<p class="title">Bharti Airtel on Thursday launched a new Cloud portfolio to offer specialised products for multiple business segments, as the company plans to roll out 5G services in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The new cloud offerings will fall under Edge Cloud Portfolio and will include the Edge content delivery network (CDN).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Airtel Cloud's Edge CDN accelerates web and video content delivery by using its edge network to bring content as close to users as possible.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This reduces latency, costs, and load on servers making it easier for enterprises to focus on app performance for OTT, ed-tech, gaming, and healthcare sectors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Airtel has three key strengths to offer a differentiated set of cloud offerings we have 12 large data centres and 120+ edge locations. We also have a network with comprehensive coverage across the country and to most locations across the globe," said Ajay Chitkara, Director and CEO, Airtel Business.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Airtel is currently working with two of the largest OTT companies in India and others on this platform.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"With 5G around the corner, businesses will leverage the low latency, high bandwidth, and high device density of the 5G spectrum to solve critical problems using edge computing," said Chitkara.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Airtel said it will utilize application developer Qwilt's 'Open Edge Cloud' solution for deployment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Our edge architecture provides a new economic model for streaming delivery, in which Airtel Cloud's Edge CDN plays a central role in the end-to-end value chain," said Alon Maor, CEO, Qwilt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Airtel recently became the first company to test a captive private network at the Bosch facility in Bengaluru. Airtel is also rolling out its Edge compute service to customers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The company said there will be many targeted cloud solutions coming in for specific industry requirements soon.</p>
<p class="title">Bharti Airtel on Thursday launched a new Cloud portfolio to offer specialised products for multiple business segments, as the company plans to roll out 5G services in the country.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The new cloud offerings will fall under Edge Cloud Portfolio and will include the Edge content delivery network (CDN).</p>.<p class="bodytext">Airtel Cloud's Edge CDN accelerates web and video content delivery by using its edge network to bring content as close to users as possible.</p>.<p class="bodytext">This reduces latency, costs, and load on servers making it easier for enterprises to focus on app performance for OTT, ed-tech, gaming, and healthcare sectors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Airtel has three key strengths to offer a differentiated set of cloud offerings we have 12 large data centres and 120+ edge locations. We also have a network with comprehensive coverage across the country and to most locations across the globe," said Ajay Chitkara, Director and CEO, Airtel Business.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Airtel is currently working with two of the largest OTT companies in India and others on this platform.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"With 5G around the corner, businesses will leverage the low latency, high bandwidth, and high device density of the 5G spectrum to solve critical problems using edge computing," said Chitkara.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Airtel said it will utilize application developer Qwilt's 'Open Edge Cloud' solution for deployment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Our edge architecture provides a new economic model for streaming delivery, in which Airtel Cloud's Edge CDN plays a central role in the end-to-end value chain," said Alon Maor, CEO, Qwilt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Airtel recently became the first company to test a captive private network at the Bosch facility in Bengaluru. Airtel is also rolling out its Edge compute service to customers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The company said there will be many targeted cloud solutions coming in for specific industry requirements soon.</p>