Bharti Enterprises
Indian multinational conglomerate 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 | Google Cloud partnered with Airtel. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 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. |
| 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 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. |
| 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. |
| 2013 | Airtel became the title sponsor of the I-League for the 2013–14 season. |
| 2012 | Bharti tied up with Walmart to start a number of retail stores across India. |
| 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. |
| March 30 2012 | Airtel launched its services in Rwanda, expanding its telecommunications network in Africa. |
| June 2011 | The Economic Times reported the merger of Bharti Airtel's Telemedia business with Mobile and DTH businesses. |
| 2010 | Airtel DRC became a market leader with almost 5 million customers by the end of the year. |
| December 20 2010 | Warid Telecom in Bangladesh rebranded to 'airtel'. |
| November 28 2010 | Sri Lanka followed the rebranding to 'airtel'. |
| November 23 2010 | Airtel's Africa operations were rebranded to 'airtel'. |
| November 18 2010 | Airtel rebranded itself in India with a new logo designed by London-based brand agency Superunion, written in lowercase. |
| August 11 2010 | Bharti Airtel announced the acquisition of Telecom Seychelles for US$62 million, further strengthening its telecommunications footprint in Africa. |
| June 8 2010 | Bharti Airtel completed the purchase of mobile operations in 15 African countries from Zain, a Kuwaiti operator, significantly expanding its international presence in Africa. |
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