Bharti Airtel ranks fourth globally in subscriber numbers

Bharti Airtel, the telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa moved up one notch in the world wide ranking to be the fourth largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers. (Source: Wireless Intelligence ‘Scoreboard’).

Top five operators globally:

Source: Wirelessintelligence.com

(Mobile operator worldwide group global ranking by connections, Q2 2012)

*Connections are aggregated as the sum of each group’s subsidiaries where a minimum of 50 per cent plus one share economic interest is held.

At the end of the quarter ended June 2012, Airtel counted over 250 million mobile subscribers across its operations, representing 13 per cent year-on-year growth.

Bharti Airtel became the fifth largest mobile operator in the world following its acquisition of Zain Group’s mobile operations across 15 African nations in June 2010.