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Airtel Business, the B2B arm of Bharti Airtel, has enabled a leading Indian public sector bank to significantly modernise its network infrastructure, resulting in an anticipated 35–40 percent reduction in network costs. The transformation was achieved through the deployment of Airtel’s cloud-based Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) solution for the bank, which serves over 100 million customers and operates across more than 5,000 bank branches nationwide.
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Overcoming Connectivity Challenges with SD-WAN
Faced with mounting connectivity challenges, the bank had been relying on a complex multi-vendor MPLS network that led to frequent service disruptions, high operational costs, and limited visibility into application performance. “This not only inflated individual branch network costs but also restricted connectivity in remote branches, limiting their day-to-day transactions,” Airtel Business said.
Airtel SD-WAN Solution
To address these challenges, Airtel Business implemented its SD-WAN solution, providing the bank with centralised network management, real-time traffic monitoring, and intelligent routing capabilities.
“Think of it [the SD-WAN solution] as an intelligent traffic controller for their complete IT network, offering real-time visibility and centralised control, empowering their IT teams to optimise application performance and ensure critical operations reliability,” Airtel Business explained.
This allowed the bank’s IT team to prioritise mission-critical applications, implement granular security policies at application and site levels, and integrate a mix of MPLS, broadband, and internet leased lines tailored to each branch’s needs.
