Awards

For the Year 2008 - 2009
‘Appreciation Award’ for significant contribution towards Service tax (2008) – Department of Customs and Central Excise (Delhi Range), Govt of India	“Best Mobile Music, TV or Video Service” category for its Music-On-Demand service - GSMA Asia Mobile Awards 2008
Buzziest Brands of the Year 2009 - afaqs	“World’s 25 Most valuable Telecom Brands” - Brand Finance Plc 2008
Ranked 3rd among India’s 500 most valuable companies – Business Today 2008	Ranked 8th among Top 50 most valuable (company) brands, 2008- Brand Finance Plc
Ranked 2nd among Top 500 profit earners- Business Today 2008.	Best Practice Award in Business Process Improvement category – Technology Managers Forum, 2008
Among ‘India’s Best Marketers’- Business Today 2008	‘Ranked among 50 largest and most liquid companies in BRIC countries”- Dow Jones BRIC 50 2008
“50 Best listed companies in Asia Pacific’- Forbes 2008	‘Wireless Service Provider of the Year’ - Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards 2008
‘Best Cellular Service Provider’ and ‘Best Broadband Service Provider’ - 2008 V&D 100 Awards	Market Leadership awards in ‘Large Enterprise Telecom Services’, ‘Wholesale Data Services’ and ‘Mobile Services’ categories - Frost & Sullivan ICT Awards 2008
“Ranked 21 among Best performing IT companies in the world” - 2008 BusinessWeek IT 100	“Best ISP in the Broadband Survey” - PC World,2008
“Best Billing/Customer Care Solution” – GSM Mobile World Congress, 2008	“Most Admired Organization”, “Best National Mobile Operator”, “Best Internet and Broadband Operator”, “Best Ad Campaign” – Telecom Operator Awards, 2008
Platinum Trusted Brand Award 2008 in the Mobile Service provider category - Reader’s Digest Asia Trusted Brands Survey.	IT User Award 2008 in the Telecom vertical- Nasscom-CNBC TV 18
Airtel is now a fully ISO 27001:2005 Certified Organization-certified by BSI: British Standards Institute	Airtel conferred with "Retailer of the Year -Telecom Services" Award at the Asia Retail Congress 2009
Sunil Bharti Mittal conferred the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) ‘Global Vision’ Award for 2008	Sunil Bharti Mittal became the first Indian to join the Telecom Board of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Sunil Bharti Mittal recognized as the “Telecom Person of the Year” by Tele.net Telecom Operator Awards, 2008	Sunil Bharti Mittal joined the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace