Bharti's voting interest in Bharti Airtel is now over 50%.
Bharti Group had earlier sold 4.99% indirect stake in Airtel to Temasek.
Bharti, meanwhile, has awarded a USD 2 billion contract to Ericsson for expanding its telecom network. Under the contract, Ericsson will design, plan, deploy and manage Bharti's GSM network across 15 circles and its pre-paid platform across 23 circles in the country.