Guernsey Airtel, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bharti Group, has today announced it will launch its mobile services on the Island of Guernsey after signing an agreement with Vodafone, the world’s leading mobile telecommunications group. The agreement will see Vodafone’s leading global products and services available on the island for the very first time.
Customers of Airtel in Guernsey will be able to benefit from a range of Vodafone services, tailored to the needs of the island’s customers, both at home and when traveling in the UK and across the world, including Vodafone Passport, a simple roaming price plan. Airtel services will also include a mobile multimedia service; Vodafone Simply, a straightforward voice and data package and the Vodafone Mobile Connect Card for laptops which makes possible wireless internet access. These Vodafone products, together with other exciting services, will be brought to customers in Guernsey by Airtel on a phased basis from launch.
In addition, business customers stand to benefit from a range of competitive corporate devices and services, including BlackBerry from Vodafone.
David Watson, Executive Director of Guernsey Airtel said “Our agreement with Vodafone will bring best in class global mobile telecommunications to Guernsey. There will be important benefits for both the Guernsey consumer and business customers, enabling them to live their lives and do business to the fullest whenever and wherever they are.”
Matthias Jungemann, Director of Partner Markets at Vodafone said: “Vodafone’s Partner Network Strategy is going from strength to strength, bringing benefits to Guernsey and local operators such as Guernsey Airtel. This agreement will mean that mobile network services of a global standard will be available to islanders and visitors alike, from the launch of the new mobile operator.”
Mr. Watson added, “This partnership will ensure that Guernsey will enjoy the very latest mobile
communications products and services for years to come, where world class communications services are so
important to the economy.”
VODAFONE, Vodafone Passport, Vodafone Simply and Vodafone Mobile Connect are trademarks of the Vodafone Group. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.
For further information:
Vodafone Group
Investor Relations
Tel: +44 (0) 1635 664447
Media Relations
Tel: +44 (0) 1635 664444
For Guernsey Airtel
Sam Watts, Orchid Communications
Tel: + 44 (0)1534 888 996.
For Bharti Group
Senjam Raj Sekhar: +91 98183 99103
Raza Khan: +91 98713 91881
Ashutosh Sharma: +91 98187 63772
Notes to Editors
About Bharti Group
Bharti Global is an offshore investment company of Bharti Group, which has interests in telecom, agriculture and insurance. Bharti’s telecoms arm, Bharti Airtel Limited, is one of India’s leading providers of telecommunications services with an aggregate of 35.51 million customers as of end of January 2007 consisting of 33.73 million mobile customers. For further information, please visit www.bharti.com
About Vodafone
Vodafone is the world’s leading international mobile communications group with operations in 25 countries across five continents and over 200 million proportionate customers by the end of January 2007, as well as 36 partner networks. For further information, please visit www.vodafone.com