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Jammu Tawi: Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India's premier digital communications solutions provider, and Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) today announced
a collaboration to support the growth of India's digital ecosystem. Airtel and Meta will jointly invest in global connectivity infrastructure and CPaaS
based new-age digital solutions to support the emerging requirements of customers and enterprises in India.
Foundational connectivity infrastructure such as subsea cable systems are crucial for supporting the rising demand for high-speed
data and digital services as India prepares to roll out 5G networks later this year. With the constant endeavor to augment the nation's
infrastructure, Airtel will partner with Meta and STC to extend 2Africa Pearls to India. 2Africa is the world's longest subsea cable system
and is expected to provide faster internet connectivity to almost 3 billion people globally. Airtel and Meta will extend the cable to Airtel's
landing station in Mumbai and also pick up dedicated capacity to further strengthen its submarine network portfolio. Vani Venkatesh,
CEO – Global Business, Bharti Airtel said: “We, at Airtel, are delighted to deepen our partnership with Meta to serve India's digitally
connected economy by leveraging the technology and infrastructure strengths of both companies. With our contributions to the 2Africa
cable and Open RAN, we are investing in crucial and progressive connectivity infrastructure which is needed to support the increasing
demand for high-speed data in India. We look forward to working closely with Meta to deliver best-in-class digital experiences to our
customers in India.”
Francisco Varela, vice president of mobile partnerships for Meta said: “Subsea cables and open, disaggregated networks
continue to play a huge role in the foundational infrastructure needed to support network capacity and fuel innovation. We look
forward to continuing our collaboration with Airtel to further advance the region's connectivity infrastructure that will enable a better
network experience for people and businesses across India.”
