Airtel to upskill workforce as 5G era begins

Airtel has checked out the gaps in the workforce. The company is looking forward to upskilling the current workers

India’s communications solutions provider, Bharti Airtel is investing in upskilling its workforce for the 5G rollout. 

The programmes beneath the 5G Academy and the IP (web protocol) Academy initiatives. The programs are provided based mostly on ability and eligibility degree freed from price.

The company launched in early 2021. The academies supply fundamental and superior degree ability programmes throughout features. These embody certification programs such as CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) and CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional).

Amrita Padda, chief individuals officer, Bharti Airtel said, “Nearly 20,000 professionals within the Airtel ecosystem have been educated within the fundamentals of IP know-how in preparation for the 5G rollout, this is our way of investing in the workforce for the future,” Padda added.

In accordance with the telco, Airtel has checked out the gaps in the workforce. The company is looking forward to upskilling the current workers. Earlier, Airtel announced that it has signed 5G network agreements with Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung to commence 5G deployment in August 2022.

The 5G partnerships follow closely on the heels of spectrum auctions conducted by the Department of Telecom in India, where Airtel bid for and acquired 19867.8 MHZ spectrum in 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 3300 MHz, and 26 GHz frequency.

The company had a long-standing relationship for connectivity and Pan-India managed services with Ericsson and Nokia while the partnership with Samsung will begin this year onwards.

The telco added that over the past year, Airtel has led the industry and spearheaded 5G technology in India testing several use cases with multiple partners at many locations. From demonstrating India’s first 5G experience over a live 4G network in Hyderabad to India’s first rural 5G trial to the first cloud gaming experience on 5G to the successful deployment of India’s first captive private network on the trial spectrum.

According to Airtel, it has created and nurtured a vibrant ecosystem of partners and start-ups to support faster adoption of next-generation technologies.