South Korea’s SK Telecom and India's Bharti Airtel this week signed a strategic partnership under which, Airtel will leverage SK Telecom’s expertise to build the most advanced telecom network in India.
The partnership will work across several areas including developing bespoke software to dramatically improve network experience, leveraging advanced digital tools including machine learning, big data and building customized tools to improve network planning based on every customer’s device experience.
The capacity to identify, monitor and deliver improvements to the network experience on an individual device basis will be a first in India, helped by SK Telecom’s global leadership in this area.
The two companies will also collaborate on an on-going basis to evolve standards for 5G, Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), Software-defined Networking (SDN) and Internet of Things (IoT), and jointly work towards building an enabling ecosystem for the introduction of these technologies in the Indian context.
Park Jung-ho, President and CEO, SK Telecom
SK Telecom is delighted to announce a strategic partnership with Bharti Airtel, a global leading mobile operator. Telecom will work closely with Bharti to achieve new network innovations so as to deliver a greater value to Bharti’s customers.
Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chaiman of Bharti Airtel
This partnership will bring a dramatically improved experience to Airtel customers in India by leveraging the expertise of a company that has built one of the best mobile broadband networks in the world.
