Artel history

In 1995, he became involved in the revision of DIN 12650 series of standards related to pipettes and other piston-operated apparatus, which led to the development of the ISO 8655 series of standards. ​

During the year 1997-98 the company became the first private telecom operator to obtain a license to provide basic telephone services in the state of Madhya Pradesh.

During the year 2001-02 they launched IndiaOne India's first private sector national and international long distance service.

During the year 2006-07 the company incorporated seven wholly owned subsidiaries namely Bharti Airtel (USA) Ltd Bharti Airtel (UK) Ltd Bharti Airtel (Hong Kong) Ltd and Bharti Airtel (Canada) Ltd Bharti Infratel Ltd Bharti Telemedia Ltd and Bharti Airtel Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.

In March 4 2009 the company subscribed 1470000 equity shares (49% stake) in Bharti Teleports Ltd for an aggregate consideration of Rs.

As of January 2010 the company had an aggregate of over 131 million customers in South Asia including 121.7 million mobile customers in India.

In September 2011 the company choose Ericsson India Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei Technologies as network partners to launch 3G Services in India.

He chairs the ISO working group responsible for the development of the new standard for Automated Liquid Handling Systems, after having co-proposed and chaired the development of ISO/IWA 15, which was published in 2015.

George’s interest in metrology and standards extends beyond his work at Artel (see how he celebrated World Standards Day in 2016). For example, in George’s words, “Deflategate could have been avoided with a properly defined and validated measurement process.

On 22 February 2017 Bharti Airtel announced that it has through its subsidiary Bharti Airtel Services acquired a strategic equity stake in Seynse Technologies Pvt.