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10About Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel (NSE: BHARTIARTL) is a global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. The company's product offerings include 2G, 3G, and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high-speed DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, and enterprise services, including national & international long distance services to carriers.

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Latest Bharti Airtel News
Aug 17, 2023
Vodafone Idea and GTL Infra are trading higher, while Bharti Airtel and Railtel are down, following an ICRA report on Wednesday that projected modest revenue growth for the telecom industry in FY24. Vodafone Idea's share has jumped 3.15 per cent in the last one month, but it has slid 12.56 per cent in the last one year. Photo: PTI/Representational Telecom Stocks to Watch: Vodafone Idea is trading higher by 0.64 per cent to Rs 7.87 in early morning trading after a report on Thursday said that the company had sought 30 days more time to pay around Rs 1,680 crore for the spectrum auction instalment. The share is up following a report from ICRA on Wednesday that projected modest revenue growth for the telecom industry in FY24. Among other major telecom stocks on Thursday, Bharti Airtel is down 0.27 per cent, while Railtel is also trading 1.01 per cent lower, amid a report on Wednesday which said that telecom firms like Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea are expected to increase their workforce by 25 per cent. TRENDING NOW ZeeBiz takes you through the overall performance of the leading telecom shares. Bharti Airtel The share hit the day's high of Rs 859.65 early in the morning before slipping 0.27 per cent to Rs 854.70 on Thursday. The share has slipped 3.06 per cent in the last five trading sessions, while its fall in the last one month has been 0.51 per cent. The Nifty 50, meanwhile, has slipped 0.98 per cent in the last five trading sessions and 1.62 per cent in the last one month. Bharti Airtel on Tuesday said that claims worth Rs 45,286.76 crore are against the company and its subsidiaries and are undergoing litigation in various courts of the country. Vodafone Idea Vodafone Idea's shares are trading 0.64 per cent higher at Rs 7.87 after a report quoting one of the telecom company's top officials said that it had sought 30 days more time to pay around Rs 1,680 crore for the spectrum installment due on Thursday. The company has reportedly proposed to pay the amount with interest. Vodafone Idea's share trading higher on Thursday is a change from its lacklustre performance in the last five sessions, when it has slipped 5.52 per cent. The off-colour show is also because the company's Q1 FY24 profit losses widened to Rs 7,840 crore as per its BSE filing early this week. The company's share has jumped 3.15 per cent in the last one month, but it has slid 12.56 per cent in the last year compared to an 8.07 per cent rise of the Nifty 50 during the same period. GTL Infra GTL Infra also started its day on a high note as the penny stock was trading 1.32 per cent higher at Rs 0.77 in morning trading hours on Thursday. It was a change for the share as it has performed poorly on the BSE for most part of the last one year. It has slipped 2.56 per cent in the last month, but its slide in the last one year is as low as 43.70 per cent. GTL announced its Q1 results last week, reporting a fall of 2.12 per cent in its net sales year-on-year. Railtel The share of Railtel was trading 1.01 per cent down at Rs 171.90 in early morning trading hours on Thursday. The share is down a day after Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the central government had approved seven multi-tracking projects for Indian Railways with an outlay of Rs 32,500 crore. Early this month, the company got a Rs 78 crore order from a railway organisation. The share has jumped 21.52 per cent in the last month, but in the last five trading days, the share has gone down 1.78 per cent. The S&P BSE Telecommunications Index was trading higher by 0.15 per cent, or 2.81 points, at 1,833.55, on Thursday morning with many telecom shares such as MTNL, HFCL, Industower, ITI, Onmobile Optiemus, Route, SL Tech, Tata Communications, Tejasnet, TTML and Vindyatel trading in different trajectories.
Bharti Airtel Investments
21 Investments
Bharti Airtel has made 21 investments. Their latest investment was in Lavelle Networks as part of their Corporate Minority - III on July 7, 2023.

