Bharti Airtel gains on migrating 40,000 network sites to green technology

16 Feb 2016 Evaluate

Bharti Airtel is currently trading at Rs. 321.60, up by 2.95 points or 0.93% from its previous closing of Rs. 318.65 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 319.50 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 324.90 and Rs. 319.50 respectively. So far 82,030 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 452.45 on 21-Jul-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 282.30 on 29-Jan-2016.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 329.10 and Rs. 304.90 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 1,28,556.00 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 65.62% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 25.40% and 8.93% respectively.

Bharti Airtel, India’s number one operator and the third largest mobile services provider globally, has migrated 40,000 of its network sites across India to green technology. In continuation with the company's long term commitment towards Green network initiatives - Airtel's network transformation program ‘Project Leap’ is now focusing heavily on a series of fresh initiatives towards a greener environment and building sustainable network for the future. Under ‘Project Leap’, Airtel will establish a world-class and future-ready network, while committing to bring down its carbon footprint emission by 70% by 2018. 

More than 40,000 of these Green network sites are designed to operate largely on battery-hybrid, lithium-ion and solar hybrid solutions with little diesel consumption. Additionally, Airtel has adopted a range of innovative methods like reducing power consumption by switching off unused capacity of its telecom towers during lean periods. It is also reducing power consumption and air wave emissions by optimizing signal transmission between the network and the device.

Bharti Airtel is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 3 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers.


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