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Airtel And Radware Partner to Offer Cloud Security Services to Businesses in India

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Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Telecommunications, Computer networking, Computer companies, Deep packet inspection, Radware, WAN optimization, Bharti Airtel, Airtel Sri Lanka, Airtel Africa, Cloud computing security, Airtel Bangladesh

MAHWAH, N.J., Sept. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, and Bharti Airtel (Airtel), Indias largest integrated telco, today announced a partnership under which Airtel will offer Radwares Cloud DDoS Protection, Cloud WAF, and Bot Manager cloud security services to enterprise customers.

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  • MAHWAH, N.J., Sept. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, and Bharti Airtel (Airtel), Indias largest integrated telco, today announced a partnership under which Airtel will offer Radwares Cloud DDoS Protection, Cloud WAF, and Bot Manager cloud security services to enterprise customers.
  • Harmeen Mehta, CIO & Head of Cloud and Security business, Bharti Airtel said, As businesses undergo digital transformation, their security requirements are also evolving given the ever changing, increasingly complex threats.
  • We are delighted to partner with Radware and offer their solutions to customers in India as part of our Airtel Secure portfolio.
  • When we say that Airtel will offer Radwares Cloud DDoS Protection, Cloud WAF, and Bot Manager cloud security services to enterprise customers , thats a forward looking statement.

Airtel Uganda, Comviva win International Digital Wallet Innovation Award

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Bharti Airtel, Telecommunications, Airtel Uganda, Mahindra Comviva, Airtel Bangladesh, Airtel Sri Lanka, Airtel Africa, Airtel Payments Bank

KAMPALA, Uganda, Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Airtel Uganda , together with Comviva , Airtel's technology partner, has today been announced the winner of the 2020 Digital Wallet Innovation Award , Airtel Uganda was the overall winner of the 'Market Adoption' category.

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  • KAMPALA, Uganda, Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Airtel Uganda , together with Comviva , Airtel's technology partner, has today been announced the winner of the 2020 Digital Wallet Innovation Award , Airtel Uganda was the overall winner of the 'Market Adoption' category.
  • Airtel Uganda and Comviva were also declared the Grand winner out of the five winning firms.
  • Aite Group annually recognizes innovation by digital wallet providers that are changing the way commerce is done.
  • Commenting about the award, Airtel Uganda Chief Commercial Officer, Mr. Amit Kapur said, "This award recognises our effort towards making Airtel Money a world-class service, and Airtel Money's revolutionary impact on increasing financial inclusion, digitizing payments and creating a digital cash-lite Uganda.

Airtel Uganda, Comviva win International Digital Wallet Innovation Award

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Bharti Airtel, Telecommunications, Airtel Uganda, Mahindra Comviva, Airtel Bangladesh, Airtel Sri Lanka, Airtel Africa, Airtel Payments Bank

KAMPALA, Uganda, Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Airtel Uganda , together with Comviva , Airtel's technology partner, has today been announced the winner of the 2020 Digital Wallet Innovation Award , Airtel Uganda was the overall winner of the 'Market Adoption' category.

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  • KAMPALA, Uganda, Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Airtel Uganda , together with Comviva , Airtel's technology partner, has today been announced the winner of the 2020 Digital Wallet Innovation Award , Airtel Uganda was the overall winner of the 'Market Adoption' category.
  • Airtel Uganda and Comviva were also declared the Grand winner out of the five winning firms.
  • Aite Group annually recognizes innovation by digital wallet providers that are changing the way commerce is done.
  • Commenting about the award, Airtel Uganda Chief Commercial Officer, Mr. Amit Kapur said, "This award recognises our effort towards making Airtel Money a world-class service, and Airtel Money's revolutionary impact on increasing financial inclusion, digitizing payments and creating a digital cash-lite Uganda.

MoneyGram Expands Mobile Wallet Capabilities and Leading Position in Africa with New Strategic Partnerships

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Monday, August 24, 2020
Finance, Money, Companies, Payment systems, MoneyGram, Bharti Airtel, Airtel Africa, Mobile payment, Airtel Bangladesh

As mobile money adoption rapidly grows in Africa, these new partnerships with Airtel, Thunes, InTouch and MFS Africa will help drive strong digital growth as the Company continues to execute its customer-centric digital transformation.

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  • As mobile money adoption rapidly grows in Africa, these new partnerships with Airtel, Thunes, InTouch and MFS Africa will help drive strong digital growth as the Company continues to execute its customer-centric digital transformation.
  • Airtel, a leading provider of telecommunication and mobile money services, has a presence in 14 countries across Africa and over 19 million customers alone.
  • Thunes, InTouch and MFS Africa, prominent fintech payment providers, are platforms that bridge the gap between the rapidly growing mobile money ecosystem in Africa and global online digital payments.
  • The reach of the three providers will enable MoneyGram to quickly and significantly expand its coverage across the continent.

India Data Center Market- Investment Analysis & Growth Opportunities, 2020 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Technology, Data management, Cloud storage, Telecommunications, BSE SENSEX, Bharti Airtel, CNX Nifty, Vodafone, Computing, CtrlS, Airtel Africa, Internet in India, Economy of India

The "India Data Center Market- Investment Analysis and Growth Opportunities 2020-2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "India Data Center Market- Investment Analysis and Growth Opportunities 2020-2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • India Data Center Market Size to Cross $4.5 Billion, Growing at a CAGR Of Over 4% During The Period 2020-2025.
  • Pi Datacenter, CtrlS, Sify Technologies, Airtel(Nxtra), National Informatics Center, National Payment Corporation of India and Bridge Data Center are some of the prominent investors in the data center market in India.
  • Majority of local data center service providers offer cloud-based services to end-users in India, which contribute to their data center service revenue.