Bharti Airtel Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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7/12/2023 | Corporate Minority - III | Lavelle Networks | No | 2 | ||
6/22/2023 | Corporate Minority | Egan Solar Power | $0.16M | Yes | 3 | |
12/20/2022 | Seed VC - III | Lemnisk | $2.83M | Yes | 5 | |
4/27/2022 | Corporate Minority | |||||
3/28/2022 | Corporate Minority |
Date | 7/12/2023 | 6/22/2023 | 12/20/2022 | 4/27/2022 | 3/28/2022 |
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Round | Corporate Minority - III | Corporate Minority | Seed VC - III | Corporate Minority | Corporate Minority |
Company | Lavelle Networks | Egan Solar Power | Lemnisk | ||
Amount | $0.16M | $2.83M | |||
New? | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Bharti Airtel Portfolio Exits
5 Portfolio Exits
Bharti Airtel has 5 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Editorji Technologies on July 15, 2020.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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7/15/2020 | Corporate Majority | 2 | |||
Date | 7/15/2020 | ||||
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Exit | Corporate Majority | ||||
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Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 2 |
Bharti Airtel Acquisitions
18 Acquisitions
Bharti Airtel acquired 18 companies. Their latest acquisition was Quikmile on November 25, 2019.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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11/25/2019 | Acq - Talent | 1 | ||||
7/1/2019 | Merger | 5 | ||||
10/4/2018 | Asset Sale | 1 | ||||
10/3/2018 | Other | |||||
3/15/2018 |
Date | 11/25/2019 | 7/1/2019 | 10/4/2018 | 10/3/2018 | 3/15/2018 |
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Investment Stage | Other | ||||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Total Funding | |||||
Note | Acq - Talent | Merger | Asset Sale | ||
Sources | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Bharti Airtel Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
Bharti Airtel has 10 strategic partners and customers. Bharti Airtel recently partnered with BRAVE Combat Federation on August 8, 2023.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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8/2/2023 | Partner | Bahrain | The partnership between BRAVE CF and Airtel is supported by the Nigerian Mixed Martial Arts Federation , the governing body of MMA in the country recognized by the IMMAF , and CLOUD9 , Brave CF 's partners in Nigeria , a team of industry leaders promoting a sport value chain in MMA . | 1 | |
6/20/2023 | Partner | India | Airtel partners Matter Motor Works to deploy IoT in Aera e-bikes As part of the partnership , 60,000 Matter bikes will be enabled with Airtel e-sims in the first phase and shipping will begin from September-October | 7 | |
5/15/2023 | Licensor | India | Airtel adds Dream11’s FanCode to its Xstream line-up Other recent partnerships include Social Swag , an influencer commerce platform backed by celebrities Akshay Kumar , Rana Daggubati and Mahesh Bhupathi . | 1 | |
5/10/2023 | Partner | ||||
5/1/2023 | Partner |
Date | 8/2/2023 | 6/20/2023 | 5/15/2023 | 5/10/2023 | 5/1/2023 |
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Type | Partner | Partner | Licensor | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | Bahrain | India | India | ||
News Snippet | The partnership between BRAVE CF and Airtel is supported by the Nigerian Mixed Martial Arts Federation , the governing body of MMA in the country recognized by the IMMAF , and CLOUD9 , Brave CF 's partners in Nigeria , a team of industry leaders promoting a sport value chain in MMA . | Airtel partners Matter Motor Works to deploy IoT in Aera e-bikes As part of the partnership , 60,000 Matter bikes will be enabled with Airtel e-sims in the first phase and shipping will begin from September-October | Airtel adds Dream11’s FanCode to its Xstream line-up Other recent partnerships include Social Swag , an influencer commerce platform backed by celebrities Akshay Kumar , Rana Daggubati and Mahesh Bhupathi . | ||
Sources | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Bharti Airtel Team
48 Team Members
Bharti Airtel has 48 team members, including current Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, Prasanta D Sarma.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Prasanta D Sarma | Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director | Current | |
Name | Prasanta D Sarma | ||||
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Work History | |||||
Title | Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director | ||||
Status | Current |
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