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{{Short description| A brand of Robi Axiata Ltd in Bangladesh }}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Robi Axiata Limited
| image = Robi corporate office.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| image_caption = Corporate Headquarter of Robi Axiata Ltd - The licensee of Airtel brand only in Bangladesh
| predecessor = [[Warid_Bangladesh|Warid Telecom Bangladesh]]<br />
Bharti Airtel Bangladesh Ltd
| successor = [[Robi (company)|Robi Axiata Limited]]
| fate = Merged into [[Robi (company)|Robi Axiata Limited]]
| industry = [[Telecommunication]]
| products = [[Mobile Telephony]] <br /> [[Internet Services]]
| parent = [[Axiata]] (68.7%) <br /> [[Bharti Enterprises]] (31.3%)
| homepage = [https://www.robi.com.bd Robi Main Website] <br />
[https://www.bd.airtel.com Airtel, a product brand licensing Only in Bangladesh]
| foundation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|2007|05|10}}
| defunct = {{End date|df=yes|2016|01|06}}
| area_served = [[Bangladesh]]
| hq_location_city = [[Dhaka]]
| hq_location_country = [[Bangladesh]]
}}

'''Airtel''' ({{lang-bn|এয়ারটেল}}) in Bangladesh was managed by [[Bharti Airtel|'''Bharti Airtel Bangladesh''']]. Since 2016, the company of Bharti Airtel Bangladesh merged its operation into [[Robi (company)|Robi Axiata Ltd]]. Therefore, the defunct '''Bharti Airtel Bangladesh''' company is no longer exist and currently has been taken over and owned by [[Robi (company)|Robi Axiata Ltd]].

Following the merger of Robi and Airtel, the merged company known as [[Robi (company)|Robi Axiata Ltd]]. ‘Airtel’ will remain as a product brand of Robi Axiata.
Since then, [[Robi (company)|Robi Axiata Ltd]] is the brand licensing holder for '''Airtel''' only in [[Bangladesh]].
== History ==
In December 2005, [[Warid Telecom|Warid Telecom International LLC]], an [[Abu Dhabi]] based [[consortium]] paid US$50 million to obtain a [[GSM]] license from the [[Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission|BTRC]] and became the sixth mobile phone operator in [[Bangladesh]]. Later [[Bangladesh]] opearation of warid was rebranded to Airtel

===Re-branding===

In 2010, [[Warid Bangladesh|Warid Telecom]] sold a majority 70% stake in the company to [[India]]'s Bharti Airtel Limited for US$300 million. Bharti's proposal also included an initial $300-million investment in Warid for creating new shares in the company.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bharti bags Bangladesh’s Warid for bargain price of Rs 45 lakh |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-01-01/news/28468246_1_bangladesh-telecommunications-regulatory-commission-btrc-warid-telecom |newspaper=The Economic Times |accessdate=2016-06-26}}</ref><ref name=wsj-bhartiwarid>{{cite news |last1=Krishna |first1=R. Jai |last2=Sahu |first2=Prasanta |date=2010-01-12 |title=Bharti Airtel to Buy Warid Telecom for $300 Million |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704081704574653542877960828 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |accessdate=2010-12-21}}</ref> The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission approved the deal on 4 Jan 2010.<ref name=wsj-bawarid>{{cite news |last=Ahmed |first=Rumman |date=2010-01-05 |title=Bharti Airtel to Invest $300 Million in Warid Telecom |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703436504574639763075967666 |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |accessdate=2010-12-21}}</ref> Bharti Airtel Limited took management control of the company and its board, and re-branded the company's services under its own 'airtel' brand from 20 December 2010.

In March, 2013, Warid Telecom sold its rest 30% share to Bharti Airtel's Singapore-based concern Bharti Airtel Holdings Pte Limited for US$85 million.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bharti Buys out airtel Bangladesh |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/bharti-buys-out-airtel-bangladesh/ |newspaper=The Daily Star |accessdate=9 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="Robi-Airtel merger defers again">{{cite news |title=Robi-Airtel merger defers again |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/business/robi-airtel-merger-defers-again-1245496 |newspaper=The Daily Star |accessdate=26 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Airtel spends $80 million for additional 30% stake in Airtel Bangladesh">{{cite news |title=Airtel spends $80 million for additional 30% stake in Airtel Bangladesh |url=http://www.clickittefaq.com/business/airtel-spends-80-million-for-additional-30-stake-in-airtel-bangladesh/ |newspaper=The Daily Ittefaq |accessdate=2 February 2016}}</ref>

On 8 September 2013, Airtel Bangladesh received 5 MHz of the 3G spectrum at US$1.25 million.

===Merger Details===
In January 2016, Robi and Airtel Bangladesh announced that they intended to merge their operations in Bangladesh, that the combined entity would be called Robi, which would serve about 32 million subscribers, and in which [[Axiata|Axiata Group]] would own 68.7% of the shares, [[Bharti Group]] would own 25.0%, and the remaining 6.3% owned by [[NTT DoCoMo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.axiata.com/mroom/news-article/121/|title=Axiata and Bharti Airtel Agree to Merge Operations in Bangladesh|publisher=Axiata|date=2016-01-28|accessdate=2016-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081642/https://www.axiata.com/mroom/news-article/121|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/malaysias-axiata-indias-bharti-merge-115709908.html|title= Malaysia's Axiata and India's Bharti to merge subsidiaries|publisher=Reuters|date=2016-01-28|accessdate=2016-01-29}}</ref> The merger was completed in November 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Robi, Airtel complete merger |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/business/robi-airtel-complete-merger-1315690 | date=16 November 2016 | newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=11 August 2018 }}</ref>

== Airtel User's on Robi Network ==
As Airtel merged into [[Robi (company)|Robi Axiata Limited]], Existing airtel users will be connected to [[Robi (company)|Robi]] Network Automatically.
But If automatic network registration fails in any phone & no signal appears, following this step will help to get Robi Network.
* Open Your Phone > Settings Option > Network Settings > Mobile Network > Search Manually : You may find [[Robi (company)|robi]] network, connect with it.

* If you want to use internet, enable data roaming option.

==See also==
* [[Airtel Africa]] ([[Bharti Enterprises|Bharti Enterprises Ltd]])
* [[Airtel India]] ([[Bharti Enterprises|Bharti Enterprises Ltd]])
* [[Airtel Sri Lanka]] ([[Bharti Enterprises|Bharti Enterprises Ltd]])

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Bharti Enterprises}}
[[Category:Mobile phone companies of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi subsidiaries of foreign companies]]
[[Category:Bharti Airtel]]

Airtel Bangladesh - Revision history

Delinker at 11:38, 31 July 2023