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February 15, 2008
Bharti Airtel's Sunil Mittal Wins GSM Association Chairman's Award 2008
By Raju Shanbhag TMCnet Contributing Editor
Sunil Bharti Mittal, CEO of Bharti Enterprises has been awarded the GSM
Association Chairman’s Award 2008. Mr. Mittal’s tremendous contribution to the development of India’s telecom sector has fetched him this award which is the highest honour in the global telecom sector.
GSM Association Chairman Craig Ehrlich said in a press release, “Sunil has built an incredibly successful business from scratch, one which has had a truly transformational impact on our industry, on the customers he serves and on India’s economy. His brave and ambitious strategies will continue to resonate across the country, our industry and the business community globally, becoming a benchmark for emerging markets worldwide. We congratulate Sunil, on what has been an immense personal contribution to the vitality of the mobile world. He is now extending his Midas touch to Indian retail and Indian agriculture. I just know he will do for these two sectors what he has done for mobile – and Indian consumers will be the big winners.”
Bharti Airtel (News - Alert) is one of India’s leading telecommunication service providers and an integrated telecom company. The company has dedicated major resource to customer service and outsourcing the IT and the networks. In the past few years, the company has successfully reduced the tariffs from more than 20 cents a minute to less than two cents. This is spiraled tremendous competition in the Indian telecom sector where the subscribers have been the real beneficiaries.
. Sunil Bharti Mittal considers this award by the GSM association an honor. He considers this award to be a recognition of Airtel’s vision and the emergence of Indian telcos on the global stage.
As if reinforcing the faith shown by the GSM association in Mr. Mittal, Bharti Airtel has recently achieved the 60 million customer mark. This landmark has catapulted Bharti Airtel into the club of top mobile operators in the world in terms of subscriber base. The 60 million customer base covers mobile as well as fixed line and broadband customers.
Raju Shanbhag is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
Association Chairman’s Award 2008. Mr. Mittal’s tremendous contribution to the development of India’s telecom sector has fetched him this award which is the highest honour in the global telecom sector.
GSM Association Chairman Craig Ehrlich said in a press release, “Sunil has built an incredibly successful business from scratch, one which has had a truly transformational impact on our industry, on the customers he serves and on India’s economy. His brave and ambitious strategies will continue to resonate across the country, our industry and the business community globally, becoming a benchmark for emerging markets worldwide. We congratulate Sunil, on what has been an immense personal contribution to the vitality of the mobile world. He is now extending his Midas touch to Indian retail and Indian agriculture. I just know he will do for these two sectors what he has done for mobile – and Indian consumers will be the big winners.”
Bharti Airtel (News - Alert) is one of India’s leading telecommunication service providers and an integrated telecom company. The company has dedicated major resource to customer service and outsourcing the IT and the networks. In the past few years, the company has successfully reduced the tariffs from more than 20 cents a minute to less than two cents. This is spiraled tremendous competition in the Indian telecom sector where the subscribers have been the real beneficiaries.
. Sunil Bharti Mittal considers this award by the GSM association an honor. He considers this award to be a recognition of Airtel’s vision and the emergence of Indian telcos on the global stage.
As if reinforcing the faith shown by the GSM association in Mr. Mittal, Bharti Airtel has recently achieved the 60 million customer mark. This landmark has catapulted Bharti Airtel into the club of top mobile operators in the world in terms of subscriber base. The 60 million customer base covers mobile as well as fixed line and broadband customers.
Raju Shanbhag is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To see more of his articles, please visit his columnist page.
