Investor Presentation

Bharti airtel limited

November 2010
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The Company...Bharti airtel – An Integrated Telco

Wireless Services
Enterprise Services

 2G  Carriers
 Corporates
 3G
 Rural Market

Passive Infrastructure Services
 Infratel

Telemedia Services
 Indus
 Fixed Line
 Broadband
DTH
 IPTV  Pay per view / HD
 Interactive Services including
Gaming

Fully integrated telecom player offering end to end solutions

and entering new geographies
 The Company…Bharti airtel

No. of circles (India) Today Countries

1 5 15 22 19

1996 2001 2003 2004 2010

Fully integrated telecom player offering end to end solutions and entering new geographies
 Growth trajectory reflected in the numbers

1996 2010
Single Circle Operator Company Profile Largest integrated private telecom
operator

< 25k Customers ~ 137 mn

~ USD 17 mn Revenue ~ USD 9 bn

~ USD 2.5 mn EBITDA ~ USD 4 bn

~ USD 1.4 mn Cash Profit ~ USD 4 bn

~ USD 16 mn Market Capitalization ~ USD 26 bn

Continuing on our journey of Value Creation

Note: 1) 2010 financials are as per FY 2010 results. 2) Exchange rate: Financials as of 31st Mar 10 : Rs 45.14
3) The above numbers do not include Africa which has 40 mn subs as on 30th Sept’10.
 Revenue & Profitability trends
Total revenues EBITDA
36% 5,000
CAGR 39%
10,000
8,776 CAGR
8,188
4,000 3,550
8,000 3,360

( In $ M n )
5,987 3,000 2,519
(In $ M n )

6,000

4,103
4,000
2,000 1,651

2,000 1,000

0 0
2007 2008 2009 2010 2007 2008 2009 2010
Years Years

Cash profit from operations Net profit

2,500 42%
42% CAGR
4,000 3,679 2,017
CAGR 1,876
3,500 2,000
3,103

3,000 1,484

( In $ M n )
2,467 1,500
(In $ M n)

2,500

2,000 943
1,619 1,000
1,500

1,000 500

500

0 0
2007 2008 2009 2010
2007 2008 2009 2010
Year s
Year s

Bharti Airtel – demonstrating robust performance

Source: Financials for the year ended March 31, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 & 2010 are audited and as per
USGAAP.The above numbers are in Mn USD re-stated at 31st Mar 10 exchange rate..Exchange rate as of
31st Mar 10 : Rs 45.14
 Financials & Positioning

Key financial metrics Positioning in the world & in India

 3rd LARGEST wireless operator in the world (1)
FY 10 (in Mn)
 LARGEST private INTEGRATED telecom company in
Customers 137.0
India
Revenue $ 9,271
 5th LARGEST INTEGRATED telecom operator in the
EBITDA $ 3,714
world

Cash Profit $ 3,710

 LARGEST operator in NLD, ILD and VSAT business
Net Income $ 1,989
 LARGEST TELECOM company listed on Indian Stock
EBITDA Margin (%) 40.3* Exchanges

ROCE (%) 24.4

Note: FY10 numbers are as per IFRS as per June10 quarterly report. Exchange rate for Re to $ conversion: 45.14.
* EBITDA Margin before acquisition related costs of Rs 976 mn for the quarter & FY ended Mar 31, 2010.
(1) 3rd largest wireless operator in the world refers to in-country (single country) operator based on the number of
subscribers.
 Latest Results – 2Q’11

Key operating and financial metrics Continued Strong Performance

Q2 FY 11* Y-on-Y  Wireless CMS 20.8%

Customers 194.82 mn 68.2%  Wireless RMS 31.2%

 Total MOU carried in Qtr 216.4 bn

Revenue $ 3,387 mn 47.4%
 Balance sheet strength:
EBITDA $ 1,140 mn 19.0%
 Assets $ 32.1 bn
Cash Profit $ 1,066 mn 17.0%  Net debt $ 13.4 bn

Net Income $ 370 mn -27.0%  Net debt to EBITDA 2.9 Times

(annualized)
EBITDA Margin 33.7%
 Continues to be FCF positive on at South Asia
ROCE 10.9% Level.

