Airtel Bangladesh

Airtel Bangladesh
Industry	Telecommunication
Predecessor	Warid Telecom Bangladesh; Bharti Airtel Bangladesh Ltd
Founded	10 May 2007; 17 years ago
Defunct	6 January 2016
Fate	Merged into Robi Axiata Limited
Successor	Robi Axiata Limited
Headquarters	Dhaka, Bangladesh
Area served	Bangladesh
Products	Mobile telephony ; Internet services
Parent	Axiata (68.7%) ; Bharti Enterprises (31.3%)
Website	Airtel Bangladesh

Airtel (Template:Lang-bn) is a telecom brand currently managed by Robi Axiata Ltd in Bangladesh & was managed by Bharti Airtel (Airtel Bangladesh Ltd) until November 2016. In November 2016, Airtel merged its operations into Robi Axiata Ltd. Following the merger, Airtel remained as a product brand of Robi Axiata Ltd in Bangladesh. Since then, Robi Axiata is the brand licensing holder for Airtel brand in Bangladesh.

History

In December 2005, Warid Telecom International LLC, an Abu Dhabi based consortium, paid US$50 million to obtain a GSM license from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). In doing so, Warid Telecom became the sixth mobile phone operator in Bangladesh.

Takeover by Bharti Airtel

In 2010, Warid Telecom sold a majority 70% stake in the company to India's Bharti Airtel for US$300 million. Bharti's proposal also included an initial $300 million investment in Warid to create new shares in the company.^[1]^[2] The BTRC approved the deal on 4 Jan 2010.^[3] Bharti Airtel Limited took control of the company and its board and re-branded the company's services under its 'Airtel' brand starting on 20 December 2010.

In March 2013, Warid Telecom sold its remaining 30% share to Bharti Airtel's Singapore-based concern Bharti Airtel Holdings Pte Limited for US$85 million.^[4]^[5]^[6]

On 8 September 2013, Airtel Bangladesh licensed 5 MHz of the 3G spectrum for US$1.25 million.

Merger with Robi Axiata

In January 2016, Robi and Airtel Bangladesh announced that they intended to merge their Bangladesh operations. The combined entity, called Robi, would serve about 32 million subscribers. Axiata Group was to own 68.7% of the shares, Bharti Enterprises was to own 25.0%, while the remaining 6.3% would be owned by NTT DoCoMo.^[7]^[8] The merger was completed in November 2016.^[9]

Current Promotions

Airtel Brings 250% Bonus on Recharge

আজি রিচার্জ করলেই সাথে জিবন তোমার রাখে জন্য, আচকে তোমার কথা বলতে পারেন সাথে তুমি সবকিছু

এখন সবসময় করো না বেশি বেশি আমরা সাথে সাথে করো আছে সবকিছু আর তাই এয়ারটেল নিয়ে এলো দেশের সবার কিছু না কারুন এয়ারটেল দিচ্ছে মাত্র ২৫ টাকা রিচার্জে উপরভাগ করুন এবার বেশি কথা বলো পেতে পারেন ২৫০% বোনাস

250% Bonus

Exactly Recharge 25 tk customers will enjoy (For every recharge)

35 MIN (30 min Airtel-Airtel and 40 min Airtel-other operators)
1500 SEC (600 sec Airtel-Airtel and 770 sec Airtel-other operators)
40 SMS (Any-net)
2 MMS
50 MB Internet
400 Min Airtel-Airtel Video Call
800 Sec Airtel-Airtel Video Call

Bonus Validity 2 days including the recharge day
Bonus Minutes Will be applicable for Airtel-Airtel calls: only Will be usable from 12:00 am to 8:00 pm Will Be Usable from 12:00 AM to 7:00 PM Will Be Usable From 4:00 am to 6:00 pm Will Be Usable From 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM Will be usable from 12:00 am to 5:00 pm will be usable from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM Will be usable from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm will be usable from 5:00 am to 5:00 pm usable from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Will be usable from 12:00 am to 7:00 pm will be usable from 35:00 am to 4:00 pm Will be usable from 28:00 am to 7:00 pm will be usable from 40:00 am to 7:00 pm will be usable from 62:00 am to 8:00 pm will be usable from 50:00 am to 9:00 pm Will be usable for 24 hour. customers cannot use free minutes in other packages FnF, super FnF and CUG numbers.
Bonus Minutes usage time for Airtel-other operator calls: 24 hours including FnF.
Bonus Seconds Will be applicable for Airtel-Airtel calls: only usable from 2:00 am to 5:00 pm will be usable from 12:00 AM to 6:00 PM will be usable for 24 hours Will be usable from 12:00 AM to 9:00 PM Will be usable from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Will be usable from 24 hrs Will be usable from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM Will be usable for 24 hours Will be usable from 12:00 AM to 3:00 PM Will Be Usable From 21:00 am to 5:00 pm Will be Usable From 15:00 am to 4:00 pm Will Be Usable 30:00 am to 4:00 pm Will be usable from 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM Will be usable from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM Will be usable from 12:00 AM to 4:00 PM Will be usable for 24 hour customers cannot use free seconds in other packages
Bonus Seconds usage time for Airtel-other operator calls: 24 hours.
Bonus SMS usage time for Airtel-Airtel calls: 11:00 am to 7:00 pm.
Bonus SMS usage time for Airtel-other operator calls: 24 hours.
Bonus MMS usage time for Airtel-Airtel calls: 12:00 am to 8:00 pm
Bonus Internet will be applicable can be used from 12:00 am to 4:00 pm and will be usable for 2:00 am to 5:00 pm
Video Call Minutes usage time for Airtel-Airtel calls: 24 hours.
Video Call Seconds usage time for Airtel-Airtel calls: 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM.

References

^ "Bharti bags Bangladesh's Warid for bargain price of Rs 45 lakh". The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ Krishna, R. Jai; Sahu, Prasanta (12 January 2010). "Bharti Airtel to Buy Warid Telecom for $300 Million". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
^ Ahmed, Rumman (5 January 2010). "Bharti Airtel to Invest $300 Million in Warid Telecom". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
^ "Bharti Buys out airtel Bangladesh". The Daily Star. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
^ "Robi-Airtel merger defers again". The Daily Star. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
^ "Airtel spends $80 million for additional 30% stake in Airtel Bangladesh". The Daily Ittefaq. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
^ "Axiata and Bharti Airtel Agree to Merge Operations in Bangladesh". Axiata. 28 January 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
^ "Malaysia's Axiata and India's Bharti to merge subsidiaries". Reuters. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
^ "Robi, Airtel complete merger". The Daily Star. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[1] "Bharti bags Bangladesh's Warid for bargain price of Rs 45 lakh". The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[wsj-bhartiwarid-2] Krishna, R. Jai; Sahu, Prasanta (12 January 2010). "Bharti Airtel to Buy Warid Telecom for $300 Million". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 21 December 2010.

[wsj-bawarid-3] Ahmed, Rumman (5 January 2010). "Bharti Airtel to Invest $300 Million in Warid Telecom". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 21 December 2010.

[4] "Bharti Buys out airtel Bangladesh". The Daily Star. Retrieved 9 October 2013.

[Robi-Airtel_merger_defers_again-5] "Robi-Airtel merger defers again". The Daily Star. Retrieved 26 June 2016.

[Airtel_spends_$80_million_for_additional_30%_stake_in_Airtel_Bangladesh-6] "Airtel spends $80 million for additional 30% stake in Airtel Bangladesh". The Daily Ittefaq. Retrieved 2 February 2016.

[7] "Axiata and Bharti Airtel Agree to Merge Operations in Bangladesh". Axiata. 28 January 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2016.

[8] "Malaysia's Axiata and India's Bharti to merge subsidiaries". Reuters. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.

[9] "Robi, Airtel complete merger". The Daily Star. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

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