Date:30/04/2004 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/04/30/stories/2004043001870100.htm

Back Bharti cell licences move into unified access service

Our Bureau

New Delhi , April 29

BHARTI Tele-Ventures (BTVL), one of the leading private sector providers of telecommunication services in the country, on Thursday announced that all its 15 existing cellular mobile licences have been migrated to `Unified Access Service Licence' (UASL) with immediate effect.

Bharti now holds unified access licences for 20 circles, namely, Delhi, Mumbai, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh (West), Kolkata, Chennai, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh (East), West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar, Orissa, Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir. It has also applied for a UASL in Assam.

Upon closing of the Hexacom acquisition, Bharti will have all the 23 circles of India with the addition of Rajasthan and the North-East, a company statement said here.

Bharti Tele-Ventures has an aggregate of seven million customers,