Bharti Airtel and Tech Mahindra announced a strategic partnership to jointly develop and market innovative enterprise-grade digital solutions across 5G, private network, cloud and CDN.
Airtel has been conducting 5G demos across the country, while Tech Mahindra has developed 5G applications and platforms. Together they intend to open a joint 5G innovation lab for developing Make in India use cases for national and international markets.
Speaking on the partnership, Ganesh Lakshminarayanan, CEO-Enterprise Business, Bharti Airtel, said: “Airtel and Tech Mahindra have a shared vision of supporting the growth of India’s digital ecosystem. We are delighted to join forces with Tech Mahindra to bring to market a range of cutting-edge digital solutions for the emerging requirements of enterprises. With proven technology capabilities and deep customer trust enjoyed by the two brands, we believe this is a win-win partnership.”
Both companies intend to introduce customized Enterprise Grade Private Networks to take the lead in India’s digital economy. The strategic partnership will combine Airtel’s integrated connectivity portfolio of 5G ready mobile network, Fiber, SDWAN, and IoT with Tech Mahindra’s system integration capabilities, the statement read.
Under this, Automobiles, Aviation, Ports, Utilities, Chemicals, Oil & Gas are the initial target sectors both companies would work in.
Manish Vyas, President, Communications, Media and Entertainment Business, and CEO, Network Services, Tech Mahindra, said: “5G ecosystem will unlock immense opportunities for industries across sectors to improve productivity and enhance customer experience through digitally-powered new-age platforms and solutions. We are excited to partner with Airtel to provide innovative and cutting-edge solutions for enterprise customers. In line with Tech Mahindra’s NXT.NOW framework, this collaboration is focused on offering next-generation services to the Indian market by enabling transformation via a network, cloud engineering and customer experience.”
Moreover, companies will also offer Cloud and Content Delivery Network (CDN) solutions to businesses.
