Bharti Airtel intensifies 5G focus

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel, India’s leading telco, has intensified its efforts on the 5G front, and to fully prepare itself for the newer technology, has now joined hands with Swedish telecom gearmaker Ericsson, following similar pacts with Finnish firm Nokia and SK Telecom. reports Danish Khan.

Under the agreement, Ericsson will help Bharti Airtel create a strategic road map for network evolution to the 5G technology standard. The Swedish telecom gearmaker will also provide its 5G-related technology to demonstrate capabilities, and help the telco identify use cases around the new technology.

The agreement between both companies was signed last week in Stockholm, Sweden. Bharti Airtel’s key top executives including Abhay Savargaonkar, director networks services (India & South Asia), flew to Sweden to ink the agreement, according to people familiar with the matter.