Bharti Airtel is set to sign a strategic alliance with Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud services arm of retail giant Amazon, to tap small-and-medium businesses (SMBs). The pairing will be pitted against the Reliance Jio Infocomm-Microsoft combine as they compete for a share…
Read More Airtel Inks Strategic Alliance With Amazon Web Services To Tap SMB Opportunity
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), one of India’s largest integrated telcos, has selected IBM and Red Hat to build its new telco network cloud, designed to make it more efficient, flexible and future-ready to support core operations and enable new digital services.…
Read More Airtel Selects IBM And Red Hat To Build Open Hybrid Cloud Network
Bharti Airtel has selected IBM and Red Hat to build its new 5G-ready telco network cloud to support core operations, monetise the telco’s pan-India 4G network with the help of new services and be more competitive against main rival Reliance…
Read More Airtel Selects IBM And Red Hat To Build 5G-Ready Open Hybrid Cloud Network
IBM on Monday announced a major deal with Bharti Airtel to build a new open hybrid cloud network that will be more efficient and flexible than what exists now, will enable new digital services, and be ready for emerging technologies…
On October 9, 2019, I noticed my Twitter timeline was abuzz with a hashtag, #BoycottJio. Until then, I hadn't heard about the announcement by Reliance Jio to charge users 6 paise per minute for voice calls made to other networks.…
Read More #BoycottJio Controversy: No More Than A Storm In A Teacup
Exports-focused Indian IT services firms have stepped up focus on the typically smaller footprint domestic market, driven by Indian companies transforming their business using digital technology and as the government moves to use technology to improve governance. In the past…
Read More Indian IT Looks Homeward As Digital Transformation Kicks In
Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) is believed to have finalised a new $700-800 million (Rs4,900 crore-5,600 crore) five-year technology outsourcing contract with IBM, a deal that is expected to contribute a major part to the Rs8,400 crore annual opex savings that…
Vodafone Idea is believed to have finalised a new $700-800 million (Rs4,900 crore-5,600 crore) five-year technology outsourcing contract with IBM, a deal that is expected to contribute a major part to the Rs8,400 crore annual opex savings that the telecom…
Read More Vodafone-Idea, IBM Set To Seal $700-800 Million 5-year IT Outsourcing Deal
Vodafone Idea Ltd. (VIL), India’s top telecom operator, may miss an internal deadline of December 2018 to finalise new IT contracts, and is holding advanced talks with US software major IBM to finalise a multi-year deal by March end, which, some estimates suggest, could…
Read More Vodafone Idea Outsourcing Deal To Exceed USD 1 Billion for IBM India
The three per cent telecom spectrum usage charge (SUC) for the forthcoming auctions will bring down the weighted average rate from the current 5.1 per cent for telecom companies. According to ICRA estimates, the sector will save annual revenues of Rs…
Read More Telecom Firms To Save Rs 150 Cr For Every 10-bp Dip in SUC
Reliance Communications (RCOM) and Sistema Shyam Teleservices, also known as MTS India, are increasingly adopting open source software as it helps them significantly cut costs. The two telcos say using open source software allows them flexible options for their networks to…
The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to herald a broadband revolution through its ambitious Digital India initiative aimed at providing government services online to citizens nationwide by 2019. It may be setting its sights too high. In addition…
After signing up for ‘Airtel Zero’ platform last week, online e-commerce firm Flipkart yesterday decided to move out of the deal with country’s top operator Bharti Airtel following massive backlash in support of net neutrality. “The massive competition in this…
After signing up for ‘Airtel Zero’ platform last week, online e-commerce firm Flipkart yesterday decided to move out of the deal with country’s top operator Bharti Airtel following massive backlash in support of net neutrality. “The massive competition in this…
Flipkart, India's largest online retailer, has shelved controversial plans to offer free access to its mobile app under a deal with Bharti Airtel. According to Sanchit Vir Gogia, chief executive officer of Greyhound Research, an information technology analysis company, differential…
