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. |
| 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. |
| July 2021 | Airtel and Intel announced a collaboration to accelerate 5G technology deployment in India. |
| 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 | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 sponsored the FIA GT World Cup for the 2018–21 period. |
| August 29 2018 | Bharti Airtel obtained shareholders' approval for the merger proposal with Tata Teleservices. |
| 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. |
| August 15 2017 | Bharti Airtel and Millicom's Tigo in Ghana merged to form the new company AirtelTigo. |
| November 3 2016 | Airtel awarded a ₹4.02 billion contract to Nokia to implement Voice over LTE (VoLTE) technology nationwide. |
| July 19 2016 | Airtel completed the sale of its operations in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone to Orange. |
| January 13 2016 | Bharti Airtel and France-based Orange SA signed a deal to sell Airtel's operations in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone to Orange. |
| June 2015 | Bharti Airtel was accused of using a code that compromised subscribers' privacy, raising significant user data protection concerns. |
| June 18 2015 | Airtel began 4G trials in Delhi. |
| June 16 2015 | Airtel started 4G services in Karnal and Yamunanagar in Haryana. |
| February 2014 | Airtel launched 4G services on mobile, with Bangalore being the first city to receive the service. |
| 2013 | Airtel became the title sponsor of the I-League for the 2013–14 season. |
| March 25 2013 | Airtel launched 4G services in Chandigarh, Mohali, and Panchkula. |
| 2012 | Bharti tied up with Walmart to start a number of retail stores across India. |
| October 18 2012 | Airtel extended 4G services to Pune. |
| May 2012 | Airtel Broadband, along with other Indian ISPs, temporarily blocked file sharing websites like Vimeo, Megavideo, and The Pirate Bay without providing legal information to customers. |
| May 7 2012 | Airtel expanded its 4G services to Bangalore. |
| April 10 2012 | Airtel launched its first 4G services using TD-LTE technology through dongles and modems in Kolkata, becoming the first company in India to offer 4G services. |
| March 30 2012 | Airtel launched its services in Rwanda, expanding its telecommunications network in Africa. |
| July 27 2011 | Airtel launched 3G services in Kerala's three largest cities: Kochi, Kozhikode, and Thiruvananthapuram. |
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