written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message airtel bangladesh limited type private industry telecommunication predecessor warid bangladesh founded december 2 2010 registration date headquarters house 34 road 19 a banani dhaka 1213 bangladesh key people mr. prasanta das sarma ceo and md products telephony edge gprs gsm hspa 3g operating income 21.771 billion us 320 million 2010 1 net income 18.282 billion us 270 million 2010 1 total assets 856.142 billion us 13 billion 2010 1 total equity 502.603 billion us 7.5 billion 2010 note all figures include bangladesh india and sri lanka operations parent bharti airtel 100 % slogan the smartphone network website bd.airtel.com airtel bangladesh ltd. bengali dba airtel formerly known as warid telecom is a gsm and 3g based cellular operator in bangladesh . airtel bangladesh limited is one of the fastest growing mobile operators in bangladesh and is a concern of bharti airtel limited a leading global telecommunications services provider . on january 28 2016 the two parent companies of robi and airtel signed a formal deal to merge their operations in bangladesh . 2 according to the amalgamation plan the merged entity which will operate under the brand name of robi will be 70 percent owned by axiata group malaysia s largest mobile carrier . 3 airtel is the sixth mobile phone carrier to enter the bangladesh market and originally launched commercial operations under the brand name warid on may 10 2007 . in 2010 bharti airtel bought out majority share of the company . as of july 2016 airtel bangladesh has 9.354 million subscribers . 4 contents 1 history 2 numbering scheme 3 products offered 4 customer care 5 see also 6 references history edit in 2010 warid telecom sold a majority 70 % stake in the company to india s bharti airtel limited for 100 000 us . bharti s proposal also included an initial 300 million investment in warid for creating new shares in the company . 5 6 the bangladesh telecommunication regulatory commission approved the deal on jan 4 2010 . 7 bharti airtel limited took management control of the company and its board and rebranded the company s services under its own airtel brand from december 20 2010 . on december 21 2011 airtel bangladesh launched airtel circle of friends the first ever interactive commercial in bangladesh created and executed by digimarka . in march 2013 warid telecom sold its rest 30 % share to bharti airtel s singapore based concern bharti airtel holdings pte limited for 85 million us . 8 9 10 on september 8 2013 airtel bangladesh received 5 mhz 3g spectrum with 1.25 million us . on january 28 2016 it was announced that robi and airtel bangladesh will merge in q1 2016 . the combined entity will be called robi to serve about 40 million subscribers combined by both networks . axiata group will own 68.3 % share while bharti group will own 25 % . the remaining shares will be owned by ntt docomo . 11 12 the proposed merger has been approved by the high court and is expected to be complete by the fourth quarter this year robi said in a statement . 13 numbering scheme edit airtel bangladesh uses the following numbering scheme 880 16 n8n4n9n3n6n9n0n0 where 880 is the isd code for bangladesh and is needed only in case of dialling from outside bangladesh . 16 is the prefix for airtel bangladesh as allocated by the government of bangladesh . omitting 880 will require using 0 in place of it instead to represent local call hence 016 is the general prefix . n1n2n3n4n5n6n7n8 is the subscriber number . airtel s 016 prefix will go within a year of the merger with robi ; existing airtel subscribers will be given robi s current prefix of 018 . 14 products offered edit airtel provides both post paid and pre paid connection plans . its prepaid features the remarkable ajibon 1 paisa 15 offer . airtel postpaid and airtel prepaid users enjoy various value added services vas such as sms mms gprs smart sim international roaming corporate packages for product advertising via sms etc. despite offering the cheapest services airtel can not properly resolve customers complaints about its network quality . 16 the daily star airtel is often blamed by its subscribers for the unclear voice quality on its 2g network . customer care edit airtel has seven customer care centers around the country which are known as airtel experience centers aecs located at key locations . these centers are directly run by airtel itself . airtel has another 77 dealer outlet spread across bangladesh the largest chain of retail outlets in the country which is further backed up by a chain of sub dealers affinity partners & distributors . dealer outlets of airtel are known as airtel relationship centers arcs . sim cards recharge scratch cards handsets and internet devices are sold at these outlets . bill collection for post paid users and ezeeload top ups for pre paid users can also be availed at the franchises . these franchises directly appoint dealers and sub dealers in their designated areas . see also edit airtel india airtel sri lanka airtel africa references edit a b c http airtel.in quarterlyresult quarterly report q3 10.pdf robi airtel merger sparks mixed reactions . the daily star . retrieved 2016 02 21 . hc gives eight weeks for robi airtel merger decision . the daily star . retrieved 2016 02 21 . btrc monthly report july 16 . bharti bags bangladesh s warid for bargain price of rs 45 lakh . the economic times . retrieved 26 jun 2016 . r. jai krishna and prasanta sahu 2010 01 12 . bharti airtel to buy warid telecom for 300 million wsj.com . online.wsj.com . retrieved 2010 12 21 . ahmed rumman 2010 01 05 . bharti airtel to invest 300 million in warid telecom . the wall street journal . retrieved 2010 12 21 . bharti buys out airtel bangladesh . the daily star . retrieved 9 oct 2013 . robi airtel merger defers again . the daily star . retrieved 26 jun 2016 . airtel spends 80 million for additional 30 % stake in airtel bangladesh . the daily ittefaq . retrieved 2 feb 2016 . malaysia s axiata and india s bharti to merge subsidiaries . reuters . 2016 01 28 . retrieved 2016 01 29 . axiata and bharti airtel agree to merge operations in bangladesh . axiata . 2016 01 28 . retrieved 2016 01 29 . court clears way for robi airtel merger . court clears way for robi airtel merger . airtelbuzz . ajibon 1 paisa . bd.airtel.com . retrieved 2016 02 21 . technical glitch airtel subscribers suffer . 2016 06 01 . retrieved 2016 09 12 . v t e mobile network operators of bangladesh airtel banglalink citycell grameenphone robi teletalk retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title airtel bangladesh & oldid 739097998 categories mobile phone companies of bangladeshbangladeshi subsidiaries of foreign companiesbharti airtelhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from march 2014all articles with a promotional tonearticles containing bengali language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 19 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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