Airtel is now the third largest mobile operator in the world with over 303 million customers across 20 countries

Airtel, today said that it has become the third largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers. As per the latest data published by WCIS, Airtel with over 303 million mobile subscribers across its operations, has moved up one position in the global rankings.

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Airtel began operations in November 1995 in New Delhi (India) and in less than two decades it has emerged as one of the top brands in the emerging markets with an unmatched scale and diversity of operations. The Company pioneered the low-cost business model based on outsourcing that has allowed it to expand its services rapidly and give customers affordable access to mobile telephony.

Top Five Global Mobile Operators by Customers

RankingOperatorWireless Mobile Connections

(millions)*

1China Mobile626.27
2Vodafone Group403.08
3Bharti Airtel303.10
4China Unicom299.09
5America Movil274.14

(*Source: World Cellular Information Service (WCIS) – As per their latest published global rankings)

Airtel’s mobile networks cover over 1.85 billion people across its operations in 20 countries and carried over 1.23 trillion minutes of calls and over 333 petabytes of data in FY 2014-15. In India, Airtel has one of the largest bouquet of mobile services offerings for customers – including 2G, 3G, 4G, Mobile Commerce and other Value Added Services. Its distribution channel is spread across 1.5 Mn outlets, with network presence in 5,121 census and 464,045 non-census towns and villages in India covering approximately 86.8% of the country’s population. Airtel has the largest rural mobile customer base in India with over 100 million mobile customers (from rural markets).