Bharti Global completes acquisition of 24.5% stake in UK’s BT Group

Bharti Global, the international investment arm of Bharti Enterprises, announced that it has completed the acquisition of 24.5 per cent of the issued share capital in UK’s BT Group plc. This makes Bharti, which runs telecom company Airtel, the majority shareholder in the UK’s second largest telecom company, the BT Group, which was formerly called British Telecom.

In a statement, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chair of Bharti Enterprises, said, “We’re delighted to have completed our investment into BT.