Airtel Sri Lanka

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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Airtel Sri Lanka}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
| trade_name = '''airtel'''
| logo = Bharti Airtel Limited logo.svg
| logo_size = 230px
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| location = [[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]
| industry = [[Telecommunication]]
| products = [[Mobile Telecommunications]], [[Mobile Broadband]]
| parent = [[Bharti Airtel]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|2009|01|12}}
| key_people = Ashish Chandra <small>([[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])</small>
| area_served = [[Sri Lanka]]
| homepage = {{url|http://www.airtel.lk}}
}}

'''Airtel''' ({{lang-si|එයාටෙල්}}, {{lang-ta|ஏர்டெல்}}) is the brand name of mobile network operator, Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.airtel.lk/support/support-agent.html|title=Contacy us - Airtel Sri Lanka|publisher=airtel.lk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trc.gov.lk/2014-05-12-13-20-23/tariff-regulation.html|title=Tariff Regulation - Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka|publisher=TRCSL}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/01/13/bus01.asp Airtel invests ,0m on network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120054407/http://dailynews.lk/2009/01/13/bus01.asp |date=20 January 2009 }} Daily News, 13 January 2009</ref> Airtel has over 2.9 million active subscribers [https://assets.airtel.in/teams/simplycms/web/docs/Airtel-Integrated_Report_and_Annual_Financial_Statements_2019-20.pdf]{{as of|2020|March|lc=yes}}.<ref name=SubscribersLK>{{cite web |url=http://www.themorning.lk/3-mobitel-welcomes-hutch-etisalat-merger/|title=Mobitel, Dialog welcome Hutch-Etisalat merger|publisher=theMorning.lk|date=9 December 2018}}</ref>

==Network data==

*MNC: 413 05
*Operator code: 075

==History==
Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd<ref>[https://www.airtel.lk/about/index.html About Airtel]</ref> is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Limited, the [[List of mobile network operators|Second largest mobile operator in the world]], with over 439.84 million mobile customers as of September 2020.<ref>[http://www.airtel.in/wps/wcm/connect/About%20Bharti%20Airtel/bharti+airtel/media+centre/fy2009-2010/pg-bharti_airtel_crosses_100_million_customers_mark Bharti Airtel crosses 100 million customers mark]</ref> 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]]''.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=AirTel Sri Lanka Award|url=http://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/bharti-airtel-lanka-wins-at-the-national-business-excellence-awards-2019/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-16|website=bizenglish.adaderana.lk}}</ref> Airtel Sri Lanka has 3G island wide coverage.<ref>http://airtel.lk/coverage-map.html</ref>On November Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) approved airtel high speed 4G 850 MHz band operate for indoor coverage.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-21|title=Airtel to introduce world class 4G services using superior spectrum|url=http://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/airtel-to-introduce-world-class-4g-services-using-superior-spectrum/|access-date=2020-12-16|website=Adaderana Biz English {{!}} Sri Lanka Business News|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Network implementation==

Airtel currently uses [[GSM]] / [[UMTS]]/[[High Speed Packet Access|HSPA+]] and Launched [[4G]] Network.

==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.lk/2013/12/18/airtel-rings-over-rs-2-b-investment-on-3g-network-expansion-in-sri-lanka/|title=Airtel rings over Rs. 2 b investment on 3G network expansion in Sri Lanka|date=18 December 2013|accessdate=10 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812213658/http://www.ft.lk/2013/12/18/airtel-rings-over-rs-2-b-investment-on-3g-network-expansion-in-sri-lanka/|archive-date=12 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Airtel 4G will operate in the efficient 850 Mhz band & 2100Mhz 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==
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==External links==
* [https://www.airtel.lk/ Official Website]

{{Bharti Enterprises}}
{{Telecommunications in Sri Lanka}}

[[Category:Telecommunications companies of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Bharti Airtel]]

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