Bharti crosses 50m mobile customers in Africa
Thursday, 1 December 2011
NEW DELHI, Nov 30 (Reuters): Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile phone carrier, said Wednesday it has crossed 50 million customers in Africa, where it acquired mobile operations in 15 countries in a $9 billion deal in June last year.
Bharti currently operates in total 19 countries across Asia and Africa and is the world's fifth-biggest mobile operator by subscribers.
The company has an internal target to have 100 million customers in Africa by the end of March 2013.