Airtel's end-to-end connectivity plan for foreign firms

Airtel is going to offer global companies, particularly those in the digital space, extensive market reach through joint go to market programmes

Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Sunday announced the launch of its 'India with Airtel' bouquet of services offering end-to-end connectivity solutions for foreign companies looking to set up businesses in India.

"India with Airtel offers end-to-end telecom and connectivity solutions to companies under one roof, thereby eliminating the challenge of dealing with multiple vendors and integration issues associated with it," the company said in a release here.

The range of services being offered include mobile and fixed telephony, global and domestic data capacity and connectivity solutions, VSAT, VPN, data centre and cloud solutions, VAS and payment and billing integration, M2M, managed services, among others, it said.

"Airtel will offer global companies, particularly those in the digital space, extensive market reach through joint go to market programmes," the statement added.

Bharti Airtel chief executive (Global Voice and Data Business) Ajay Chitkara said: "Given Airtel's integrated product portfolio, we believe that we are uniquely placed to seamlessly serve the connectivity needs of companies looking to set up businesses in India."

Airtel said it has over 270 million customers in India, while "the company's global network spans 225,000 kms of submarine cable capacity, covering 50 countries and five continents".