•Includes full quarter numbers for Africa

•Exchange rate as of 30th Sept 2010: 44.92
•**RMS as per June quarter as Sept quarter nos are not yet released by TRAI
 Performance dashboard - 3 line graph
155,000 152,150 80.0%
74%

145,000 72%
66% 70.0%
63% 63%
Total Revenue (Rs.mn)

135,000
60.0%
125,000 122,308

50.0%
115,000
39.9% 41.4%
38.4% 45.7%
42.7% 40.0%
105,000
107,491
103,785 103,053
95,000 30.0%
Q210 Q310 Q410 Q111 Q211

Total Revenue (Rs. Mn) (LHS) Opex to Total Revenue (RHS) Capital Productivity (RHS)

Productivity Indicators = growing revenues + cost efficiencies + capital productivity

The above chart is for Airtel Consolidated including Africa

Wireless Services
 Indian Market

Overall Telecom Market Wireless Market

 Sub Base c.688 mn

 Population 1.2 billion

 Wireless Penetration c.58%

→ Relatively large youth population

 Telecom penetration c.60.99%  Operational metrics per month

(~723 mn telecom subs)
 Usage per user 454 min
Sub number should go upto 1 Billion by 2015
 ARPU ~ US$ 4.5
 Broadband penetration 0.87% (10.29 mn)  Rate per minute US$ 0.01
→ Govt. target to reach 20 mn. Broadband subs by 2010
 VAS ~ 12.7%

Lot of opportunity ahead….

Note: (1) Subscriber numbers and wireless penetration numbers as on Sept 30, 2010 are as per COAI &
AUSPI release as TRAI nos for Sept’10 are not yet released (2) Other indicators on the slide are based on
Global Wireless Matrix 3Q10 dated 24th September 10 by Merrill Lynch, and reflective of Industry
numbers.
 Rapidly Growing Indian Wireless Market

Net Adds in Sep 17.1 Mn…lesser than over last 3

S-curve triggered
months average run rate of 17.7 Mn

Closing Subscribers Net Adds 90%

80%
800 22
70%
700 20
18 60%
600 16
50%
500 14
12
(m n )

40%
400 10 30%
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200 6 20%
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India - Fastest Growing Market in the World

Note: (1) Actual Data as per Industry Association Releases and Industry Estimates in India.
 Wireless Market Structure in India
Subscriber Trends Customer Market Share – CMS (%)
25%
23.4%
23%
160 143 20.8%
21%
140 18.3%
117 116 19% 17.6%
111 17.1%
120 17%
16.8%

100 86 83 84 15%
74 79 75 13.4%
(mn)

80 63 13% 12.2%
11.5%
60 51 47 10.8%10.9% 10.8%
44 11% 9.9%
33 31 33 32 31
40 23 9%
20
20 7% 6.5%

- 5%
Airtel

Vodafone

BSN L+MTN L

Airtel

Vodafone

BSNL+MTNL
R eliance

Idea

Tata

Reliance

Idea

Tata
Others

Others
CM S(Sep'10) CM S(Sep'09)
Sep-10
Sep-09

• Airtel continuously consolidating its market leadership position despite intense competition
• Airtel current monthly net adds at 2.0 million vs. 2.8 million a year ago
• Airtel ranks 1& 2 in 17 circles in terms of number of subscribers
• Over 71% of net adds coming from B&C circles (rural India)

Airtel Continues to lead on Revenue Market Share

Note: Based on subscriber data for India as on August 31 2010 as per TRAI press release.
Airtel…Performance Indicators (Operational)
Customers & Market Share Prepaid/Postpaid
105%

101.1%

110.5 100% 101.7% 99.2%

100.4% 97.5%
200 118.9 24% 97.5%
127.6 136.6
143.3 95.8% 96.0% 96.1%
150 23% 94.7%
95.2% 95.3%
95%
22%
100 22.7%
23.5% 21%
21.8% 21.5%
90%
50 20.8% 20%
0 19% 85%
Q210 Q310 Q410 Q111 Q211 Q110 Q210 Q310 Q410 Q111 Q211

Customers (mn) CM S (%)

