Bharti Airtel gains on entering into strategic partnership with SK Telecom

13 Sep 2017 Evaluate

Bharti Airtel is currently trading at Rs. 405.55, up by 0.65 points or 0.16% from its previous closing of Rs. 404.90 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 406.50 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 406.50 and Rs. 405.35 respectively.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 438.00 on 28-Aug-2017 and a 52 week low of Rs. 283.95 on 09-Nov-2016.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 407.20 and Rs. 393.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 1,62,114.00 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 67.14%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 26.45% and 6.41% respectively.

Bharti Airtel has entered into strategic partnership with SK Telecom, Korea’s largest telecommunications company and a world leader in building cutting edge networks, under which Airtel will leverage SK Telecom’s expertise to build the most advanced telecom network in India.

The partnership will work across several areas including developing bespoke software to dramatically improve network experience, leveraging advanced digital tools including machine learning, big data and building customized tools to improve network planning based on every customer's device experience. The capacity to identify, monitor and deliver improvements to the network experience on an individual device basis will be a first in India, helped by SK Telecom’s global leadership in this area.

The two companies will also collaborate on an on-going basis to evolve standards for 5G, Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), Software-defined Networking (SDN) and Internet of Things (IoT), and jointly work towards building an enabling ecosystem for the introduction of these technologies in the Indian context.

Bharti Airtel is a leading integrated telecommunications company with operations in 18 countries across Asia and Africa.


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