US $ 100m(est. Rwf 59bn) to be invested<\/p>\n
{{The Chairman and Managing Director of Bharti Airtel Limited has observed that Rwanda is a key telecom market in the Region.}}<\/p>\n
Sunil Mittal was speaking to the press after being awarded a license to operate in Rwanda as a third mobile telecommunication company now competing with MTN and Mallicom\u2019s TIGO.<\/p>\n
Mittal says that Rwanda\u2019s market has immense growth potential and he noted that it will strengthen Bharti airtel’s footprint in East Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are pleased to be part of the vision of the government of Rwanda to take telecommunications forward as a priority,\u201d Mittal told Rwandan press after being awarded the license in Kigali.<\/p>\n
The Indian based telecommunications company will launch 2G and 3G mobile services in Rwanda, for which it has earmarked an investment of US $ 100 million over the next three years. <\/p>\n
Bharti Airtel becomes the third mobile telecommunication operator after MTN Rwanda, said to be with 2,824,874 and TIGO Rwanda with 1,300,159 subscribers in an over 10 million population.<\/p>\n
One of the top world\u2019s telecommunication services provider acquired Kuwait-based Zain Telecom for about US $10.7 billion.<\/p>\n
It has been operating in 16 African countries, including Burkina Faso, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Madagascar, Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.<\/p>\n
Rwanda is said to be among the fastest growing telecom markets in Africa. <\/p>\n
Bharti airtel limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa. <\/p>\n
The company offers mobile voice & data services, fixed line, high speed broadband, IPTV, DTH, turnkey telecom solutions for enterprises and national & international long distance services to carriers. <\/p>\n
Bharti airtel has been ranked among the six best performing technology companies in the world with 200 million customers across its operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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