Airtel ranked fastest mobile broadband network in SL

Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced that speed test results of the periodical survey conducted by Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRC) for the month of November 2011 have concluded Airtel as the leader in the category of 3G Mobile Broadband.

This survey is regularly conducted by TRC and is a detailed analysis that compares the performance of all operators in Sri Lanka across several categories.

“At Airtel, it is our constant endeavor to deliver services that are robust, reliable and world class for our customers in Sri Lanka to leverage. Airtel 3G mobile broadband’s strong performance in the speed tests conducted by Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka is a testament to the vision and commitment of a company that benchmarks itself with the best in the world,” Bharti Airtel Sri Lanka Head – Sales & Marketing Sharan Shetty said.

“Going forward, Airtel will continue to deliver products and services that are innovative and relevant to our customers across Sri Lanka,” he added.

More information on the November 2011 analysis by Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka are available at http://www.trc.gov.lk/broadband/237-broadband-speed-test-results-november-2011.html

Bharti Airtel was the fastest operator to reach the 1 million customers mark in Sri Lanka. Having rapidly expanded and established business strengths in less than three years of market operations in Sri Lanka, Airtel currently enjoys a strong position in the country’s telecommunications landscape.

Recently, Airtel has also received accreditations such as British Standards Institution’s ISO 27001:2005 and BS 25999 -2:2007 for its information security and business continuity practices in Sri Lanka.

Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa. In India the company offers 3G voice and data services, fixed line, high speed broadband, IPTV, DTH, turnkey telecom solutions for enterprises and national and international long distance services to carriers globally. In the rest of the geographies it offers mobile voice and high speed wireless internet.

Bharti Airtel has been ranked among the six best performing technology companies in the world by BusinessWeek. Bharti Airtel had over 241 million customers across its operations at the end of November 2011.