Bharti Airtel Ltd.: Going Global
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Case Details:
Case Code : BSTR384
Case Length : 25 Pages
Period : 2007-2010
Pub Date : 2011
Teaching Note : Not Available
Organization : Bharti Airtel Ltd
Industry : Telecom
Countries : Global; Africa; Middle East; Asia
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"We are not going with a static mind that ‘okay, we need to copy India.'… (The) objective is to build a strategy that is appropriate for each country of Africa."1
- Manoj Kolhi, CEO (International), Bharti Airtel Ltd., in June 2010.
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In June 2010, leading Indian mobile telecom company Bharti Airtel Ltd. (BAL) concluded a deal with Zain Group 2(Zain) to buy its businesses in fifteen African countries. Zain, Africa's second largest mobile telecom service provider, had operations in seventeen African countries, apart from six Middle Eastern countries3. The deal, valued at US$10.7 billion, was considered one of the biggest acquisitions in the emerging markets. With this, BAL's subscriber base rose by 42 million to reach 185 million, which made it the world's fifth largest mobile telecom operator4.
BAL, which had earned a name for itself globally with its low cost model and strategic innovations, was actively looking to globalize itself since 2007.
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In the years 2008 and 2009, it was in advanced stages of negotiation to complete a deal with the MTN Group (MTN), Africa's largest telecom company, but the deal fell through both times. MTN had a presence in more than twenty African countries.5
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