It was announced by India's top mobile operator, Bharti Airtel on Monday that mobile services in Sri Lanka has been launched by it and the company would also invest $200 million on the operation in the island.

Via its subsidiary Bharti Airtel Lanka, the company has launched the services on a third generation network. A suite of innovative services and redefined affordability by offering attractive call rates has also been launched by Airtel.

It was informed by the company that a three-year managed network deal with Huawei has been signed by it and in order to manage its IT, infrastructure and application requirements in Sri Lanka, it has partnered with IBM.