Bharti Airtel is the Best Emerging Market Carrier

Bharti Airtel is the Best Emerging Market Carrier

Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecom services provider has been awarded the “Best Emerging Market Carrier” in the Telecom Asia Awards 2007. The Awards now in its tenth year are the most prestigious honours program in the Asian telecommunications sector. Bharti Airtel was selected amongst an impressive list of 30 telecom companies from the Asia Pacific region. In the past Bharti Airtel had won the ‘Best Indian Carrier’ for two consecutive years – 2005 & 2006 respectively.

Mr. Manoj Kohli, President & CEO, Bharti Airtel Limited, said, “The Indian telecom market is setting new benchmarks every day. As a leader in the telecom space, we feel proud to have led that success. In a highly competitive market, being recognized as the ‘Best Emerging Market Carrier’ is an honour indeed. This recognition is testimony to our commitment towards our valued customers, our stakeholders, and our various partners who are aligned with us in this success.”

The “Telecom Asia Awards” recognizes the achievements of mobile operators in various categories. The award winners were chosen for their combined financial, market and technology strengths based on financial analysis and assessments by a 15-member judging panel. The judges were backed by a research team at IDC, and using a combination of its extensive communications research in Asia/Pacific and financial analysis of the carriers.