Bharti Airtel has introduced an intercontinental roaming facility that offers free incoming calls from its African network while travelling in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

The operator has included India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to its current bouquet of One Network services for its African customers, who already avail this service across Airtel's mobile network in 17 countries across Africa.

Bharti Airtel's customers in Africa will be automatically provisioned for this service and do not need to register or buy new SIM cards. Bharti Airtel's African customers will be able to use their local Airtel SIM cards while travelling abroad.

Commenting on the launch, Andre Beyers, chief marketing officer, Airtel Africa said, "Mobile communication has the ability to connect communities. Airtel's ONE NETWORK now gives our customers the ability to drastically reduce roaming charges whilst travelling within and across the two continents. Our goal is to provide affordable and relevant mobile communication solutions across borders."