Airtel partners with Google Cloud and Cisco to launch ‘Airtel Office Internet’ to accelerate digital transformation of small businesses
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, today announced the launch of ‘Airtel Office Internet’ – a unified enterprise grade solution for the emerging digital connectivity needs of small businesses, SOHOs and early stage tech start-ups
More than ever, emerging businesses across India are looking for reliable connectivity and digital productivity tools that enhance their agility, efficiency and enable them to serve their customers better. Importantly, these businesses want to access these solutions with the convenience of a single relationship.
Airtel Office Internet is built on these insights and brings together secure high speed data connectivity, conferencing and business productivity tools as a unified solution with one plan and one bill.
FTTH broadband with symmetric speeds up to 1 Gbps along with unlimited local/STD calling.
The superfast and reliable connectivity comes with built-in enterprise grade security from
Cisco and Kaspersky to block malicious and unwanted domains, viruses, crypto-lockers and
attacks.
Complimentary Google Workspace licenses that allows businesses to use Gmail for all
professional email communication along with an entire range of productivity and
collaboration tools from Google.
With growing requirements for video conferencing, Airtel Office Internet also offers a free
Airtel BlueJeans license for unlimited and secure conferencing with HD quality .
Digital self-serve portal for businesses to manage all these services at one place.
Plans start at Rs. 999 with a range of add-on services like Static IPs and parallel ringing. For
more details, please visit https://www.airtel.in/business/b2b/broadband-internet
According to Ajay Chitkara, Director & CEO – Airtel Business: “The pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation journeys of businesses of all sizes. Emerging businesses are looking for trusted partners to help them in their journeys by eliminating the complexity of managing multiple relationships. Airtel Office Internet is yet another innovation from Airtel in this direction. It brings together Airtel’s network and world-class partner ecosystem to bring to market tailor made solutions for India’s unique needs.”
Bikram Singh Bedi, Managing Director at Google Cloud India said, “Telecommunications firms are increasingly differentiating by offering a wide range of tools that are helping Indian businesses accelerate their digital transformation with the cloud. The combination of Google Workspace’s collaboration and productivity tools combined with Airtel’s robust pan-India connectivity solutions will be a great growth enabler for small businesses in India.”
Daisy Chittilapilly, President, Cisco India & SAARC said "As the threat landscape grows exponentially, cybersecurity becomes an urgent challenge for any business, regardless of size. This is particularly true for small businesses, given that they typically operate with limited resources and investments. Our partnership with Airtel is built on our joint vision of enabling enterprise-grade security for small businesses, grounded in AI and automation, so they can focus on areas that will have the biggest impact on their recovery and growth."
GAIL PAT jumps to Rs. 1,530 Crore in Ql FY 22 as against Rs. 256 crore in Ql FY 21, Turnover up 44% to Rs.17,352 crore
GAIL (India) Limited recorded turnover of Rs. 17,352 crore in Ql FY22 vis a vis Rs. 12,060 crore in Ql FY21 while Profit before Tax (PBT) in Ql FY22 stood at Rs. 2,054 crore as against Rs. 356 crore in Ql FY21. The Profit after Tax (PAT) stood at Rs. 1,530 crore in Ql FY22 as against Rs. 256 crore in Ql FY21.
The increase in the profits is mainly attributable to better physical performance in Natural Gas Marketing & Transmission, improved margins in gas marketing due to favourable market conditions and better price realization in Petrochemicals and Liquid Hydrocarbons.
During the quarter, Natural Gas Transmission and Natural Gas Marketing volume increased by 19% and 18% respectively as compared with corresponding quarter in previous year. The volume growth is due to normalcy of the business activities as against nationwide lockdown during Q 1 FY21.
During the quarter, the consolidated group Turnover stood at Rs. 17,551 crore as against Rs. 12,152 crore in QI FY21. The group's PBT and PAT stood at Rs. 2,540 crore and Rs. 2,138 crore respectively as against Rs. 729 crore and Rs. 654 crore respectively in Q 1 FY2 l.
Shri Manoj Jain, Chairman & Managing Director, GAIL stated that the company is focussed on development ofNational Gas Grid and currently GAIL, along with its Ns, is executing Pipeline Projects of around 8,000 kms with investment of around Rs. 38,000 crore.
GAIL is also expanding Polypropylene production capacity by setting up 500 KTA PDHPP Unit at Usar (Maharashtra) and 60 KTA PP unit at Pata (Uttar Pradesh) with an approximate investment of Rs 10,000 crore. During current financial year, GAIL has capex plan of Rs. 6,600 crore. Shri Jain further added that GAIL is exploring possibilities for expanding its footprint in renewables.