Airtel to bring India’s biz model to Myanmar: Mittal
6 Jun 2013 11:43 PM GMT
Telecom major Airtel on Thursday said that it plans to bring its low-tariff, high volume business model to Mynamar, where the company has submitted final bid for a telecom licence.
'We made a very serious bid and I think the Indian business model works very well here. Massive roll out, rural roll out, low tariffs and we bring all that to the table,' Founder and Chairman of Bharti Airtel Sunil Bharti Mittal said on sidelines of World Economic Forum on East Asia.
Securing a licence in Myanmar will help the Indian telecom major expand presence in the sub-continent at a time when the company is seeing decline in profits and the home market is reeling under regulatory uncertainity. Bharti Airtel-led consortium is among 11 entities to have submitted final bids for telecom licences in Myanmar.Mittal said: 'It (Myanmar) is a fantastic market (with) 60 million people, one of the last few frontiers which are undiscovered in the telephony area, its a great market.'
The Myanmar government has for the first time opened up its telecom market with two licences for private investments with aim to increase the overall tele-density of the country to 75 to 80 per cent in 2015-2016.
'We made a very serious bid and I think the Indian business model works very well here. Massive roll out, rural roll out, low tariffs and we bring all that to the table,' Founder and Chairman of Bharti Airtel Sunil Bharti Mittal said on sidelines of World Economic Forum on East Asia.
Securing a licence in Myanmar will help the Indian telecom major expand presence in the sub-continent at a time when the company is seeing decline in profits and the home market is reeling under regulatory uncertainity. Bharti Airtel-led consortium is among 11 entities to have submitted final bids for telecom licences in Myanmar.Mittal said: 'It (Myanmar) is a fantastic market (with) 60 million people, one of the last few frontiers which are undiscovered in the telephony area, its a great market.'
The Myanmar government has for the first time opened up its telecom market with two licences for private investments with aim to increase the overall tele-density of the country to 75 to 80 per cent in 2015-2016.
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