Flipkart, India's largest online retailer, has shelved controversial plans to offer free access to its mobile app under a deal with Bharti Airtel. According to Sanchit Vir Gogia, chief executive officer of Greyhound Research, an information technology analysis company, differential…
The yawning fiscal deficit of the government is likely to get some relief with the upcoming spectrum auction, slated for March 4, as it hopes to add Rs 80,000 crore to its kitty by putting airwaves in the 800, 900,…
Bharti Airtel had planned to buy Loop’s assets in February, but the deal did not get regulatory approvals. Bharti Airtel Ltd abandoned its `700 crore plan to buy Loop Telecom for its Mumbai operations after the country’s largest telecom operator failed to…
Tech giant IBM‘s deal with India‘s largest private telecom operator, Airtel, to manage its infra and application services is expected to touch USD 1 billion in the next five years, research firm Greyhound said today. The firm also estimates that the current size…
Read More IBM’s deal with Airtel can touch $1 bn in next 5 yrs: Analyst
Tech giant IBM‘s deal with India‘s largest private telecom operator, Airtel, to manage its infra and application services is expected to touch USD 1 billion in the next five years, research firm Greyhound said today. The firm also estimates that the current size…
Read More IBM’s deal with Airtel can touch $1 bn in next 5 yrs: Analyst
Indian telecom service provider Bharti Airtel has changed its IT outsourcing strategy that impacted enterprise IT major IBM in a big way. But the deal announced on Wednesday did not surprise many infotech analysts. Sanchit Vir Gogia of Greyhound Research Strategic Outsourcing…
Read More Why Airtel changed IT outsourcing strategy that impacted IBM
Tech giant IBM‘s deal with India‘s largest private telecom operator, Airtel, to manage its infra and application services is expected to touch USD 1 billion in the next five years, research firm Greyhound Research said today. The firm also estimates…
Read More IBM’s deal with Airtel can touch $1 bn in next 5 yrs: Analyst
Tech giant IBM's deal with India's largest private telecom operator, Airtel, to manage its infra and application services is expected to touch USD 1 billion in the next five years, research firm Greyhound said today. The firm also estimates that the…
Read More IBM’s deal with Airtel can touch $1 bn in next 5 yrs: Analyst
Tech giant IBM‘s deal with India‘s largest private telecom operator, Airtel, to manage its infra and application services is expected to touch USD 1 billion in the next five years, research firm Greyhound said today. The firm also estimates that…
Read More IBM’s deal with Airtel can touch $1 bn in next 5 yrs: Analyst
Tech giant IBM‘s deal with India‘s largest private telecom operator, Airtel, to manage its infra and application services is expected to touch USD 1 billion in the next five years, research firm Greyhound said today. The firm also estimates that the current size…
Read More IBM’s deal with Airtel can touch $1 bn in next 5 yrs: Analyst
Tech giant IBM's deal with India's largest private telecom operator, Airtel, to manage its infra and application services is expected to touch USD 1 billion in the next five years, research firm Greyhound said today. The firm also estimates that…
Read More IBM’s deal with Airtel can touch $1 bn in next 5 yrs: Analyst
IBM India and Bharti Airtel have finally announced their renewed partnership. The deal had come under a lot of limelight thanks to its sheer size and much was said about IBM losing the race for one of the biggest IT…
Read More Refreshed IBM-Bharti deal might touch $1bn over next 5 years: Greyhound Research
On April 2nd, IBM India announced its new service partnership with Bharti Airtel, the India-based telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Touted to be a new agreement, the deal builds on the 10 year relationship between…
Read More Getting Down To Brass Tacks – Facts About IBM Bharti Deal That Matter!
Nxtra Data, the newly created subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, is planning to add new data centres across multiple cities, including Bangalore, Delhi NCR and Kolkata. The company currently manages 1.60 lakh sq ft space across seven data centres and plans to…
Read More Nxtra Data Charts Out Expansion Plan Post Hive-Off
Smileys were always popular, but they never got the cult status that stickers - the new, larger emoticons - have gained. The fad, started by the Line messaging app in Japan, is now big enough to prompt TV shows featuring…
