Airtel Sri Lanka

Airtel (Sinhala: එයාටෙල්, Tamil: ஏர்டெல்) is the brand name of mobile network operator, Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd,[1][2] the Sri Lankan subsidiary of Indian multinational telecommunications company Bharti Airtel. The company was awarded a mobile phone operator license in 2006 and was scheduled to start operations in early 2007, however the company didn't commence services until 12 January 2009.[3] Airtel has over 2.9 million active subscribers as of March 2020.[4]

Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
airtel
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryTelecommunication
FoundedJanuary 12, 2009 (2009-01-12)
HeadquartersColombo, Sri Lanka
Area served
Sri Lanka
Key people
Ashish Chandra (CEO)
ProductsMobile Telecommunications, Mobile Broadband
ParentBharti Airtel
Websitewww.airtel.lk

Network data
  • MNC: 413 05
  • Operator code: 075

History

Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd[5] is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Limited, the Second largest mobile operator in the world, with over 439.84 million mobile customers as of September 2020.[6] Bharti Airtel has been featured in Forbes Asia's Fab 50 list, rated amongst the best performing companies in the world in the BusinessWeek IT 100 list 2007, and voted as India's most innovative company in a survey by The Wall Street Journal.

Airtel Sri Lanka commenced commercial operations of services on 13 January 2009. Granted a license in 2007 in accordance with the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act No. 25 of 1991, it is also a registered company under the Board of Investment Sri Lanka. Under the license, the company provides digital mobile services to Sri Lanka. This is inclusive of voice telephony, voice mail, data services and GSM based services. All of these services are provided under the airtel brand.

Airtel received the 2nd Place award in the 16th National Business Excellence Awards (NBEA) in 2019.[7] Airtel Sri Lanka has 3G island wide coverage.[8]On November Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) approved airtel high speed 4G 850 MHz band operate for indoor coverage.[9]

Network implementation

Airtel currently uses GSM and UMTS/HSPA+ technologies. 4G LTE (Testing Level)

Airtel DC-HSPA+ broadband and coverage

Airtel have 1600+ 2G base stations on operation island-wide and 650+ 3G base stations with dual carrier HSPA+ technology.

Airtel invested $20 million in 2014 to improve their island-wide 3G Coverage.[10]

Airtel 4G will Soon operate in the efficient 850 Mhz band, which has higher signal propagation. This will translate into a superior 4G network experience for customers with wider network availability and, most importantly, better indoor coverage.   

References
  1. "Contacy us - Airtel Sri Lanka". airtel.lk.
  2. "Tariff Regulation - Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka". TRCSL.
  3. Airtel invests ,0m on network Archived 20 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine Daily News, 13 January 2009
  4. "Mobitel, Dialog welcome Hutch-Etisalat merger". theMorning.lk. 9 December 2018.
  5. About Airtel
  6. Bharti Airtel crosses 100 million customers mark
  7. "AirTel Sri Lanka Award". bizenglish.adaderana.lk. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  8. http://airtel.lk/coverage-map.html
  9. "Airtel to introduce world class 4G services using superior spectrum". Adaderana Biz English | Sri Lanka Business News. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
  10. "Airtel rings over Rs. 2 b investment on 3G network expansion in Sri Lanka". 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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