Sunil Mittal: Customer is the heart of business

Irving Wladawsky-Berger blogs about a talk given by Bharti’s Sunil Mittal at IBM’s 2006 Business Leadership Forum held in Rome. He explained that, with India’s annual per capita income only a bit over $600, cellular phone service has to be provided for the Indian market at a very low price, around 2 cents a minute [...]

Bharti accelerating

Akhil Gupta of Bharti says the company is eyeing opportunities to acquire mobile operators in the Indian subcontinent, such as in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar. I think its high time Indian operators start thinking big beyond our borders. They have been too busy capturing the Indian market and bringing in funds for growth by [...]

Bharti considering exapanding in Africa

Reuters article quoting from an interview with Sunil Mittal on the sidelines of the 3GSM conference. Mittal said that Bharti could consider expanding in other emerging markets, notably in Africa. He expects Airtel’s share of net subscriber additions to rise to between 23 and 24% this year from around 22% now. Mittal said the rapid [...]