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CEO: P Swaminathan Address: Bharti Telenet Limited (Air Tel), 1, Malviya Nagar, Bhopal-462003 Email: bharti@bom4.vsnl.net.in Web site: http://mp.airtelworld.com |
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Launched in 1988, the company had the distinction of being the first private
basic operator in the country. During the FY 2000-01, the company registered a
turnover of Rs 110 crore.
Bharti Telenet has services in twenty-seven cities of Madhya Pradesh and
Chattisgarh. It has invested around Rs 600 crore and has an OFC backbone of
4,000 km with five main switches having a cumulative capacity of 2,50,000. It is
all set to launch limited mobility services in the two states after regulatory
hurdles are cleared. It also has become one of the first company to provide free
Internet services with telephone connection and has around 12,000 registered
subscribers. Bharti provides free Internet, leased line, ISDN lines, centrex
facilities, and video conferencing. This year the company plans to achieve a
target of 1,85,000 customers. The monthly average revenue per user is Rs 733.
33. It operates under the brand name AirTel. It also provides services to the
corporates in form of leased and ISDN lines.
It has a range of supplementary services like call-waiting, selective
ringing, call forward on no-reply, outgoing call barring, selective call accept,
call back, call back for inquiry, explicit call transfer, selective call
forward, calling line identification, itemized billing, 24-hours billing
inquiry, etc. It also has plans for Intelligent Network (IN) services like
virtual private networks, pre-paid calling card and advanced free phone
services. The company has the distinction of installing the highest number of
village public telephones in the country with 348 such phones.