AIRTEL PROJECTS INCREASED SUBSCRIBER BASE BY 2012

AIRTEL Zambia has targeted an increase in its subscriber base to 4 million by the year 2012.

Company Managing Director, Fayaz King says AIRTEL is optimistic of attaining the target due to the projected investments into its network.

Mr King told journalists today in Lusaka that there is every possibility of surpassing the current 3.9 million subscriber base.

He further explained that the company has, since inception, created 54,000 direct jobs in addition to the 2.5 trillion kwacha tax remittances between 1998 and 2010.