Airtel & Intel To Bring Faster, Efficient 5G Connectivity To India

Airtel was the first Indian telecom giant to test 5G over a live network, just last month in India and now it¡¯s gearing up to take things to the next level with Intel.

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Intel and Bharti Airtel have announced that they¡¯re remaining up to push the network development of 4G and 5G virtualized radio access network (vRAN) and open radio access network (RAN) technology to enable Airtel and its users to make the most out of 5G tech.

Their collaboration would contribute to the evolution of communications networks from fixed-function equipment to virtualized cloud-native deployments and edge-to-edge cloud communications.

The way this will work is that Airtel's network would run on Intel¡¯s latest Xeon Scalable processors, FPGAs and eASICs, Ethernet 800 series and FlexRAN reference architecture. This would enable Airtel to respond to a variety of consumer requirements for bandwidth and latency.

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With the foundation of wide-scale enhanced mobile broadband, mobile edge computing and network slicing in place, Airtel would be able to offer newer services to its users while also tweaking its network for generating long-term cost optimization.

This upgrade is needed now more than ever as active internet users in India are expected to grow to 900 million by 2025 and 5G would only boost this adoption.

Randeep Sekhon, Bharti Airtel CTO said in a statement, ¡°Airtel is delighted to have Intel as a part of its rapidly expanding partner ecosystem for 5G. Intel¡¯s cutting-edge technologies and experience will contribute immensely to Airtel¡¯s mission of serving India with world-class 5G services. We also look forward to working with Intel and home-grown companies to unlock India¡¯s potential as a global 5G hub.¡±

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Dan Rodriguez, Intel corporate vice president, Network Platforms Group further added, ¡°Being able to digitally power the vibrant population of India¡¯s connected users requires scalable and agile networks that can evolve to address the growing demands of its users. Airtel is delivering their next-generation enhanced network with a breadth of Intel technology, including Intel Xeon Scalable processors and FlexRAN software to optimize RAN workloads with embedded intelligence, to scale their infrastructure and deliver on the promise of a connected India.¡±