Bharti Airtel-Amazon Deal to Offer Cloud Computing Services in India

Bharti Airtel is the biggest telecom network in India which has been holding a very prestigious place in market for offering telecommunication, internet and mobile services. The first 4G network provider in country has now come in lights for its partnership with Amazon We Services.

Airtel on Sunday announced its partnership with Amazon Web Services for offering cloud computing services in India. Bharti Airtel's Global Business CEO Ajay Chitkara stated, "In line with this market adoption, we are excited to strengthen Airtel’s cloud services portfolio by adding Amazon Web Services to our growing list of cloud services providers." We are confident that this will help our global customers truly leverage the benefits of cloud,” he also added.

This partnership has taken place to boost telco’s business of cloud services, and for that, Bharti Airtel has added one more name in the list of its partners, the AWS. This partnership will allow customers to pay for software and other facilities as per usage. They won’t need to buy the complete product. AWS deals in data storage, website hosting and other software which are required to run a business.

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This partnership will bless with the service which was not available before. As per an Airtel official, the company will commit to its customers for offering "dedicated connection between premise and AWS data center." Using AWS cloud computing service, users can find relief in heavy network cost as said by AWS India Head Bikram Singh Bedi, "By utilising AWS Direct Connect customers are able to reduce network costs, increase bandwidth throughput and provide a more consistent network experience, helping Indian businesses of all sizes to rapidly expand their organizations."