Pr epaid Subs Pr epaid Net Adds

ARPU & RPM MoU/Sub/Month & MON

450 446 468 480 454

252 490 280,000

60 23 0 3 00
220 215 480
50 202 2 50 230,000
470
195,197
40 2 00
460
196,196 180,000
30 44.44 150 153,241
56.0 5 51.69 44.83 450 174,746
20 4 6.98 100 440
143,680 130,000
10 50 430

- 0 420 80,000
Q210 Q310 Q410 Q111 Q211
Q210 Q310 Q410 Q111 Q211
M oU/ Sub (M in) Tot al minut es on Net work (M n M in)
RPM (Paise) A RPU (INR)
 Current positioning and way forward…

Leadership Positioning Growth strategy and plans

Revenue New Revenue

Streams

Revenue size
Changing face of growth
(>$ 9 Bn) through M-Com, M-

Revenue Market Share entertainment & 3G

Cost
Net Adds

Improving cost efficiencies
Non financial Maximizing
Driven by rural strategy

Lowest cost GSM network
vitals usage

Brand
Increasing the usage through U&R drive

Distribution
Wallet share

Churn lower than industry

Spectrum Mix (900/1800 MHz)
Telemedia Services
A Snapshot

Largest private operator having presence in the voice , broadband , IPTV and data.

Focus on SMB segment & Broadband at Homes

Key Performance Indicators

1. Voice (wire-line) and Data (DSL) Presence in 88 top cities of India.

2. Target Segment : Retail and Small and Medium Enterprises.

3. Customer base: 3.2 million (end Sept 2010)

4. Broadband (DSL with speeds>256 kbps) penetration at 42.8% of customer base.

5. Average ARPU for Quarter ended Jun’10 $ 21.2 per month.

6. Segment contributing to 6% of overall revenues of the company.

7. EBITDA margin of over 46.1%.

Broadband revolution to follow wireless revolution in India

SMB opportunity across ICT stream

Enterprise Services
 A Snapshot

Enterprise Services provides a broad portfolio of services to large Enterprise and Carrier customers

Corporates: Single point of contact for all telecommunication needs for Top 2500 corporate customers,
providing full suite of voice, data, and managed communications solutions

Carriers: Wholesale voice and data services to over 130 domestic and 450 international
telecommunications carriers, as well as ILD and NLD carriage for Airtel’s own customers

Extensive national and international infrastructure

Pan-India network with 134,026 Route kms of optical fiber, over 4,150 MPLS and SDH POPs

Access network (terrestrial) in 88 cities, Wimax network in 143 cities, and over 1,500 local POIs

International network with 225,000 Route Kms, connecting over 50 countries and 5 Continents.

Key Performance Indicators (Q2 ‘11)

NLD Minutes Carried: 17.7 Billion ; ILD Minutes Carried: 3.0 Billion

Revenue: Rs.10,424 Million (7 % Segment Contribution Share)

EBITDA: Rs. 2,571 Million (24.7% EBITA Margin)

Emerging Growth Engines

Passive Infra
Africa
 Financial Performance – Passive Infra

Revenue EBITDA

10,000
500 34.2 34.0 37.1 35.5 37.1
471 9,000
7,858
431 438 8,000 7,240
450 7,224
7,000 6,267
394
400 5,831
6,000
355
5,000
350
4,000
300 3,000
Q210 Q310 Q410 Q111 Q211 Q210 Q310 Q410 Q111 Q211

Focus on tenancy enhancement…driving Revenue & Profitability

The above nos for Revenue & EBITDA are in IFRS as per Quarterly Report & includes proportionate
share (42%) in Indus .
 Operational Performance – Passive Infra

Infratel Indus
Towers (nos) & Sharing Factor Towers (nos) & Sharing Factor
106,438
107,000 1.90
33,000 1.70 104,901
31,196 31,831 105,000
32,000 30,568 102,696 102,938 1.80
1.65 1.65 103,000 100,728 1.78
31,000 29,806 1.62 1.60 1.75 1.70
101,000
1.71
30,000
29,112 1.57 99,000 1.66 1.60
1.61
29,000 1.50 97,000
1.49 1.50
28,000 95,000
27,000 1.40 93,000 1.40
Q2 10 Q3 10 Q410 Q111 Q211 Q210 Q310 Q410 Q111 Q211

