India-based operator Bharti Airtel announced on Monday that it has partnered with American chipmaker Qualcomm to accelerate 5G within the country shortly following Airtel’s demonstration of 5G services in Hyderabad over its live 4G network. The deal will allow the operator to effectively utilize Qalcomm’s 5G RAN platforms, through its network vendors and device partners, […]
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During November 2020, Bharti Airtel continued to add wireless users, gaining 4.4 million users, while rival Reliance Jio’s customer base grew by 1.9 million, according to data from Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), whilst Vodafone lost 2.9 million customers. Nonetheless, Jio remains India’s biggest telecom operator by market share at 35.34 percent; on the […]
Traditionally, telecom operators run trials on any of their new products or devices for further updates before offering them commercially. That is the case with Airtel, which announced on Thursday of being the first telco to successfully demonstrate live 5G services over a commercial network in Hyderabad, India. The operator demonstrated live 5G services on […]
Digital transformation is evolving so rapidly worldwide to the point where it has transformed our lives by digitizing each aspect of it, especially the financial part, and will continue to do so in the next few years. While total transaction value in the digital payments segment is projected to reach US$6,685,102m in 2021, according to […]
While cyber security is considered a critical requirement, India ranks fifth globally when it comes to incidents of cyberattacks and fraud. Besides being the world’s second-largest internet market, the Indian cybersecurity market is expected to cross $13 billion by 2025. India has seen a 37 per cent increase in cyberattacks in the first quarter (Q1) […]
Telkom Kenya has announced the so-called “bold decision to carve out a new direction”, according to Developing Telecoms. This move came out after an abrupt end of the planned merger with Airtel Kenya. Telkom Kenya, the East African nation’s smallest telecom operator, is 60% owned by Helios Investment Partners LLP and the rest by the […]
Recently, the telecommunication and financial sectors are collaborating to achieve one goal, which is for companies or services to utilize technology to provide more efficient financial services to businesses and customers. This concept is called Fintech, which is the emerging industry that uses technology to improve activities in finance all over the world. Airtel Africa, […]
The increasing dependency on telecom services due to Covid-19 means companies are quick to upgrade their technology partnerships to keep up with the rapid pace of change and to avoid unexpected disruptions later. Most telecommunication providers are competing to provide good quality services to markedly improve customer experience. Companies are diversifying their service offerings with […]
AI has been recognized as an advancing technology instrumental in transforming customer experience. As such, the global conversational AI market size is expected to increase from 4.2 billion dollars in 2019 to 15.7 billion dollars by 2024, according to recent market research. Based on the surge in demand for better quality of services online, companies […]
Bharti Airtel has chosen IBM and Red Hat to develop their new telco network cloud that is specifically designed to enhance supporting core operations and enabling new digital services. Bharti Airtel is India’s third largest telecom operator according to the number of subscribers. Bharti Airtel is set to build its core network, alongside analytical tools […]