Bharti Airtel
Indian multinational telecommunications company
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| April 1 2025 | Bharti Airtel completed a merger with Videocon d2h, expanding its service portfolio and market presence. |
| August 2024 | Bharti Global agreed to purchase a 24.5% stake in UK telecom company BT Group, marking a significant international expansion move. |
| June 27 2024 | Airtel Lanka merged with Dialog Axiata, with Bharti Airtel retaining a 10.36% stake in the company. |
| May 2024 | Partnered with Google Cloud. |
| May 2024 | Google Cloud partnered with Airtel. |
| October 1 2022 | Launched 5G services in 8 cities across India, marking a major milestone in the company's network expansion. |
| August 2022 | Signed significant agreements with Nokia, Samsung, and Ericsson for 5G services, establishing key infrastructure partnerships. |
| June 24 2022 | Airtel received permission from the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) to shut down its 3G mobile network. |
| February 2022 | Bharti Airtel acquired a strategic stake in blockchain startup Aqilliz through its 'Airtel Startup Accelerator Program', focusing on MediaTech and digital marketing technology. |
| January 5 2022 | Airtel Payments Bank was granted scheduled bank status by the Reserve Bank of India under the second schedule of RBI Act, 1934, marking a significant milestone in its banking operations. |
| 2021 | Airtel Payments Bank launched 'Airtel Safe Pay', a payment service with an enhanced payment validation mechanism that goes beyond the standard two-factor authentication in the industry. |
| December 2021 | Money deposited with Airtel Payments Bank surged 75% to ₹1,000 crore compared to 2020. |
| November 2021 | Airtel added over 2,000 sites and 400 additional towers across the country following its 4G network launch, driven by increased data usage during the pandemic. |
| September 30 2021 | Airtel Payments Bank turned profitable in the quarter ended, with an annual revenue run rate of ₹1,000 crore. |
| August 2021 | Kotak Mahindra sold its stake to Bharti Enterprises, with 99.9% equity capital now owned by the Bharti Group of Companies. |
| July 2021 | Airtel and Intel announced a collaboration to accelerate 5G technology deployment in India. |
| May 2021 | Airtel Payments Bank launched DigiGold, a digital platform for customers to invest in gold, partnering with SafeGold to provide digital gold investment services. |
| February 2021 | Announced a strategic partnership with Qualcomm to develop an Open-RAN based 5G network, highlighting collaborative technological advancement. |
| January 2021 | Demonstrated a live 5G network in Hyderabad, India, showcasing early technological capabilities. |
| 2020 | Bank's revenues rose 87% to ₹474 crore in the financial year 2020. |
| 2020 | Airtel confirmed plans to shut down its 3G network across India and re-farm the spectrum for 4G, moving to provide only 2G and 4G connectivity in the country. |
| October 2020 | Airtel announced the launch of Airtel IQ, a new cloud communications suite to be operated as a separate business division. |
| October 27 2020 | Airtel announced plans to exit its business in Ghana and entered advanced stages of discussions to sell shares in AirtelTigo to the Government of Ghana. |
| August 2020 | Nxtra Data Ltd, Airtel's subsidiary, announced a strategic alliance with Amazon Web Services to offer AWS services to small and medium-sized businesses in India. |
| July 2020 | Airtel Business partnered with Verizon Communications to launch BlueJeans communication platform in India. |
| May 2020 | Airtel Business launched 'Work@Home' solutions for corporate employees, providing collaboration tools including Google Meet, Cisco Webex, and Zoom, along with high-speed Airtel 4G Corporate Mi-Fi devices and a complimentary G Suite pack. |
| January 2020 | Airtel Business announced a partnership with Google Cloud Platform to offer Google Workspace to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in India. |
| January 2020 | Airtel-Tigo in Rwanda was rebranded as Airtel Rwanda following the merger with Tigo Rwanda. |
| 2019 | Airtel Payments Bank started offering the Atal Pension Yojana, a Government of India initiative, through its platform. |
| 2019 | Airtel received the 2nd Place award in the 16th National Business Excellence Awards (NBEA). |
| December 8 2019 | A critical security vulnerability was discovered in Airtel's mobile app API by cybersecurity researcher Ehraz Ahmed, which could potentially expose sensitive personal user information including name, gender, email, date of birth, address, subscription details, and device information. |
| November 2019 | Airtel Payments Bank launched the issuance of FASTag, making it available through both offline and online channels for customers. |
| July 2019 | Airtel Payments Bank partnered with Bharti AXA General Insurance to expand its insurance services. |
| July 1 2019 | The consumer mobile business of Tata Teleservices officially became part of Bharti Airtel, completing the merger across 19 circles in India. |
| June 2019 | Airtel closed its 3G network in Kolkata, offering only 4G and 2G networks. |
| June 30 2019 | Airtel digital TV reached approximately 16.027 million customers by the end of June 2019, demonstrating significant growth in the digital television market. |
| June 30 2019 | Airtel reported having 2.342 million broadband subscribers at this date. |
| January 17 2019 | NCLT Delhi provided final approval for the merger between Tata Docomo and Airtel. |
| January 15 2019 | Airtel started its 4G services in Andaman and Nicobar. |
| 2018 | Airtel Payments Bank reported a financial loss of ₹338 crore for the 2018-19 financial year. |
| 2018 | Airtel sponsored the FIA GT World Cup for the 2018–21 period. |
| August 2018 | Airtel Payments Bank began providing the government's Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana insurance plan in partnership with Bharti Axa Life Insurance. |
| August 29 2018 | Bharti Airtel obtained shareholders' approval for the merger proposal with Tata Teleservices. |
| July 12 2018 | Airtel Payments Bank received approvals from the Reserve Bank of India and UIDAI to resume onboarding new customers using Aadhaar-based e-KYC after the previous suspension. |
| 2017 | Airtel Payments Bank reported a financial loss of ₹272 crore for the 2017-18 financial year. |
| December 16 2017 | The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) suspended Bharti Airtel and Airtel Payments Bank Limited's eKYC licence due to customers' complaints about unauthorized account openings and unauthorized routing of LPG subsidies. |
| December 12 2017 | Bharti Airtel signed an agreement to acquire complete control of Millicom's Rwandan subsidiary, Tigo Rwanda, in a deal estimated at $60–70 million. |
| November 2017 | The acquisition deal received approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI). |
| October 2017 | Bharti Airtel announced the acquisition of Tata Docomo, which had approximately 40 million subscribers. |
| October 2017 | Bharti Airtel announced its plan to acquire the consumer mobile businesses of Tata Teleservices, Tata Docomo, and Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd in a debt-free cash-free deal. |
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