Overview

• The multi-year agreement tasks Ericsson’s centralized NOC with managing Airtel’s pan-India network, including 4G, 5G NSA, 5G SA, FWA and private networks.
• Ericsson will deploy AI-powered intent-based operations to predict network faults, optimize performance and improve operational efficiency.
• Randeep Sekhon, Airtel’s chief technology officer, said the collaboration will underpin the carrier’s strategy to build a future-ready network and meet surging data demands.
• Andres Vicente, head of Ericsson’s Southeast Asia, Oceania and India markets, highlighted the NOC’s role in diversifying services and unlocking new revenue opportunities.
• The managed services deal builds on a December 2024 multi-billion-dollar Ericsson contract that supported Airtel’s 4G and 5G rollouts.