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epa02191818 ChairmanManaging Director, Bharti Airtel Limited, Sunil Bharti Mittal (center) with Chief Executive Officer (International)Joint Managing Director, Bharti Airtel Manoj Kohli (Right)Deputy Group Chief Executive OfficerManaging Director of Bharti Enterprises Akhil Gupta (Left) poses with a globe (with countries marked in red which now has Airtel presence) during a press conference in New Delhi, India on 08 June 2010. India's top telecom player Bharti Airtel said it has successfully concluded its $10.7-billion deal to acquire the African assets of Kuwait's Zain, making it the world's fifth largest mobile phone services company. This is also the largest overseas acquisition of assets in Africa by an Indian company, even though it does not cover the Kuwaiti company's operations in SudanMorocco. The total customer base of Bharti now stands at over 180 million in 18 countries.  EPA/ANINDITO MUKHERJEE