST
Alfa Belgore appointed as the Chairman of Airtel NigeriaAlfa's "wealth of experience will add immense value to the Board and provide strategic guidance to our Nigeria operations," Christian de Fa...
10 Oct, 2014, 12.33 PM IST
Bharti Airtel gets 3G licence in NigerAirtel now has 3G licences in all its 17 African nations and commercially operational in 15, with Niger and Chad in progress.
24 Jul, 2014, 05.04 PM IST
Bharti Airtel is second largest telecom operator in NigeriaNigerian arm of Bharti Airtel has become the second largest mobile services company in that country in terms of subscriber numbers on its n...
03 Apr, 2014, 10.26 PM IST
Bharti Enterprises CFO Sarvjit Singh Dhillon to relocate to LondonBharti Enterprises’ Group Chief Financial Officer Sarvjit Singh Dhillon will be moving out of his role and relocating to London beginning n...
26 Mar, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Bharti Airtel appoints Christian de Faria as new CEO of AfricaChristian de Faria, who has been with South African telecom firm MTN, will take over as chief executive officer from Jan 1, 2014.
29 Aug, 2013, 03.21 AM IST