Indıa Telecom

epa02191750 ChairmanManaging Director , Bharti Airtel Limited , Sunil Bharti Mittal addresses 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