| Airtel has crossed the two million customer mark
in Delhi. With this, Airtel becomes the first mobile operator to complete
this milestone in the Capital. The journey to the two million landmark
has been stupendous having achieved the second million customers in
two years eight months. On this momentous occasion, Airtel felicitated
Mr. Vajinder, a dairy owner from Narela village, as its two millionth
customer.
Airtel’s commitment to Delhi is amply evident over the years
as it has expanded its robust state-of-the art network and world
class customer service to connect all of Delhi and the NCR region.
In FY 05-06, Airtel invested over Rs 3000 million in Delhi. For
the year ahead, Airtel will continue to focus and build on its network
and customer service. Airtel currently has over 1600 cell sites
in Delhi and the NCR region and plans to increase its number of
cell sites by approximately 50%. It also plans to increase its number
of Airtel relationship centers by 50% from the present 70. Airtel
also has close to 25000 retail outlets.
K Srinivas, CEO, Airtel, Mobiles services, Delhi circle said, “We
are delighted with the overwhelming response from our valued customers
as we cross this significant milestone. Their confidence in us has
helped reiterate our leadership position in Delhi. This achievement,
will inspire us to keep up the momentum that will see us scale new
heights. Going forward, we will continue with our strategy of broad
basing our consumer market. We will deploy a more segmented approach
to the market and increase our penetration and preference amongst
youth, low end customers and SMEs. Investing in the expansion of
our state-of-the art network and infrastructure facilities will
be key focus so as to provide unmatched quality of service and coverage
to our customers across Delhi. I would like to thank Delhi for helping
us achieve the two million mark.”
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