There are many people who have been of enormously help in the preparation of the Project on Airtel- Base Transeiver Station(BTS), I am specially thankful to Mrs Sandhya Gopalakrishnan, faculty at Amrita School of Business who have given us this opportunity to undertake this project.
I am thankful to all my friends giving their remarkable contribution and special thanks to my mentor in charge, Rajesh Babu, Sujith Nambiar and Anil who not only explained the topics very well but all have thrown a good insight at the practical aspect too.
Executive Summary
Introduction(company profile)
Bharti Tele-Ventures was incorporated on July 7, 1995 as a company with limited liability under the Companies Act, for promoting telecommunications services. Bharti Tele-Ventures received certificate for commencement of business on January 18, 1996. The Company was initially formed as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bharti Telecom Limited. The chronology of events since Bharti Tele-Ventures was incorporated in 1995 is as follows: Calendar year & Events
1995
- Bharti Cellular launched cellular services 'Airtel' in Delhi
1996
- STET International Netherlands NV, or STET, a company promoted by Telecom Italia, Italy acquired a 20% equity interest in Bharti Tele-Ventures
- Bharti Telenet launched cellular services in Himachal Pradesh
1997
- British Telecom acquired a 21.05% equity interest in Bharti Cellular
- Bharti Telenet obtained a license for providing fixed-line services in Madhya Pradesh circle
- Bharti Telecom and British Telecom formed a 51% : 49% joint venture, Bharti BT, for providing VSAT services
1998
- Bharti Telecom and British Telecom formed a 51% : 49% joint venture, Bharti BT Internet for providing Internet services
- First Indian private fixed-line services launched in Indore in the Madhya Pradesh circle on June 4, 1998 by Bharti Telenet thereby ending fixed-line services monopoly of DoT (now BSNL)
1999
- Warburg Pincus (through its investment