3. In 1998, Bharti Telenet obtained a license for providing fixed-line services in Madhya Pradesh circle and in the same year, Bharti Telecom and British Telecom formed a 51% : 49% joint venture
4. In 2001, Bharti Cellular entered into a joint venture, Bharti Aqua net, with SingTel for establishing a submarine cable landing station at Chennai.
5. In 2002, Bharti Cellular Ties up with Secondary School Certification Board, Hyderabad, where Bharti will announce SSC results to its customers on their mobile phones.
6. In the same year,2002,ICICI Bank ties up with Bharti for pre-paid mobile cards via ATMs.
15. ABOUT AIRTEL DIGITAL TV Parent : BhartiAirtel Launch on : 9 Oct. 2008 Headquarters : Mumbai Area served : All over India Key people : Sunil Mittle CEO : ManojKohli Brand Ambassador: Saif Ali Khan and KreenaKapoor Products : Direct broadcast satellite Website : www.airtel.in/digitaltv Slogan : “Come Home to the Magic” Present Situation : 21,000 outlets including ARC with1 mn subscriber Subscribers : 6.26 million as of 30 June 2011
16. Major Competitor DISH T.V. with 10 million subscriber TATA SKY with 5.5 million subscriber BIG T.V . 1.5 million subscriber
46. Bharti Airtel has successfully introduced 3G through its wide distribution network, and they are trying to retain back their customers through its products at the attractive prices. 22
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48. Maximum customer complaints has resulted loss of 3.2lakh customers after introduction of MNP (Mobile Number Portability).
49. 2G Spectrum scam has also affected the market share of BhartiAirtel.23