Bharti Airtel enters into strategic partnership with SK Telecom

13 Sep 2017 Evaluate

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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