Airtel partners Bridgepointe to extend digital infrastructure solution to US enterprises

Bharti Airtel, one of India's top telecommunications providers on Monday partnered with tech advisory firm Bridgepointe Technologies to help enterprises in the US that are interested in expanding to India and Africa leverage Airtel's digital infrastructure solution. 

US-based Bridgepointe Technologies helps mid-market and enterprise companies bridge the gap between technology investments and business results under Airtel Global Channel Partners Programme. 

Bharti Airtel, in its statement, said, "At Airtel, we have massive network investments, a strong product ecosystem, and a large customer base, especially in India and Africa. We are delighted to collaborate with Bridgepointe to extend our extensive suite of products to their customer base." 

Airtel’s knowledge, experience, and understanding of every layer of the communications ecosystem, combined with the company’s commitment to sustainability, create the perfect framework for partnerships with companies such as Bridgepointe looking to expand into India and Africa. 

“At Airtel, we have massive network investments, a strong product ecosystem, and a large customer base, especially in India and Africa,” said Vani Venkatesh, CEO - Global Business, Bharti Airtel. 

Through this partnership, Bridgepointe will leverage its own established foothold in the data centre market and be able to offer all of Airtel’s products and services as part of their portfolio. Major offerings include global connectivity solutions, direct internet access (DIA), international private leased circuit (IPLC), data centre, and SD-WAN (software-defined wide area network). 

Additionally, the partnership will capitalise on Nxtra by Airtel’s largest network of secure, scalable, and sustainable data centres in India offering services to several leading enterprises, hyperscalers, start-ups, SMEs and governments across the country, the company said. Nxtra by Airtel owns and operates 12 large and 120 edge data centre facilities across India. Nxtra’s commitment to sustainability and achieving net zero by 2031 will also be at the forefront of Bridgepointe’s outreach. 

Airtel ranks amongst the top three mobile operators globally and its networks cover over two billion people. The telco, which started rolling out its 5G network operation on 1 October 2022 is also India’s largest integrated communications solutions provider and the second-largest mobile operator in Africa. It boasts a customer base of more than 500 million across 17 countries in South Asia and Africa.