Bharti Airtel launches 200 Cr Innovation Fund For Telecom Co’s

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Bharti Airtel Ltd, India’s No. 1 mobile operator, launched a venture fund on Thursday with an initial 200 crore rupees ($44 million) to promote content and technology development.

India, with nearly 300 million mobile users, is the second-largest wireless market in the world after China, and still has the potential for further huge growth as only just over a quarter of its billion-plus population use cellphones now.

Operators are signing up 8-9 million users every month, and consultancy Gartner expects 737 million connections by 2012.

The growth potential has encouraged mobile operators to step up investment on technology and content as they look to tap underdeveloped rural areas.

Source: in.reuters

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