Bharti Infratel Limited is a well-recognized telecommunication company, pursuing its business operation successfully in the Indian region. The company mainly offers infrastructural administration for the telecommunication towers along with providing other telecom assistances. Bharti Infratel Limited owns, manages and deploys the towers, which help the customers of the telecom networks to set up an easy portal to communicate among them. The company also offers wireless services to the network providers that they can provide the services to their respective customers.
The company has conquered most of the telecommunication industry of India. The organization was the subsidiary of Bharti Airtel. Bharti Infratel Limited has acquired 40388 towers in 11 telecommunication sectors throughout the nation. The towers of the company have also acquired 76341 co-locations that help the company to flourish. The company was incorporated in the year of 2006 and is headquartered in New Delhi.
About Company Information:
Bharti Infratel Limited started its business operations in 2006. In 2008, Bharti Airtel handed over their towers and their control to the company for the sharing profits and expanding of the business. This arrangement was made effective from the first half of the same year.
In 2009, BIVL, a subsidiary of Bharti Infratel Limited, received the company’s passive infrastructure assets in 12 telecommunication circles. In 2011, Bharti Infratel Limited was honoured with many accolades and prizes for its service to clients and customers. The company had made a significant mark in the telecommunication industry. In the next year, the company was awarded the ‘Innovative Infrastructure Company of the Year’, at the prestigious stage of Essar Steel Infrastructure Excellence Awards 2010.
The Green mobile award was bestowed upon Bharti Infratel Limited for the green product that it introduced for its clients. In this year, the introduction of ‘Renewable Energy Solutions for Telecom Cell Towers’, brought the company the recognition of ‘Most Innovative Energy Saving Product’ at the country’s most prestigious business award ceremony of India, namely Confederation of Indian Industry - National Award for Excellence in Energy Management.
In 2012, Bharti Infratel Limited had also been honoured with some memorable moments and awards. The company achieved recognition as the fore frontier in the telecommunication infrastructure market. The award was given for their excellence in their performance and the huge contribution towards the evolution of the telecommunication industry. The company also bestowed with the CIO-APC Green IT Award for their contribution to the environment. It had reduced the carbon emission to the atmosphere in the same year.
In the year of 2013, Bharti Infratel Limited bagged other awards for their customer service and the innovative moves and services along with other companies, namely OMC Power. The organization was also awarded the award for the most power-saving products or services that it provided to its clients. The telecom towers were using renewable energy for their business operations that made a grave change in the approach of the telecommunication industries.
In the year of 2014, Bharti Infratel Limited had signed an agreement with Reliance Jio for using their tower infrastructure for expanding their businesses. This move was proved very much beneficial for the company. In the same year, the company received the Amity award for its excellence in service; this introduced the company to the periphery of the topmost telecom service sectors of the nation.
In 2016, the Golden Peacock Award for Sustainability was received by the company at the international platform of The London Global Convention. ‘Top Telecom Tower Company’ of the Year was awarded to the company in 2016 at the stage of Amity Telecom National Awards for Excellence Telefocus.
In 2017, 83 million of equity shares of the parent company Bharti Airtel had been sold to Bharti Infratel Limited. The stakes had also been overtaken by the company. In the same year, the company sold its 190 million shares, which were advised by KKR and CPPIB. The equity holdings of the company have also been reduced in this process.
How Bharti Infratel Ltd is categorised as Infrastructure Sector and Infrastructure- General Industry:
Infrastructure Sector consists of company stocks that deal with the planning and management such as networking equipment and servers to make sure, the critical function within specific business environments is handled. The infrastructure industry has various types based on the field they provide their service.
Bharti Infratel is categorised as Infrastructure sector and Infrastructure industry as it facilitates for telecommunication industry by building and installing telecommunication towers.
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