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Airtel to seek shareholders' nod for waiver of recovery of excess pay to Chairman Sunil Mittal, CEO Gopal Vittal
•Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal's remuneration in 2018-19 was Rs 21.19 crore more than the ceiling of 11 percent of the company's net profit
Airtel ARPU grows 6.5% to Rs 123 in Jan-Mar quarter, loss from India mobile service business more than doubled
•Airtel's loss from India mobile services business more than doubled to Rs 1,377.8 crore in January-March 2019 compared with Rs 482.2 crore loss in the same period of the previous fiscal year.
Bharti Airtel's managing director Gopal Vittal elected to the board of global industry body GSMA
•"Gopal Vittal, MD & CEO (India and South Asia), Bharti Airtel has been elected to the board of GSMA for the 2019-2020 term," Bharti Airtel said in a statement.
Bharti Airtel Q2 net profit tanks 65.4% to Rs 119 cr; revenue falls 6.2% to Rs 20,422 cr
•Bharti Airtel's India revenues fell 3.6 percent year-on-year while the Africa revenues rose 10.8 percent
Bharti Airtel reports first-ever loss of Rs 940 crore in Q1; bleeds to retain market dominance
•Bharti Airtel's operational performance was also dragged down by a 16 percent rise in finance cost to Rs 212.65 crore (from Rs 182.74 crore) and forex losses.
Bharti Airtel's Q1 net income plunges 73% to Rs 97 crore due to intense competition in mobile services market
•Consolidated income of Bharti Airtel declined by 8.6 percent to Rs 20,080 crore for the first quarter of this fiscal
Telecom pricing, ARPU have hit rock bottom, can only go up: Airtel CEO
Ians •Airtel also plans to launch its initial public offering (IPO) by 2019.
Airtel joins global consortium called Seamless Alliance to bring high-speed in-flight data connectivity to mobile customers
•The global initiative, announced today in Barcelona, will also look at bringing into its fold other industry operators beyond the five founding members.
Mobile tariffs in India 'unsustainable' as battle for industry dominance focuses on market share says Airtel CEO
•Airtel posted a decline in consolidated net profit for the seventh straight quarter to Rs. 305.8 crores for the three month period ended 31 December, 2017.
Bharti Airtel and Symantec team up to protect customers from cyber-threats
Ians •Bharti Airtel and cyber security provider Symantec have inked a strategic alliance to protect customers from increasing online threats.