Bharti wins mobile license in Europe

Category: Airtel | No Comments | Posted on September 22, 2006

Bharti Global, the offshore investment arm of Bharti, has has won the second telecom licence to operate 3G and 2G mobile services in Guernsey, an Island located in the English Channel in Europe.

This is the third international telecom venture of Bharti, and the second in Europe.

In May 2006, Bharti bagged the license to operate full-fledged telecom services, including international long distance, in the southern most state of the British Isles – Jersey.

Telecom Seychelles, a subsidiary of Bharti Global, has been offering mobile and basic telephone services in Seychelles since 1998 under the Airtel brand.

But the award of license to Bharti has created a row, with telecom major Cable & Wireless threating legal action against the regulator OUR.

C&W said that the move could threaten the

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