Bharti Airtel Lanka is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Limited; a global telecommunications company with headquarters in New Delhi, India, currently operating in over 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Bharti Airtel Lanka commenced commercial operations of services in Sri Lanka on January 12, 2009, as the fifth entrant in a highly saturated market, and was the fastest operator to reach 1 million customers in Sri Lanka. As one of Sri Lanka's largest foreign investors, Airtel has invested over US$ 300 million in Sri Lanka and has achieved island-wide coverage in under two years which has enabled it to emerge as Sri Lanka's fastest expanding network. The Company has also received accreditations such as British Standards Institution's ISO 27001:2005 and BS 25999-2:2007 for its continuous efforts towards information security and business continuity. In addition to this, Airtel Lanka was awarded the highly acclaimed Effie award in 2012 for best campaign in the telecommunications industry, "Hate Kathawa", which has further strengthened Airtel's presence in this hyper-competitive and evolving market. core areas of operation Registered under the Board of Investment in Sri Lanka, Airtel Lanka provides digital mobile services into Sri Lanka which includes voice telephony, voice mail, data services, 3G and GSM based services. Employing over 220, Airtel Lanka emulates an outsourced model which aims at handing over key processes to companies who are already masters in their particular fields, hence providing our customers with service of the highest quality. With its network footprint panned out across the country and capturing strategic ranking positions in various areas, brand shops have been opened in three principal locations in the island including Kolpetty, Kandy and Galle.