TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced it has selected Swedish telecommunications manufacturer Ericsson to expand its pan-India voice over LTE (VoLTE) services to offer HD-quality calling over 4G smartphones and smart watches.
Airtel will deploy the Ericsson Cloud VoLTE solution to deliver VoLTE services onto a customer data centre. “We remain committed to building a future-ready network as part of our network transformation programme ‘Project Leap’ and deliver best-in-class digital experience to our smartphone customers,” said Randeep Sekhon, CTO, Bharti Airtel.
As part of “Project Leap”, Airtel is offering innovative communication services. The Ericsson Cloud VoLTE solution enables high-definition voice (HD voice) and provides modern communication service experiences across many types of devices, over LTE, Wi-Fi, and future 5G access. According to the latest “Ericsson Mobility Report”, India is expected to have more than 780 million VoLTE subscriptions by 2023.
