Airtel launches in Sri Lanka

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Bharti Airtel Limited, an Indian telecom giant and one of Asia's leading integrated telecom service provider, launched itself in Sri Lanka on Monday. Speaking to the Press Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman and Managing director, Bharti Airtel said that Bharati have always believed in undertaking business projects that are transformational and have a positive impact on the society at large. With this Airtel will be the fifth telecom service provider in the country. The services have been launched on a state of the art 3.5 G network.

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Announcing the cheapest mobile rates in the country Bharti Airtel Lanka, a subsidiary of the Indian telecom giant Bharti Airtel, one of Asia's leading integrated telecom services launched its services in Sri Lanka today.

The fifth cellular operator in Sri Lanka, Bharti Airtel published their tariff package this morning with totally free incoming call charges.

According to the CEO of Bharti Airtel Sri Lanka, Amalie Nanayakkara, the outgoing charges for Airtel is Rs. 2.00 per minute until March 31st and thereafter it will be increased to Rs. 2.50 per minute.

At the beginning Airtel will cover only five provinces in Sri Lanka. The company hopes to spread their services in Uva and North Central provinces in the near future.

The company has invested US $ 200 million for its operations in Sri Lanka over the next five years.

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Bharti Airtel Lanka now comes up with their mobile services in Sri Lanka.

It will operate on the fastest state-of-the-art 3.5G network.

The service packs feature unconditional free incoming calls, attractive call rates and lower roaming charges at a very reasonable price.

There are plans to invest about USD 200 million in this project.

Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharti Airtel remarked, “We are extremely honored to present Airtel to Sri Lanka. At Bharti, we have always believed in undertaking business projects that are transformational and have a positive impact on the society at large. Bharti Airtel has also set global benchmarks in telecom services, be it our unique business model based on outsourcing or innovative products and services.”

Mittal added, “We are delighted at being given this opportunity to serve the people of Sri Lanka and contribute to the growth story of the country. It will be Airtel’s sincere endeavor to drive affordability in the Sri Lankan market and empower more and more people to experience the benefits of mobile internet and telephony. We are confident that with our experience of serving around 88 million customers, we will make a positive impact on the telecom landscape of Sri Lanka.”

Airtel offers mobile phone users a fixed charge to call any network that will now ensure that any calls made either outside network or within network will charge them same as well as the simple tariff plan also let subscribers enjoy unlimited talk time all through out at a standard rate. Further, there will be customer-relevant Value Added Services.

Bharti Airtel has developed a community of partners by signing a three-year network managing deal for carrying out its operation efficiently. Airtel has signed up Huawei and IBM for IT infrastructure and application supports and partnered with iSmart Timex for customer care service.

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sanjcal

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AIRTEL BETTER THAN DIALOG PRE AND POST PAID BOTH. ALSO ITS BETTER THAN MOBITEL SMART IN OG TARIFF TO OTHER LINES. ONLY UPAHARA IS CLEARLY BETTER THAN AIRTEL. KIT D2D RATE IS 3 RUPEES. AIRTEL USERS CAN CALL SAME DIALOG NUMBER FOR 2 RUPEES. THINK CORRECTLY. AIRTEL IS NOT THAT BAD, NOT GOOD FOR YOU LL BECAUSE ALL OF YOU LL WERE DREAMING OVER LAST FEW WEEKS!
NO POINT IN TALKING ABOUT DIALOG. THEY ARE NOT SRI LANKAN. THEY COPIED AIRTEL THEME. ITS NOT ACCEPTABLE AT ALL.
BEFORE GIVING SMS FREE THEY SHOULD REDUSE OG RATE OF KIT. OTHERWISE IT LL BE THE END FOR DIALOG!
 

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airtel prices wedi wenasak nae ne. dialog eken nam 1000 minutes free hari labenawa. my10 thiyena nisa sms 50 cents. incoming totaly free.

Airtel eke thiyena ekama honda outgoing Rs. 2/- ... dialog eke Rs. 3/-

im just going to stick to dialog for sumtym
 

pissu_man

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nabil said:
airtel prices wedi wenasak nae ne. dialog eken nam 1000 minutes free hari labenawa. my10 thiyena nisa sms 50 cents. incoming totaly free.

Airtel eke thiyena ekama honda outgoing Rs. 2/- ... dialog eke Rs. 3/-

im just going to stick to dialog for sumtym

Yeah.. Issarahata AirTel adu unoth ganna thiyenne...
 

magichashan

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wow airtel iz very cheap ,,,, i called 1 of my friend who is in UK ,,, luckily he was not at home ,,, for 7 sec i got cut 25 RS for a stupid recording ,,, lol long live airtel ammage redda