IMC 2024: Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal makes this 'promise' to PM Narendra Modi

Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal praised the approach of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister who inaugurated the 8th edition of the International Telecommunication Union - World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. Addressing the gathering, Mittal said that in order to align with the Prime Minister's vision of a strong and empowered India, Airtel remains dedicated to playing a pivotal role in this transformative journey. Highlighting Airtel's journey as a multinational telecommunications services company, Mittal said that it has embraced innovation and social responsibility by launching India's first anti-spam network .

‘Airtel will play its role in...building a very powerful India’: Mittal“Airtel has been at the forefront of India's telecom revolution. It has stood the test of time, it has seen the journey right from the 2G to where we are in India today, creating a digital revolution that the world is seeing,” Mittal said.

“I'm glad that Airtel took the initiative of launching India's first anti-spam network, blocking billions of calls coming from scamsters and billions of messages coming from the fraudsters to secure the lives of our customers,” he added.


“We are now working with the industry to ensure, and with the Department of Telecom , that our people, when they're using these networks and enjoying all those services, are safe and secure. Prime Minister, Airtel will play its role in your vision of building a very powerful India,” said Mittal.

‘India lost the manufacturing race in the previous 20-30 years to China’
At the event, Mittal said that India had lost the manufacturing race in the previous 20-30 years to China and other parts of the world. “That call to action has resulted in today's India becoming a major manufacturing hub. With the support of a massive productivity-linked incentive program, the PLI, as well as ushering in the most complicated, complex process which no other country has really initiated in a manner that India has of trusted sources and trusted products,” he stated.

Mittal further added: “Today, every element in this country that is coming goes through the detailed eye of National Security Council on Telecom. Every source, every product, every element of India's network that connects a nation passes through that rigorous test of trusted networks and trusted products. This is seminal development which other countries need to follow very quickly.”