No of towers Sharing Factor No of towers Sharing Factor

Sharing Revenue per Sharing Operator per Month (Rs) Sharing Revenue per Sharing Operator per Month (Rs)

41,000 38,041
38,107 36,878
36,696 40,000
37,000 36,290
35,000 31,389
29,674 30,379
33,000 30,000 28,333
25,917
25,000
29,000
20,000
25,000 15,000
Q2 10 Q3 10 Q410 Q111 Q211 Q210 Q310 Q410 Q111 Q211

Sharing Revenue per Sharing Operat or per mont h

Sharing Revenue per Sharing Operator per month

Aims to enhance the tenancy ratio & be the preferred choice of vendor for all existing
and new operators
Transaction Rationale

Shareholding and
Management
100% Cash Transaction 
Control
Global Focus on Core 
Brand – ‘Airtel’ Middle East Operators
Stature

Clean / Emerging Market

 certainty Characteristics
of transaction

Strong Platform
for Future Expansion

Low Competitive
Manageable Intensity
Deal Size

Diversification of
Significant
Speed in
 India Risk Synergies Transaction 

 Avoid Greenfield
Repayment of Debt 

The proposed transaction meets the objectives of Airtel with long term strategic
benefits and creates tremendous shareholder value
 Differences between the two markets

India Africa(1)

Mobile Penetration 61% 40%

Average Number of
10-12 3-5
Competitors

Business Model High usage, low pricing model Low usage, high pricing model

Minutes of Usage ~454 ~112

ARPU (US$) ~$5 ~$7

ARPM (US cents ¢) 1¢ 7¢

And therefore huge opportunity space

Source: Global Insight, annual / quarterly reports.

1. Data pertaining to the 16African countries where Zain Africa has operations.
 Africa – Strong Platform

Airtel Africa Coverage Addressable Market Opportunity

Population, 2009 (mn)
Population, 2009 (mn)

Airtel Africa
Total Africa:
450mn
1,025mn
575
450

Airtel Africa Footprint Other African Countries

Penetration, 2009

Leading African Operators

Telecom Operators by Subs in Africa • Large addressable population with low tele-
Subscribers, 2009 (mn)
density
• Leading telecom operations acquired through
77 Zain Africa
42 39
22 19 15 • Strong competitive positioning

Source: Zain Filings, WCIS.

 Another Growth Engine - Africa

 Customer Base : 40.08 Mn

 Performace Indicators (CY 2009):
Revenue: $ 3,667 Mn
EBITDA: $ 1,160 Mn

 Prepaid Base: 99.3%

→one of the highest in the
world

 Usage per sub per month: 112 Minutes

→one of the lowest

 ARPU: ~ US$ 7.4

 Rate per minute: ~ US¢ 6.6

→ one of the highest

 VAS: ~ 7.1%
→One of the lowest

Note: Above numbers based on Quarterly report ended 30 September ,2010.

Recent Honors
Bharti airtel – Leadership in business Recent Honours

NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards 2010

 Top Telecom Company

 Sunil Bharti Mittal - Business Innovator of the Year

India’s Most Innovative company - Wall Street Journal

Most Preferred Cellular Service Provider - 2010 CNBC Awaaz Consumer Awards

Tele.net Telecom Operator award

Won in 6 out of total 14 categories. Few among them being

 Most Admired company  Best Internet and Broadband operator

 Best National Mobile operator  Best Enterprise services

‘Powerful Brand’ - Economic Times (the only corporate brand to be awarded the AAA rating)

Bharti Airtel rated as India’s Best Enterprise Connectivity Provider- Users choice award Instituted by PC Quest

Sunil Bharti Mittal – Global Telecom Leader - Voice & Data magazine

– ‘Philanthropist of the Year’ at Asian Awards 2010

Akhil Gupta, Deputy Group CEO and MD - Asia Corporate Dealmaker Award 2010

Manoj Kohli, CEO( International) & Joint MD - Telecom Man of the year - Tele.net

Business world – FICCI – SEDF Corporate Social Responsibility Awards 2009-10

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