Airtel, Google's $1 billion deal: What it means for smartphone buyers
India TodayToday marks an important day for India’s leading telecom company, Bharti Airtel. It said the partnership will allow Airtel to “build on Airtel’s extensive offerings that cover a range of Android-enabled devices to consumers via innovative affordability programs.” This essentially means Airtel will navigate opportunities in the market where it can offer affordable phone bundles to customers. Airtel’s offers for phone buyers Now, Google’s investment will help Airtel continue with the third option. Airtel will likely give better deals on smartphones with Google’s investment, giving customers better options on the market. Airtel is already using Google’s 5G-ready Evolved Packet Core & Software Defined Network platforms, but the investment will push it to scale up the deployment of Google's network virtualisation solutions "to deliver a superior network experience to their customers."