§ Plans to increase number of cell sites by over 26 % in FY 08 -09

New Delhi, May 15, 2008: Bharti Airtel Ltd., India’s leading mobile service provider, today announced its achievement of crossing the 4-million customer mark in Delhi. With this, Airtel becomes the first and the only mobile operator to achieve this milestone in a Metro circle. Airtel’s journey to the 4 million landmark has been path - breaking, having added the last million in just 14 months. Airtel’s commitment to Delhi is amply evident over the years, as it has expanded its robust state-of-the art EDGE network and world-class customer service to connect all of Delhi and NCR.

In the year ahead, Airtel will continue to focus and build on its network, customer service and ensure customer delight at every level. Airtel currently has an extensive network of cell sites across Delhi and NCR and plans to increase them by over 26 % in FY 08-09.

Mr. Shashi Arora, CEO- Airtel Delhi circle, (Mobility) Bharti Airtel Limited, said, “The 4 million milestone speaks volumes of the trust that our customers have in the Airtel brand. This achievement is a testimony of our ability to offer innovative and affordable services like Super Lifetime, Re 1 Local tariff, reduced STD and Roaming tariffs etc. As we move forward, I take this opportunity to reiterate our commitment to provide high-quality services and value for money products to our customers.”

Airtel has consistently set the benchmarks for the Indian cellular industry and redefined the business through marketing innovations, introduction of new generation value-added services like SMS2.0, Music on Demand, Songcatcher and the highest standard of customer delivery like My Language Bill, mChek etc. Today, Airtel offers its customer’s, ‘choice’ and ‘superior value for money’ with a range of innovative value-added services backed by excellent customer services.

About Bharti Airtel:

Bharti Airtel Limited, a group company of Bharti Enterprises, is India’s leading integrated telecom services provider with an aggregate of 64.26 million customers as of end of March 2008, consisting of 61.98 million mobile customers. Bharti Airtel has been rated among the best performing companies in the world in the Business Week IT 100 list 2007.

Bharti Airtel is structured into three strategic business units - Mobile services, Telemedia services and Enterprise services. The mobile business provides mobile & fixed wireless services using GSM technology across 23 telecom circles. The Telemedia business provides broadband and telephone services in 94 cities and is foraying into the IPTV and DTH segments. The Enterprise services business provides end-to-end telecom solutions to corporate customers and national and international long distance services to carriers. All these services are provided under the Airtel brand. Airtel’s high-speed optic fibre network currently spans over 73,787 kms covering all the major cities in the country. The company has two international landing stations in Chennai that connects two submarine cable systems - i2i to Singapore and SEA-ME-WE-4 to Europe. For more information, visit www.bhartiairtel.in

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