Bharti Airtel, Intel announce collaboration to accelerate 5G in India

New Delhi: Airtel has announced its collaboration with Intel for 5G network development. The tie-up is part of Airtel’s 5G roadmap for India. The telecom giant transforms its networks to allow its customers to reap the full possibilities of the hyperconnected world where Industry 4.0 to cloud gaming and virtual/augmented reality become an everyday experience, as per an IANS report.

Airtel 5G Network in India Airtel is the first telecom operator in India to demonstrate 5G over a LIVE network and is conducting 5G trials in major cities, the IANS report says.

Airtel will deploy Intel’s latest third generation Xeon Scalable processors, FPGAs and eASICs, and Ethernet 800 series across its network to build a solid foundation for rolling out wide-scale 5G, mobile edge computing and network slicing, according to IANS report.