The Sunil Mittal-led telco said it aims to accelerate the digital transformation of small businesses through the new enterprise solution.
NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel Thursday launched a new enterprise-grade solution ‘Airtel Office Internet’ for small businesses, SOHOs, and tech startups in partnership with Google Cloud and Cisco, with plans starting at Rs 999, coupled with a range of add-on services like Static IPs and parallel ringing.
The Sunil Mittal-led telco said it aims to accelerate the digital transformation of small businesses through the new enterprise solution.
Airtel Office Internet comes as a unified solution with one plan and one bill and offers FTTH broadband with symmetric speeds up to 1Gbps along with unlimited local/STD calling.
It also comes with in-built enterprise-grade security from Cisco and Kaspersky for cybersecurity against threats like malicious and unwanted domains, viruses, crypto lockers, and cyber attacks.
Kaspersky had recently joined hands with Airtel to offer its PC and smartphone security to Airtel’s customers.
On the other hand, Airtel had inked an enterprise connectivity deal with Cisco under which it will launch connectivity solutions for enterprises based on the latter’s Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) technology.
Meanwhile, the partnership with Google Cloud enables Airtel to offer complimentary Google Workspace licenses that will allow businesses to use Gmail for all professional email communication along with an entire range of productivity and collaboration tools from Google.
Airtel Office Internet also offers a free Airtel BlueJeans license for unlimited and secure teleconferencing,
For their own convenience, businesses will be able to manage all the services in one place via a digital self-serve portal.
“The pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation journeys of businesses of all sizes… Airtel Office Internet is yet another innovation from Airtel in this direction. It brings together Airtel’s network and world-class partner ecosystem to bring to market tailor-made solutions for India’s unique needs,” said Ajay Chitkara, Director & CEO – Airtel Business.
The second-largest Indian telco serves over one million businesses of all sizes with a wide range of connectivity solutions.
“The combination of Google Workspace’s collaboration and productivity tools combined with Airtel’s robust pan-India connectivity solutions will be a great growth enabler for small businesses in India,” added Bikram Singh Bedi, Managing Director at Google Cloud India.
“Our partnership with Airtel is built on our joint vision of enabling enterprise-grade security for small businesses, grounded in AI and automation, so they can focus on areas that will have the biggest impact on their recovery and growth,” said Daisy Chittilapilly, President, Cisco India & SAARC.
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