Airtel Partners With Meta and STC to Bring 2Africa Pearls to India

Bharti Airtel and Meta Platforms today announced a collaboration to support the growth of India’s digital ecosystem. As digital infrastructure is key to growth for India’s ambitious Digital aspirations, Bharti Airtel and Meta will invest in global connectivity infrastructure and CPaaS (Communications Platform as a Service) based digital solutions to support the needs of customers and enterprises in India.

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Airtel to Partner with Meta and STC to extend 2Africa subsea cable to India:

Subsea cable systems, being the foundational and base connectivity infrastructure, are crucial to cater to the rising demand for high-speed data and digital services as India is rolling out 5G networks. To enhance India’s infrastructure, Airtel will partner with Meta and STC to extend the 2Africa Pearls subsea cable system to India.

2Africa subsea cable:

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 pick up the dedicated capacity to further strengthen its submarine network portfolio.

Boost to India’s Cable Capacity:

The 2Africa cable will significantly boost India’s cable capacity and empower global hyper-scalers and businesses to build new integrated solutions and provide a high-quality seamless experience to customers.

Open RAN Technologies:

Airtel and Meta, as members of the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Open RAN project group, to increase ecosystem diversity, driving innovation and cost-efficiency in connectivity networks. In addition, Airtel has signed an agreement to help improve the operational efficiency of Open RAN and facilitate energy management and automation in radio networks using advanced analytics and AI/ML models.