New Delhi,  Telecom giant Bharti Airtel became one of the largest contributor in terms of revenue through licence fees and spectrum usage charge to the government by paying Rs.1,177.5 crore during the quarter ended June 30, the telecom regulator said Wednesday.

The telecom operator paid Rs.422 crore towards spectrum charges and Rs.755 crore for license fees during the period under review.

Vodafone followed Airtel with a total of Rs.702 crore payment including Rs.234.48 crore towards spectrum charges and Rs.467.63 crore for licence fees during the quarter under review.
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Accra, Aug 12  Tech Mahindra, a leading Indian IT outsourcing company with global footprints, has started customer care services in seven African countries as a partner of telecom giant Bharti Airtel.

“We see Africa as a growing developing continent and opportunities really do exist in Africa,” Rahul Sabharwal, Tech Mahindra’s vice president for Africa, told IANS here.

“The continent has become of strategic importance to us because of the growth that we see and Tech Mahindra wants to be part of the continent’s development process,” he said.

Sabharwal added that the decision to expand operations in Africa was taken after the company had partnered leading telecom operators including MTN and Multilinks in Nigeria over a two-year period.
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Bharti Airtel appoints new CEOs

New Delhi, Aug 10 Telecom giant Bharti Airtel Wednesday said it has appointed two new chief executive officers (CEOs) for its broadband and direct-to-home services.

“Both these verticals are part of the consumer business group that will lead the overall strategy for the business-to-consumer segment (B2C), with a clear focus on customer experience, product and service innovation and building an ecosystem around the B2C services,” the company said in a statement.

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