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Bharti Airtel Lanka is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, which is one of Asia's leading integrated telecom services provider with an aggregate of over 100 million customers. 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.

Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd commenced commercial operations of services in Sri Lanka on January 12, 2009, and was the fastest operator to reach the 1 million customers mark in Sri Lanka. With its network footprint panned out across the country in less than 2 years from launch, Airtel has emerged as Sri Lanka’s fastest expanding network. 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 in Sri Lanka. Under the license, the company provides digital mobile services to Sri Lanka inclusive of voice telephony, voice mail, data services and GSM based services. All of these services are provided under the Airtel brand.

  Press Releases
  Airtel Lanka rewards customers with ‘Stay Active & Win’ promotion
  Colombo, June 8, 2012
   
  Airtel Lanka reaffirms its commitment to quality and customer excellence on World Telecommunications Day
  Colombo, May 17, 2012
   
  Airtel Lanka introduces Talk Time gifting for customers across geographies
  Colombo, May 9, 2012
   
  Airtel launches ‘my Airtel status service’ in Sri Lanka
  Colombo, April 23, 2012
   
  Soldier from Kurunegala becomes Airtel Millionaire
  Colombo March 09, 2012
   
  Airtel continues network expansion drive in Sri Lanka
  Colombo, 1st March 2012
   
  Airtel launches ‘Music Magic Card’ in Sri Lanka
  Colombo, February 24, 2012
   
  Second Winner of Airtel Millionaire promotion hails from Nawalapitiya
  Colombo February 15, 2012
   
  Bharti Airtel ties up with Manchester United for its customers in Sri Lanka
  Colombo, January 26, 2012
   
  First Winner of Airtel Millionaire promotion hails from Batticaloa
  Colombo January 25, 2012
   
  Bharti Airtel appoints Suren Goonewardene as CEO – Sri Lanka
  Colombo, January 19, 2012
   
  Are you an Airtel Millionaire Friend
  Colombo, December 29, 2011
   
  Airtel ranked the fastest mobile broadband network in Sri Lanka
  Colombo, 19 December 2011
   
  Airtel introduces simplicity to the data recharge market
  Colombo, December 1, 2011
   
  Airtel’s Haté Kathawa campaign in Sri Lanka shines at Effies 2011
  Colombo, November 24, 2011
   
  Airtel challenges adventure heroes with mobile gaming
  Colombo, November 1, 2011
   
  Back to back accreditations for Airtel Lanka.
  Colombo October 10, 2011
   
  Bharti Airtel Lanka bags BS25999 accreditation from British Standards Institution
  Colombo, 31 August, 2011:
   
  Airtel Lanka clinches award for South Asia’s Best Operating Unit
  Colombo, August 01, 2011
   
  Airtel powers the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2011
  Colombo, June 28, 2011
   
  Airtel presents hSenid HRM Enterprise Self Services over blackberry
  Colombo, June, 2011
   
  Airtel empowers customers with Complimentary Safety Alerts
  Colombo, May, 2011
   
  Airtel partners with Bank of Ceylon and BOC Paymate to launch MCommerce solution in Sri Lanka
  Colombo, May, 2011
   
  Airtel & Commercial Bank launch bill payment facilities in Sri Lanka
  Colombo, May, 2011
   
  Airtel celebrates Sinhala & Tamil New Year by offering complimentary public transportation services
  Colombo, April, 2011
   
  airtel presents Colombo Fashion Week exclusively on w@p & 3G
  Colombo, February 04, 2011
   
  airtel Lakshapathiya winners announced
  Colombo, February 03, 2011
   
  airtel and iGateway, together with Airport & Aviation Services in Sri Lanka power BIA with complimentary calling facilities
  Colombo, January 02, 2011
   
  airtel unveils its new global identity in Sri Lanka
  Colombo, November 29, 2010
   
  Airtel now lights up Northern Sri Lanka
  Colombo, October 18, 2010
   
  1000 beacons now beam Airtel across Sri Lanka
  Colombo, August 27, 2010
   
  Hello East, says Airtel
  Colombo, June 02, 2010
   
  Airtel supports the 24th CACCI Conference and Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2010
  Colombo, June 01, 2010
   
  Airtel slashes India Roaming rates by 99% and India IDD by 60%
  Colombo, May 29, 2010
 
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