Airtel renews Pan India Managed Services Partnership with Ericsson

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Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Bharti Airtel, Telecommunications, Ericsson, Airtel Bangladesh, Airtel Sri Lanka, Airtel Africa, 2G, Airtel India, Shyam Mardikar

Agreement covers nationwide AI-driven managed services, network and IT automation for Airtel's India mobile operations

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  • Agreement covers nationwide AI-driven managed services, network and IT automation for Airtel's India mobile operations
    Solution will deliver e2e customer-centric operations, optimization and enhanced network and IT capabilities to Airtel
    KISTA, Sweden, July 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Bharti Airtel ("Airtel"), India's largest integrated telco, has renewed its agreement with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) to provide pan-India managed network operations through Ericsson Operations Engine.
  • Ericsson will also provide Network Optimization Services, combining multi-vendor networks expertise with its state-of-the-art machine learning/AI-enabled Cognitive Software Suite.
  • Nunzio Mirtillo, Head of Ericsson South east Asia, Oceania and India, says: "Ericsson Operations Engine consolidates our position as the industry leader in network managed services.
  • Airtel and Ericsson's long-standing technology and services partnership has spanned 2G, 3G, 4G provision and more recently, live 5G trials.

Verizon and Airtel Partner to Bring Secure Enterprise-Grade BlueJeans Video Conferencing to India

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Telecommunications, Economy of India, Bharti Airtel, Airtel Africa, Airtel Bangladesh, Airtel Sri Lanka, BlueJeans Network

As part of this partnership, Airtel will offer secure enterprise-grade video conferencing solutions under the brand name - Airtel BlueJeans - to enterprise customers in India.

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  • As part of this partnership, Airtel will offer secure enterprise-grade video conferencing solutions under the brand name - Airtel BlueJeans - to enterprise customers in India.
  • This alliance in India will bring Airtel and Verizon together to address the need for seamless and secure business collaboration as organizations move from office-based work to work from anywhere.
  • We are delighted to collaborate with Verizon to bring Airtel BlueJeans to enterprise and SMB customers in India.
  • Airtel BlueJeans is a highly differentiated video conferencing solution that sets the benchmark with its high levels of security and ease of use.

Democratic Republic of Congo Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report 2020 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Technology, Telecommunications, Airtel Africa, Bharti Airtel, Telecommunications, Economy of India

The "Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Telecom Operators Country Intelligence 2020" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Telecom Operators Country Intelligence 2020" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Telecom Operators Country Intelligence Report provides an executive-level overview of the telecommunications market in DRC today, with detailed forecasts of key indicators up to 2024.
  • Overall telecom service revenue in the DRC will grow at a robust CAGR of 15.8% during 2019-2024.
  • Top three operators Vodacom, Airtel, and Orange accounted for a 89.1% share of total mobile subscriptions in the country in 2019.

Airtel deploys India’s largest open cloud-based VoLTE network with Nokia software products

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Monday, July 6, 2020
Telecommunications, Technology, Mobile technology, Companies, Voice over IP, LTE, Voice over LTE, Nokia, Bharti Airtel, Airtel Sri Lanka, Airtel Africa, Airtel India

As part of its cloudification strategy, Airtel will deploy Nokias CloudBand Infrastructure Software

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  • As part of its cloudification strategy, Airtel will deploy Nokias CloudBand Infrastructure Software
    Espoo, Finland Nokia today announced that its CloudBand-based software products are powering Bharti Airtels (Airtel) Voice over LTE (VoLTE) network in India.
  • The network supports over 110 million customers, making it the largest cloud-based VoLTE network in India and the largest Nokia-run VoLTE in the world.
  • The countrys largest open cloud based VoLTE network is a major milestone in Airtels journey.
  • Bhaskar Gorti, President of Nokia Software and Nokia Chief Digital Officer, said: Nokia is very pleased to expand our partnership and support Airtels digital transformation journey.

OneWeb Announces HMG and Bharti Global Limited Consortium as Winning Bidders in Court-supervised Sale Process

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Friday, July 3, 2020
Telecommunications, Spacecraft, Satellite Internet access, BSE SENSEX, Bharti Airtel, CNX Nifty, Vodafone, OneWeb, Satellite constellation, Airtel Africa, Airtel Bangladesh, Bharti

- OneWeb will look to resume operations as soon as possible and continue with progress towards providing global high-speed, low latency connectivity via its state-of-the-art satellite constellation.

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  • - OneWeb will look to resume operations as soon as possible and continue with progress towards providing global high-speed, low latency connectivity via its state-of-the-art satellite constellation.
  • The bid is designed to capitalise the company sufficiently as a going concern to effectuate the full end-to-end deployment of the OneWeb system.
  • Bharti, through Bharti Airtel, is the third largest mobile operator in the world, with over 425 million customers.
  • The combination of HMG and Bharti will bring immediate value as we develop as a global leader in low latency connectivity.