Indian Telecom giant Bharti Airtel launched its GSM service today in Bangladesh. Airtel had earlier acquired majority stake in Warid Telecom in Bangladesh from the Dhabi Group.Warid Telecom has now been renamed as Airtel Bangladesh
Airtel launched its service under the brand “Airtel” today.Chris Tobit, CEO-Airtel Bangladesh said, “The people of Bangladesh are very passionate about their identity, their culture and their language. The Airtel brand will represent these values, while retaining the youthfulness and dynamism of the global brand.
It also unveiled a GPS-based Vessel ( boat) Locating Service to enable tracking of fishing vessels for the fishermen community, in line with the promise of taking mobile telephony into rural areas.