Airtel, Meta come together to accelerate India's digital ecosystem

6 Dec 2022 , 01:04 PM

Bharti Airtel, India’s leading provider of digital communications solutions, and Meta Platforms, Inc. have announced a partnership to support the growth of India’s digital ecosystem. Airtel and Meta will collaborate to invest in global connectivity infrastructure and new-age digital solutions based on CPaaS to meet the evolving needs of customers and enterprises in India.

As India prepares to roll out 5G networks later this year, foundational connectivity infrastructure such as subsea cable systems will be critical in meeting the rising demand for high-speed data and digital services. Airtel will collaborate with Meta and STC to bring 2Africa Pearls to India as part of its ongoing effort to improve the nation’s infrastructure.

2Africa is the world’s longest subsea cable system, and it is expected to provide faster internet access to nearly 3 billion people worldwide.

Airtel and Meta will extend the cable to Airtel’s Mumbai landing station and acquire the dedicated capacity to strengthen its submarine network portfolio.

The 2Africa cable will significantly increase India’s cable capacity while also enabling global hyper-scalers and businesses to build new integrated solutions and provide customers with a high-quality seamless experience.

Airtel is currently testing 4G and 5G Open RAN solutions on select sites in the state of Haryana, and the solution will be commercially deployed across several locations in India over the next few quarters.

At around 1.10 PM, Bharti Airtel was trading at Rs834.85 down by 1.07% from its previous closing of Rs843.90 on the BSE. The scrip opened at Rs845 and touched intraday high and low of Rs845.45 and Rs833.85 respectively.

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