Airtel Bangladesh

airtel (Bengali: ), in Bangladesh, is currently On September 8, 2013, Airtel Bangladesh received 5

an independent product brand of Robi Axiata, since MHz of 3G spectrum at US$ 1.25 million.
Robi Axiata Limited is the Licensee of 'airtel' Brand in
On January 28, 2016, it was ocially announced that
Bangladesh.[1] The brand came under the control of Robi Robi and Airtel Bangladesh will merge their operations in
Axiata after Airtel Bangladesh Limited was successfully
Bangladesh.[9] The combined entity will be called Robi,
merged into Robi Axiata Limited on 16 November 2016. to serve about 32 million subscribers. Axiata Group will
Robi Axiata Limited is a joint venture between Axiata own 68.7% share, while Bharti Group will own 25%. The
Group of Malaysia, Bharti Airtel of India and NTT Do- remaining shares will be owned by NTT DoCoMo.[10]
como Inc. of Japan. Axiata holds 68.7% controlling Robi and Airtel completed merger on November 16,
stake in the entity, Bharti holds 25% while the remain- 2016.[11]
ing 6.3% is held by NTT Docomo of Japan.[2] It is the
second largest mobile phone operator of Bangladesh as
of November 2016. The company provides nationwide
network coverage. 2 Numbering scheme
The airtel brand in Bangladesh was formerly owned by
Airtel Bangladesh uses the following numbering scheme:
Airtel Bangladesh Ltd., previously known as Warid Tele-
com which was a GSM and 3G based mobile opera- +880 16 N8 N4 N9 N3 N6 N9 N0 N0
tor. Warid was the sixth mobile operator to enter the Where, 880 is the ISD code for Bangladesh and is needed
Bangladesh market and originally launched commercial only in case of dialling from outside Bangladesh.
operations under the brand name 'Warid' on May 10,
2007. In 2010, Bharti Airtel bought out majority share 16 is the prex for Airtel Bangladesh as allocated by the
of the company. government of Bangladesh. Omitting +880 will require
using 0 in place of it instead to represent local call, hence
016 is the general prex.
1 History N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N6 N7 N8 is the subscriber number.
Airtels '016' prex will go within a year of the merger
with Robi; existing Airtel subscribers will be given Robis
current prex of '018'.[12]

3 Products oered
Airtel provides both post-paid and pre-paid connection
airtel Bangladesh logo as of 2015 plans. Its prepaid features the remarkable Ajibon 1 Paisa
oer. Airtel Postpaid and Airtel Prepaid users enjoy var-
In 2010, Warid Telecom sold a majority 70% stake in ious value added services (VAS), such as SMS, MMS,
the company to India's Bharti Airtel Limited for US$ GPRS, Smart SIM", International Roaming, Corporate
100,000. Bhartis proposal also included an initial $300- packages for product advertising via SMS etc. Despite
million investment in Warid for creating new shares in the oering the cheapest services, Airtel cannot properly re-
company.[3][4] The Bangladesh Telecommunication Reg- solve customers complaints about its network quality.[13]
ulatory Commission approved the deal on Jan 4, 2010.[5] Airtel is often blamed by its subscribers for the unclear
Bharti Airtel Limited took management control of the voice quality on its 2G network.
company and its board, and re-branded the companys
services under its own 'airtel' brand from December 20,
2010. 4 Customer care
In March, 2013, Warid Telecom sold its rest 30% share
to Bharti Airtels Singapore-based concern Bharti Airtel Airtel provides customer service through Airtel Expe-
Holdings Pte Limited for US$ 85 million.[6][7][8] rience Centers (AECs) and Airtel Relationship Centers

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(ARCs). AECs are directly run by Airtel itself.

SIM cards, recharge scratch cards, handsets and internet
devices are sold at these outlets. Bill collection for post-
paid users and Ezeeload (top-ups) for pre-paid users
can also be availed at the franchises. These franchises di-
rectly appoint dealers and sub-dealers in their designated
areas.

5 See also
airtel India

airtel Sri Lanka

airtel Africa

6 References
[1] Airtel Bangladesh. Retrieved 18 November 2016.

[2] Robi Airtel Press Release on merger.

[3] Bharti bags Bangladeshs Warid for bargain price of Rs

45 lakh. The Economic Times. Retrieved 2016-06-26.

[4] Krishna, R. Jai; Sahu, Prasanta (2010-01-12). Bharti

Airtel to Buy Warid Telecom for $300 Million. The Wall
Street Journal. Retrieved 2010-12-21.

[5] Ahmed, Rumman (2010-01-05). Bharti Airtel to Invest

$300 Million in Warid Telecom. The Wall Street Journal.
Retrieved 2010-12-21.

[6] Bharti Buys out airtel Bangladesh. The Daily Star. Re-
trieved 9 Oct 2013.

[7] Robi-Airtel merger defers again. The Daily Star. Re-

trieved 26 Jun 2016.

[8] Airtel spends $80 million for additional 30% stake in

Airtel Bangladesh. The Daily Ittefaq. Retrieved 2 Feb
2016.

[9] Axiata and Bharti Airtel Agree to Merge Operations in

Bangladesh. Axiata. 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-01-
29.

[10] Malaysias Axiata and Indias Bharti to merge sub-

sidiaries. Reuters. 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-01-29.

[11] Robi Airtel complete merger. The Daily Star.

[12] Court clears way for Robi-Airtel merger. The Daily

Star.

[13] Technical glitch: Airtel subscribers suer. The Daily

Star. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
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