Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Life History of Sunil Mittal

Life History of Sunil Mittal

Life History of Sunil Mittal

Sunil Bharti Mittal, The Chairman of Bharti Airtel, India’s largest Telecommunication Network is a world’s Top 10 Billionaire. In the past, I have posted the article about Sunil Mittal and his life history in the past. Here is the Article.


Sunil Bharti Mittal & The History of AirTel


Sunil Mittal is also India’s Top 10 Richest person. In the above article, I have mentioned his life history and how he founded Airtel in a great detail. I am sure that you will enjoy it a lot.

Sunil Mittal can be called as originator of cellular phone revolution in India. He is the founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Group and runs India's largest GSM-based mobile phone service.

Sunil Bharti Mittal's father was an M.P. Sunil did not followed his father's footsteps. After graduating from Punjab University in 1970s, he set up a small bicycle business in Ludhiana in partnership with his friend. By 1979, Sunil Mittal realized that his ambitions could not be fulfilled in Ludhiana, so he moved out to Mumbai from Ludhiana.
In 1986, Sunil Bharti Mittal incorporated Bharti Telecom Limited (BTL) and entered into a technical tie up with Siemens AG of Germany for manufacture of electronic push button phones. Gradually he expanded his business and by early 1990s, Sunil Mittal was making fax machines, cordless phones and other telecom gear.


In 1992, when the Indian government was awarding licenses for mobile phone services for the first time, Sunil Mittal clinched Delhi cellular license in collaboration with French telecom group Vivendi. In 1995, Sunil Mittal founded Bharti Cellular Limited (BCL) to offer cellular services under the brand name AirTel. Soon, Bharti became the first telecom company to cross the 2-million mobile subscriber mark. Bharti Cellular Limited also rolled out India's first private national as well as international long-distance service under the brand name IndiaOne. In 2001, BCL entered into a joint venture with Singapore Telecom International for a $650-million submarine cable project, India's first ever undersea cable link connecting Chennai in India and Singapore.

1 comment:

  1. He is Really one of the great man in the world.
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