Consolidates its leadership in cellular IoT deployment
New Delhi, July 25, 2023: Bharti Airtel
(“Airtel”), one of India’s leading telecommunications service
providers, today, announced that Airtel Business, its B2B
division, has achieved yet another industry milestone by
becoming the first ICT service provider in the country to
connect over 20 million devices through its IoT solutions.
Airtel IoT enables enterprises across industries such as
automobile, energy, utilities, logistics, financial services,
manufacturing and many more with a secure and dedicated
private network for the safe transmission of all customer data
across connected devices. Some of the key wins for Airtel IoT
deployment in the recent times include – a partnership with
Secure Meters for the deployment of 1.3 million smart meters
in Bihar on NB-IoT, a partnership with TP Western Odisha
Distribution Limited (TPWODL) – a joint venture between
Government of Odisha and Tata Power for the deployment of
200,000 Smart Meters in Odisha and a partnership with Matter
Motor Works to power 300,000 bikes through cellular IoT.
Ganesh Lakshminarayanan – CEO, Airtel Business
(India)
said, “IoT is a key pillar in India’s digital growth journey
and, as a brand powering this journey with our future-ready
technology solutions for connected devices, we are delighted
to achieve this significant milestone of 20 million connected
devices on our platform. With efficient and cost-effective
automated IoT solutions, we are at the forefront of empowering
enterprises to extend their reach to the remotest parts of the
country on our secure platform as they scale their businesses.
We will continue to partner with enterprises to enable their
digital transformation journey with our innovative IoT
solutions”.
Powered with an extensive suite of innovative solutions such
as asset tracking, vehicle telematics, industrial asset
monitoring, smart metering, amongst many others, Airtel
Business’s integrated IoT platform offers customized solutions
for each unique IoT requirement of enterprises across 5G, 4G,
NB-IoT, 2G and satellite.
The future-ready, scalable and secure Airtel IoT platform also
offers enterprises the capability to seamlessly manage all
their connected devices through a user-friendly connectivity
management portal ̶ Airtel IoT Hub. The portal also offers
advanced analytics tools like diagnostics, live session checks
and real-time data-usage monitoring amongst many others. For
more details on Airtel IoT,
click here.
Airtel Business is now the number one B2B brand in India and
has been growing year on year. It was the first to deploy a
private 5G network for enterprises in India. In addition to
Cellular IoT, the company also ranks amongst the top providers
of Connectivity, CPaaS and data centres in India. It has an
unmatched data centre footprint across the length and breadth
of the country with 12 large data centres and 120+ edge data
centres. With a wide gamut of end-to-end solutions spanning
cloud, data centre services, cyber security, Ad Tech and
cloud-based communications along with IoT, the company’s
offerings are engineered to deliver high-speed connectivity,
unparalleled wide coverage and scalable bandwidth to customers
across enterprises, governments, carriers and small and medium
businesses (SMBs). Airtel Business has a strong global
presence across the US, Europe, Africa, Middle East,
Asia-Pacific and SAARC, among other locations. Its
strategically located submarine cables and satellite network
of over 400,000 R kms cover 50 countries across five
continents. For more details, visit
https://www.airtel.in/business/
About Airtel:
Headquartered in India, Airtel is a global communications
solutions provider with over 500 million. customers in 17
countries across South Asia and Africa. The company ranks
among the top three mobile operators globally and its networks
cover over two billion people. Airtel is India’s largest
integrated communications solutions provider and the
second-largest mobile operator in Africa. Airtel’s retail
portfolio includes high-speed 4G/5G mobile broadband, Airtel
Xstream Fiber that promises speeds up to 1 Gbps with
convergence across linear and on-demand entertainment,
streaming services spanning music and video, digital payments
and financial services. For enterprise customers, Airtel
offers a gamut of solutions that includes secure connectivity,
cloud and data centre services, cyber security, IoT, Ad Tech
and cloud-based communication. For more details visit
www.airtel.com/