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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Predecessor | Warid Bangladesh |
| Founded | December 2, 2010(Registration date) |
| Headquarters | House 34, Road 19/A, Banani, Dhaka 1213, Bangladesh |
Key people | Mr. Prasanta Das Sarma (CEO and MD), Rajnish Kaul (COO), Mr. Ashraful H. Chowhdury (CCAO) |
| Products | Telephony, EDGE, GSM, HSDPA/3G |
 ₹21.771 billion (US$260 million) (2010)[1] | |
| ₹18.282 billion (US$220 million) (2010)[1] | |
| Total assets | ₹856.142 billion (US$10 billion) (2010) [1] |
| Total equity | ₹502.603 billion (US$6.0 billion) (2010)
Note: All figures include Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka operations |
| Parent | Bharti Airtel (100%) |
| Website | bd.airtel.com |
Airtel Bangladesh Ltd. (Bengali: এয়ারটেল বাংলাদেশ), DBA airtel, formerly known as Warid Telecom, is a GSM and 3G based cellular operator in Bangladesh. Airtel is the sixth mobile phone carrier to enter the Bangladesh market, and originally launched commercial operations under the brand name Warid on May 10, 2007.
In 2010, Bharti Airtel bought out majority share of the company. As of August 2013, Airtel Bangladesh has 7.97 million subscribers with 7.3% of market share.[2]
History
In 2010, Warid Telecom sold a majority 70% stake in the company to India's Bharti Airtel Limited for US$300 million.[3] The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission approved the deal on Jan 4, 2010.[4] Bharti Airtel Limited took management control of the company and its board, and rebranded the company's services under its own airtel brand from December 20, 2010.
On December 21, 2011, Airtel Bangladesh launched "Airtel Circle of Friends", the first ever Interactive Commercial in Bangladesh, created and executed by Digimarka.
In March, 2013, Warid Telecom sold its rest 30% share to Bharti Airtel’s Singapore-based concern Bharti Airtel Holdings Pte Limited.[5]
On September 8, 2013, Airtel Bangladesh received 5 MHz 3G spectrum with 1.25 million US$.
Numbering scheme
Airtel Bangladesh uses the following numbering scheme:
+880 16 N1N2N3N4N5N6N7N8
Where, 880 is the ISD code for Bangladesh and is needed only in case of dialling from outside Bangladesh.
16 is the prefix for Airtel Bangladesh as allocated by the government of Bangladesh. Omitting +880 will require using 0 in place of it instead to represent local call, hence 016 is the general prefix.
N1N2N3N4N5N6N7N8 is the subscriber number.
Products offered
Airtel provides both post-paid and pre-paid connection plans. The post-paid plan is branded and marketed across the country under the name airtel Postpaid; the pre-paid segment is branded and marketed as airtel Prepaid.
The airtel Prepaid category is divided into eleven segments:[6]
- Dosti
- Hoichoi
- ManUtd Pack
- Adda
- Super Adda
- Shobai
- Golpo
- Kotha
- Foorti
- Dolbol
- Bijoy 016
The airtel Postpaid category is divided into three segments:
- Airtel Exclusive
- Airtel Classic
- Airtel Advantage
Airtel Postpaid and Airtel Prepaid users enjoy various value added services(VAS), such as SMS, MMS, GPRS, 64K SIM, Dual SIM product, Corporate packages for product advertising via SMS, and a host of other features. However, International Roaming is available only to postpaid users.
Customer care
Airtel has seven customer care centers around the country, which are known as "Airtel experience centers" (AECs), located at key locations. These centers are directly run by Airtel itself.
Airtel has another 77 dealer outlet spread across Bangladesh, the largest chain of retail outlets in the country, which is further backed up by a chain of sub-dealers, affinity partners & distributors. Dealer outlets of Airtel are known as "Airtel relationship centers" (ARCs).
SIM cards, scratch cards, and sometimes mobile sets are sold at these outlets. Bill collection for post-paid users and Zem top up for pre-paid users can also be availed at the franchises. These franchises directly appoint dealers and sub-dealers in their designated areas.
See also
References
- ^ a b c http://airtel.in/QuarterlyResult/Quarterly_report_Q3_10.pdf
- ^ "BTRC Mobile Phone Subscriber Report". BTRC. Retrieved 8 Oct 2013.
- ^ By R. Jai Krishna And Prasanta Sahu (2010-01-12). "Bharti Airtel to Buy Warid Telecom for $300 Million - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ Ahmed, Rumman (2010-01-05). "Bharti Airtel to Invest $300 Million in Warid Telecom - WSJ.com". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ "Bharti Buys out airtel Bangladesh". The Daily Star. Retrieved 9 Oct 2013.
- ^ airtel Prepaid
