A worker cleans a logo of Bharti Airtel at its zonal office building in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh May 2, 2013. Top Indian mobile carrier Bharti Airtel Ltd's subscriber growth and usage trends along with easing competition suggest the worst may be over for the industry, even as the firm recorded its thirteenth consecutive quarter of falling profits.
A Bharti Airtel advertisement board is installed against the backdrop of company's telecommunication tower in the southern Indian city of Kochi in this November 30, 2012 file photo. Bharti Airtel Ltd reported a 50 percent fall in quarterly profit that capped the third straight year of declining earnings at India's top telecommunications carrier. The world's fourth-biggest cellular carrier by customers, said net profit fell to 5.09 billion rupees ($94 million) for its fiscal fourth quarter to end-March, from 10.06 billion rupees reported a year earlier.
Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal (R) leaves the Patiala House court complex in New Delhi April 22, 2013. The Supreme Court has asked a lower court to defer until April 22 a summons to Mittal in a case over alleged corruption in allocation of mobile airwaves, as it will continue hearing Mittal's plea seeking to have the summons overthrown.
Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Airtel Limited, Sunil Bharti Mittal arrives at the Patiala House courts in New Delhi on April 16, 2013. Telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal was to appear in a New Delhi court probing alleged irregularities in the awarding of mobile phone licences.
Chandigarh: Telecom major Bharti Airtel today launched the fourth generation (4G) mobile broadband services in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula.
This launch is another first by Airtel that further enhances the footprint of mobile broadband in India. We are optimistic about the potential of Airtel 4G services and invite our data savvy customers in Punjab to enjoy this world class data experience, Bharti Airtel CTO and Director for Network Services Group, Jagbir Singh said in a statement.
In 2010, Airtel had successfully bid for BWA licence spectrum in Kolkata, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra
(excluding Mumbai) circles.
Telecom major Bharti Airtel has got interim relief till May 8 from the Delhi High Court which stayed the government order asking the firm to immediately stop 3G services in select regions.
The court has stayed the execution of a department of telecommunications (DoT) order to immediately stop 3G mobile services by companies where they do not own licences. The court also let the telco continue its 3G roaming pacts until the next hearing, scheduled for May 8.
