Bharti Airtel Share Price in Focus: Expanded Partnership With Nokia

On April 2, 2025, Bharti Airtel share price rose around 2%, reaching a day high of ₹1,760.00 at 12:10 PM, after opening at ₹1,721.95. This gain in Bharti Airtel share price follows the company’s announcement of an expanded partnership with Nokia to enhance its network infrastructure.

The telecom giant is collaborating with Nokia to deploy Nokia’s Packet Core appliance-based solutions and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) for a more efficient network experience. This partnership aims to support Airtel’s expanding 4G and 5G customer base by improving network capabilities.

Integration of 5G and 4G Technologies for Seamless Service

A key feature of this collaboration is the integration of 5G and 4G technologies into a unified set of servers, simplifying Airtel’s network infrastructure. Nokia’s FWA solutions will bolster home broadband capacities and critical enterprise services while enhancing the overall network experience for customers. The integration of Nokia’s automation framework will enable Airtel to launch services with zero-touch while also enhancing core network lifecycle management. This will allow Airtel to deliver new services more efficiently and reduce network operational costs over time.

Airtel’s use of Nokia’s converged Packet Core solution will support the company’s transition to 5G standalone (SA) readiness. The goal is to streamline network architecture to accommodate increasing data demands while reducing operational costs and optimising hardware usage.

Multi-Year Rollout and GenAI Integration

The rollout of these network upgrades will span multiple years, covering most of Airtel’s service regions across India. As part of the collaboration, Airtel will also integrate Generative AI (GenAI) to enhance service orchestration and ensure a more autonomous network management system.

“Nokia’s innovative Packet Core deployment architecture enables critical changes to our network quality and reliability for meeting the fast-rising growth in customer data requirements,” said Airtel CTO, Randeep Sekhon. “This rollout further demonstrates our longstanding success in jointly collaborating to strengthen the overall Airtel customer experience.”

“Nokia and Airtel have a long-standing partnership and we are pleased to bolster its 5G SA readiness,” said Raghav Sahgal, President of Cloud and Network Services at Nokia. “Airtel’s use of Nokia’s Packet Core to build greater network agility and reliability demonstrates how we are both helping customers solve problems and furthering Nokia’s leadership position in the Core space in India and around the world.”

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