Airtel provides connectivity to Galwan river and Daulat Beg Oldie, India's northernmost military outpost

Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), one of India's leading telecommunications service providers, joined hands with the Indian Army to launch its network in Galwan and Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO), the northernmost military outpost in the border town. This makes Airtel the only private telecom service provider to offer its services 16700 ft. above the sea level.

The Company has installed 17 mobile towers across Kargil, Siachen, Galwan, Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) and the Changthang regions, extending connectivity to remote villages of Ladakh. Airtel worked with the Leh Signalers to execute this challenging task.

Galwan and Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) are both located in the Ladakh region on the Indo China border at the northeastern corner of the Karakoram Range.

Shares of Bharti Airtel Limited was last trading in BSE at Rs. 1598.75 as compared to the previous close of Rs. 1578.85. The total number of shares traded during the day was 1298159 in over 10268 trades.

The stock hit an intraday high of Rs. 1611.00 and intraday low of 1565.90. The net turnover during the day was Rs. 2075114859.00.

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