Established in: 1995
Managing Director: Gopal Vittal
Bharti Airtel Limited is a multinational telecommunications company, headquartered in New Delhi. The company offers services to over 650 million customers in 15 countries across India and Africa. Bharti Airtel Limited also operates in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka through its associated companies. Bharti Airtel Limited is ranked second among mobile operators in the world and the second-largest mobile network operator in India.
The company offers mobile telephony services via 5G, 4G and LTE Advanced technologies. It also provides fixed-line broadband and voice services to its customers.
Bharti Airtel Limited launched its IPO and went public in 2002, and raised around ₹834.02 crores by issuing shares at ₹45 per share. The company is listed on both BSE and NSE.
History of Bharti Airtel Limited
Sunil Mittal, the founder of Bharti Airtel, used to assemble push-button phones, which were imported from Singapore and replaced the old-fashioned rotary phones used in the country. Bharti Telecom Limited was established, which entered into a technical tie-up with Siemens AG of Germany to manufacture electronic push-button phones. By the 1990s, the company was manufacturing fax machines, cordless phones and other telecommunication electronics.
In 1992, Bharti bid for one of the first mobile network licenses and partnered with a French telecom company to obtain the Delhi cellular license. The company obtained significant investments from major global companies such as British Telecom and Singtel to speed up its network deployment.
In 2004, the company was renamed Bharti Airtel Limited and rapidly expanded its network coverage in the rural and urban markets in India.
Business Segments of Bharti Airtel Limited
The following are the business segments of Bharti Airtel Limited.
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Consumer Services
This segment is the largest revenue driver for the company. It offers 2G, 3G, and 5G wireless services, prepaid and postpaid plans and international roaming services. The company also offers fixed-line telephone and high-seed broad bad connections to residential customers, along with Direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television and IPTV services under the Airtel Xstream brand.
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Enterprise and Carrier Services
The company provides secure data connectivity, cloud and data centre services, cybersecurity, IoT, and cloud-based communication to governments, carriers and enterprises.
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Financial Services
The company operates Airtel Payments Bank that provides digital banking, savings account, money transfer and financial services to the underbanked population in India.
Future Plans of Bharti Airtel Limited
The following are the future plans of Bharti Airtel Limited.
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Financial Services
The company is leveraging its significant digital user base and scientists to fuel a high-performing credit engine.
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5G Infrastructure
The company is working on a wireless strategy, which is focused on 5G Densification, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and private 5G networks for businesses.
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Cloud Tech
Airtel is further building its Airtel Cloud and tel-cograde sovereign cloud services and is working with global tech companies to support data residency and hybrid cloud architectures.
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Home Broadband Expansion
The company is aiming to capture Tier-2 and Tier-3 markets by using traditional Fiber to the Home (FTTH) and FWA.
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Customer Retention
The company is focusing on improving its ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) and currently targeting high-value portpaid and business customers with premium plans.
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Sustainability
Bharti Airtel is dedicated to clean energy and is currently working with Indus Towers to eliminate diesel from its operations.
Awards and Recognition Received by Bharti Airtel Limited
The following are the awards and recognitions received by Bharti Airtel Limited.
- Bharti Airtel Limited was the MartEquity Winner for Best Multi-channel Marketing Initiative.
- The company received the ACEF Awards Bronze for Marketing Performance Measurement.
- The company won the Performance Marketing Awards Silver for Best Paid Search Campaign.
- The company received The Economic Times CIO Awards 2024 for Excellence in Technology Implementation of End-to-End Service Delivery Platforms.
- Bharti Airtel secured the Cyber Security Excellence Awards 2024 for Best Web Application and API Protection.
- The company received the ET Shark Awards for B2B Campaign of the Year.
- Bharti Airtel won the Service Provider Partner of the Year for the APJC region.
- Bharti Airtel won ASSOCHAM Branding & Marketing Excellence Awards 2025 - Best Adoption of AI in Marketing.
- Bharti Airtel won the Kladioscape AI World Summit 2.0 for Outstanding Marketing Campaign of the Year.
- Bharti Airtel won the DIGIXX Awards (Adgully) for Gold (Insights & Research).
- Bharti Airtel won the Gold for Best Internal Communications & Employee Engagement at the Ad World Showdown 2024.
Bharti Airtel Financial Highlights
- Revenue: Bharti Airtel reported revenue of ₹2,13,790.10 crore in FY26 vs ₹1,74,558.90 crore in FY25. It showed an increase of 22.47% on a yearly basis.
- Operating Profit: Bharti Airtel reported an operating profit of ₹45,172.70 crore in FY26 vs ₹38,398.50 crore in FY25. It showed an increase of 17.64% on a year-on-year basis.
- Net Profit: Bharti Airtel reported a net profit of ₹33,822.80 crore in FY26 vs ₹37,481.30 crore in FY25. It showed a decrease of 9.76% on a yearly basis.
Bharti Airtel Quarterly Result Highlights
- Bharti Airtel reported revenue of ₹56,261.70 crore in Mar 2026, compared with ₹54,683.90 crore in Dec 2025, representing an increase of 2.89% on a quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) basis.
- Bharti Airtel reported an operating profit of ₹10,044.70 crore in Mar 2026, compared with ₹12,301.30 crore in Dec 2025, representing a decrease of 18.34% on a quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) basis.
- Bharti Airtel reported a profit of ₹9,247.40 crore in Mar 2026, compared with ₹8,502.80 crore in Dec 2025, reflecting an increase of 8.76% on a QoQ basis.
- The earnings per share (EPS) of Bharti Airtel stood at ₹45.96 during Mar 2026.
