Bharti – Zain deal is sealed, the 10.3 billion dollar deal leapfrogs the largest Telecom provider in India, Bharti, to the top 5 in the world. Before this deal they were placed at 10th amongst the top telecom companies in the world.
Here are top Telecom Companies in the World:
Top 15 Telecom Companies in World
| Rank | Company Name | Subscribers |
| 1 | China Mobile | 522 Mln |
| 2 | Vodafone Group | 333 Mln |
| 3 | Telefonica | 202 Mln |
| 4 | AmericaMovil | 201 Mln |
| 5 | Telenor Group | 172 Mln |
| 6 | Deutsche Telecom | 151 Mln |
| 7 | China Unicom | 148 Mln |
| 8 | TeliaSonera | 148 Mln |
| 9 | France Telecom | 133 Mln |
| 10 | Bharti Airtel | 125 Mln |
| 11 | MTN Group | 116 Mln |
| 12 | Mobile Telesystems | 102 Mln |
| 13 | Reliance Communications | 100 Mln |
| 14 | Orascom Telecom | 93 Mln |
| 15 | AT&T | 85 Mln |
These figures are based as of end- February 2010.
If you add Zain’s 42 Million subscribers in 15 African countries now coming under Bharti’s Umbrella – The Total Subscriber base of Bharti Airtel goes to 167 million Subscribers, which puts it firmly in 5th position
We also have Reliance Communication which just celebrated the 100 millionth connection and is placed at 13th position !
Also, with the kind of growth Indian Telecom Industry is witnessing, I see Bharti coming in top 3 position probably by end of this year.
Some bragging rights there…uhhh !
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i think airtel is best telecom company in india
china telecom is so worst Airtel is best
I think…reliance is the best…..
Airtel is the best telecommunication services provider if India….due to its network coverage’s throughout the country…..I love Airtel…
BSNL is going top the list in India in near future.
I think airtel is the best among all indian telecommunications companies.
I think vodafone is the best.
what about cellone.
what about SingTel?
China Mobile?
reliance comm. is in undergrowth….
airtel has a good future prospect.
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cricket deserves to have a position and i agree to my friend s comment there the coverage is good and also its an affordable service provider plz give cricket a chance too
airtel is a strong contender in the telecom world and also aiming at first 3 world largest telecom companies.
airtel are very good company………
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At what position is verizon telecom ??
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Very good day. World Telecom Operator
No Virgin telecom in the list??
I am happy for Airtel though..
It seems with 167 million Bharti will be on 6th position behind “Telenor Group” with 172 million subscribers.
These figures also include Bharti’s Bangladesh acquisition of Warid International?
The Indian telecom industry is currently saturated, so the growth will be slow. Even though it wasn’t a nice idea to do too many acquisitions in one year, I think Bharti has done something sensible, they know that the Indian telecom industry will not have much growth, so they tapped into the African markets at the right time.