Internet infrastructure: Our Internet backbone involves state of the art high-end routers and switches as may deployed on the best networks across the world to offer our customers reliable service of unmatched quality. Three years back we had established satellite based gateway for internet access. This was the first gateway by a private operator. Now we have established our fibre gateway on Network i2i, first private submarine cable owned by us and SingTel.
Fixed line infrastructure: Our high quality fibre-based, fixed line networks in Delhi, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Chahattisgarh,intensively covers the most prominentcommercial and business districts in the country.At Airtel Enterprise Services, we provide the power of last mile fixed line network to bring end-to-end voice and data solutions.
Long distance infrastructure: Our 25,000 km advanced fibre-optic cable long distance network covers India's top 200 cities. And it powers the services of India's leading private telecom service providers - cellular, fixed line and internet through Airtel Long Distance Services.
Submarine cable: We have partnered with SingTel to create the world's largest submarine cable system- Network i2i with 8.4 Tbps capacity. This 3200 km undersea cable structure stretches from Chennai to Singapore and thereon to Tier-1 carriers on SingTel's capacity on 175,000 km of cables. The huge capacity on network i2i is distributed locally in India through our 25,000 km of advanced fibre-optic domestic long distance backbone, providing unprecedented capacity, speed & reliability.
SE-ME-WE-4: Se-Me-We-4 (South East Asia, Middle East and Western Europe 4) is the new undersea cable connecting the Pacific to the Atlantic, and has been built with 4th generation Terabit DWDM technology. On its 20,000 km journey from Singapore to France, it lands in each of the 13 countries along the way.
In India, the cable lands at our landing station in Chennai. The new addition will complement our existing undersea cable – the Chennai-Singapore i2i – and our nationwide network in bringing you higly reliable, robust and seamless connectivity to Europe and the US East Coast. The other big benefit of SeMeWe4 is that besides benefiting the IT & ITES, it will be a boon for the BFSI (banking, financial services and insurance) segment, offering you connectivity solutions from 2 Mpbs (E1) to 155 Mbps (STM1) on SeMeWe 4. Full circuits in India will are available too.
Wireless network: India's finest cellular service, Airtel Mobile Services, has the world's 2nd largest cellular footprint, covering 16 circles, all the major metros and mini metros. Employing GSM and GPRS technologies, we bring bandwidth to customers on the move.
Alliances: Our alliances with the world's best companies helps in establish a leadership position in the Indian telecom industry. We have partnered with blue chip companies like IBM, Nokia, Alcatel, Siemens, Oracle and Nortel Networks to provide us with the best technologies to help our customers run their business smoothly.
