Company Press Release:
 
Bharti Airtel reduces ISD rates to USA and Canada
New Delhi, May 21, 2007: Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telecom services provider today announced a 39% reduction in International Long Distance Tariffs  to USA and Canada for its mobile users in India.

With this, all Airtel mobile users can call USA and Canada at Rs 1.99 per minute. This is in line with the company’s endeavour to make International calling more affordable and deliver greater value to its growing number of mobile users. The revised tariff is applicable on the Airtel STD & ISD Calling Card worth Rs 2245/- only.

“Airtel as an industry leader has always been at the forefront of leading affordability, driving value and expanding the market. India is a global economic powerhouse today with business interests spanning boundaries. With more and more Indians connecting with their friends, family and business associates across the world, it is imperative that International calling becomes more affordable.”, said Mr. Sanjay Gupta, Chief Marketing Officer, Mobile Services, Bharti Airtel.
 

The new tariffs are applicable from May 22, 2007.
Airtel STD & ISD Calling Card Existing Tariffs   Revised Tariffs
MRP   2245   2245 
Talk time in Rs   2000   2000 
ISD to US & Canada  3.25  1.99 
STD to Airtel Mobile  1.50   1.50 
STD to any other phone  2.00  2.00
Validity   180 days  180 days 
  

About Bharti Airtel Limited:
Bharti Airtel Limited, a group company of Bharti Enterprises, is one of India’s leading private sector providers of telecommunications services with an aggregate of 40.8 million customers as of end of April‘07, consisting of 38.89 million mobile customers. Bharti Airtel has been rated among 10 best performing companies in the world in the BusinessWeek IT 100 list.

Bharti Airtel is structured into three strategic business units - Mobile services, Broadband & Telephone (B&T) services and Enterprise services. The mobile business provides mobile & fixed wireless services using GSM technology across 23 telecom circles. The B&T business provides broadband & telephone services in 94 cities. The Enterprise services provide end-to-end telecom solutions to corporate customers and national & international long distance services to carriers. All these services are provided under the Airtel brand. Airtel’s high-speed optic fibre network currently spans over 40,000 kms covering all the major cities in the country. The company has two international landing stations in Chennai that connects two submarine cable systems - i2i to Singapore and SEA-ME-WE-4 to Europe. For more information, visit www.bhartiairtel.in