Bharti Tele Ventures has launched mobile services in Orissa. With B this, Bharti's footprint now extends to 20 out of the 23 circles in the country. In Orissa, the company covers over 1,200 km of highway rail routes in more than 100 towns. The company is planning similar launches in Bihar and Jharkhand in January 2005 and in Assam and the northeast by March 2005.