SOURCE : GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER
FOLLOWING the conclusion of an
$11 billion buyout deal in June
this year by the Indian Bharti
Airtel of Zain Group ’s Celtel Africa
Unit, the telecoms company has
finally changed its name to Airtel.
The name change would be
implemented across the
continent and changes the
African footprints of Zain to
AirTel .
It brings to six the number of
times the company would
change its identity since 2001
when it started operations in
Nigeria.
At the event yesterday,
Chairman, Bharti Airtel, Sunil
Bharti Mittal promised that the
new company had come to stay.
He also pledged that Bharti Airtel
would introduce several
innovations in the Nigerian
telecommunication sector, which
would endear it to more
subscribers.
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