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Original Post Date: 2010-10-22 Time: 02:00:01 Posted By: News Poster
Nairobi – In a move that will accelerate the transformation of African mobile communications and impact the speed of economic development across the continent, Bharti Airtel Limited and IBM last week announced the selection of IBM to manage the computing technology and services that power Bharti Airtel’s mobile communications network spanning 16 African countries.
An agreement is expected to be finalized in the fourth quarter. Under a completed agreement, IBM will deploy and manage state-of-the-art information technology infrastructure and applications to support Bharti Airtel’s goal of bringing affordable and innovative mobile services to remote locations in Africa.
In addition, IBM will deploy advanced technologies created by IBM Research, including the Spoken Web – – a voice-enabled Internet technology that allows users to access and share information simply by talking over an existing telephone. This is particularly compelling for populations with little or no literacy, visual impairments, or which lack access to PCs.
THe agreement will extend a deep relationship between IBM and Bharti Airtel that was established in 2004 when South Asia’s leading mobile communications provider tapped IBM to run the IT and applications for its entire Indian network. Since then, Bharti Airtel has seen explosive growth – from six million subscribers to more than 150 million today.
Bharti Airtel plans to replicate the success of its relationship with IBM by lowering the barrier to entry for the people of Africa to own a mobile device. According to a Deloitte report commissioned by the mobile communications industry association GSMA, only 40 out of every 100 Africans have a mobile phone.
However, demand is growing at an average rate of 25% annually, and a 10 percent rise in mobile penetration could increase gross domestic product by 1.2% in developing markets. Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharti Airtel, said: “There are huge opportunities throughout Africa to transform how people communicate and how communities interact. Delivering on that opportunity through affordable mobile communications for everyone is our focus.
“We are delighted to extend our successful relationship with IBM in South Asia to Africa. This transformational business delivery model, which will be a first in Africa’s telecom industry, will bring enhanced efficiencies to our operations and help us deliver world-class mobile services to our customers.
“It will also offer career enhancement opportunities to Bharti Airtel’s employees in the IT domain who will now get exposure to global best practices and latest technologies with IBM.
More importantly, this alliance underlines our commitment to the growth of Africa’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector and contributes towards bridging the digital divide on the continent.”
Samuel J. Palmisano, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, IBM, said: “We see our strategic relationship with Bharti Airtel as a powerful example of building a smarter planet. We have achieved great success together in India, and now we are bringing that model to Africa.
Bharti Airtel has operations in Burkina Faso, Chad, Congo Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Original date published: 20 September 2010
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201009210853.html?viewall=1