Bharti airtel has crossed the five million customers mark in Bangladesh.In January 2010, Bharti airtel had acquired 70 percent stake in Warid Telecom and subsequently launched the airtel brand in Bangladesh in December 2010.

The company also said that it has added 160 new towns to its network spread, which now reaches 2,100 plus towns across the country. With 2220 BTS sites currently present in Bangladesh, airtel plans on extending its coverage to reach 72 per cent of the country?s population by December 2011.

The operator also has a target of setting up 600 additional service centres in Bangladesh by March 2012.