Cellular News: India's Bharti Airtel has announced a new brand identity which is plans to roll-out across its entire global footprint in Asia and Africa. The company also announced that it has crossed the significant milestone of 200 million customers. Airtel crossed 50 million customers in October 2007 and 100 million in May, 2009. The company added the next 100 million customers in just 18 months.
Cellular operators' association COAI has expressed disappointment over the Rs 3,050 crore penalty recommended by Trai on incumbent operators Airtel, Vodafone and Idea for allegedly denying interconnectivity to newcomer Reliance Jio.
With 10 crore calls from its network to users of operators like Airtel failing per day, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio on Tuesday hit out incumbent operators for not making operational new interconnections in last 15 days despite repeated reminders.
Jio didnt comment on the matter Tuesday. Airtels decision comes after Idea Cellular said Monday it would release an additional 196 PoIs for Jio.
