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How has been traffic on Airtel<\/a>'s network since lockdown?<\/strong>
Traffic has increased but it is now more stable or new normal. It kept increasing but it is stable for the last week. It is well spread traffic than peaky traffic in busy hours. The traffic has also spread geographically. Urban areas are seeing less traffic growth compared to suburban and rural areas. We saw mass migration o population which probably has spread our traffic across India. The increased traffic is being seen in rural India compared to urban.
We are now in a new normal. We are prepared for another increase in case there is, but we are not seeing that happening now.
At what level Airtel’s network capacity is being used?<\/strong>
We have seen an increase in network capacity utilisation in most of the place, but now we have added extra capacity and rebalanced the network and there's no capacity stress anywhere.
We have done planning for radio, core and transport and what kind of things we would need.
How are you serving your fixed-line broadband customers?<\/strong>
There is a lot of demand for fixed-line, but we are able to service only where we are very sure about safety and security and society permits. Also, if a corporation is in a dire need or there is a government official who needs it, there we do it given we have fiber availability at the doorstep.
Fiber comes with dedicated capacity. And, we are now running at very reasonable utilisation ensuring smooth connection.
How are you managing your data centers?<\/strong>
As a precaution, we are keeping some technicians at data centers since a data center outage would have a bigger impact on networks.
Has OTT players’ move to reduce video quality helped?<\/strong>
They have helped by converting the video bitrate to Standard Definition (SD). Now, people are able to watch more videos without exhausting their daily quota. This helps both telcos to manage their traffic and users to manage their daily quota. It's a win-win for both. We don't see any disruption in the essential part of the internet.
Read also<\/h4><\/a><\/figure>Airtel sees traffic jump in rural areas; says no need for ICR pacts right now<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Trai hauls up Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea and MTNL over prepaid recharges<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel, Reliance Jio offer extra credits to users who recharge for other users<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel Xstream to offer free access to kids content<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How is Airtel prepared to manage the traffic shift to rural area?<\/strong>
Airtel is very well equipped to take rural. We already have a rural strategy in place which resulted in sufficient rural capacity. Additionally, we had shut down our 3G network, which made more capacity available and it has come in handy after the traffic increase.
Rural is generally less utilized compared to urban. We are in very good shape.
Gopal Vittal<\/a> talked about network investments recently. What’s being done?<\/strong>
We are conscious of the safety and security of field forces. Everything is being done at the backend. We are ramping up radio capacity using software uprgadation. On the core side, we are using very advanced cloud installations to help support our traffic and launch soft capacity. Our traffic increased beyond what we had forecasted for Q1, but we quickly deployed technologies and we are in good shape now.
Do you get approvals in time for site maintenance?<\/strong>
We are managing a majority of the cases remotely so that we don't have to move to the field unless it is very urgent. We issue proper ids engineers for physical maintenance or for spare part change. There are government curfews and movement passes as well. We have set up a war room to support them in case they are stopped and respective authorities are not updated. Everybody realizes the importance of telecom.
We have provided all safety kits to our engineers.
How are you supporting your enterprise and government customers?<\/strong>
We invoked our Business Continuity Planning (BCP) mode and are working remotely. Our NOC centers are empty and are being run through a secure multiple-factor authentication log-ins.
When it comes to supporting corporate India, we are able to seamlessly able to support them remotely. Same for BFSI, entertainment and media companies. There were some customers who needed faster broadband or bigger pipes for enterprise location or at homes. We did software-based expansion for them. We are in very close touch with corporate India. When it comes to government, at every state level, we are in touch with them for business continuity and for enforcement.
We are also supporting the government's Arogya App and for tracking COVID-19 patients. We are doing everything as an industry<\/a> effort.
Is there a need to invoke ICR agreements with other telcos?<\/strong>
We had tested ICR agreements, but we don't see a need to invoke it right now because we don't see networks going down. In Orissa, for Fani cyclone, we invoked ICR and then all 4 telcos used each other's network. We are ready with the system if need be, I am in touch with my counterparts.
Any final comment...
<\/strong>
My son is in the UK and my mother is in Punjab, I don't feel safe if I don't call them every day. Imagine if it was not possible, then I would be very anxious in these times. We know that telecom is an essential service. We are taking an approach to connect the nation rather than being just a commercial venture.
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我们专注于连接国家比仅仅是一个商业风险:Airtel首席技术官
Bharti Airtel表示,它是联系企业和政府客户,以确保业务连续性,并加大了网络远程添加处理数据能力激增,不稳定。
新德里消息:Bharti Airtel说,它是联系企业和政府客户,以确保业务连续性,并加大了网络远程添加处理数据能力激增,不稳定。与外星人的丹麦汗附近的旅馆首席技术官Randeep Sekhon电信的网络情况良好。编辑摘录
一直在交通如何附近的旅馆的网络封锁以来?
流量增加了但现在更稳定或新常态。它持续增加,而上周是稳定的。它是传播交通比尖峰的交通在繁忙的时间。交通也传播地域。城市正在减少流量增长相比,郊区和农村地区。我们看到人口大规模迁移o可能传播我们的交通在印度。增加交通的印度农村与城市相比。
我们现在在一个新的正常。我们准备另一个增加的情况,但现在我们没有看到这种情况的发生。
在何种水平Airtel的网络容量是被使用?
我们已经看到增加网络容量利用率在大多数的地方,但现在我们添加了额外的容量和平衡网络和没有能力的压力。
我们所做的规划广播、核心和运输和我们需要什么样的东西。
你你的固话宽带客户服务如何?
有很多对固定电话的需求,但是我们能够服务只在我们非常确定安全与社会许可。同样,如果一个公司是一个可怕的需要或有政府官员谁需要它,它给我们有纤维可用性在家门口。
纤维有专用的能力。,我们现在处于非常合理利用确保顺利连接。
你是如何管理你的数据中心吗?
作为预防措施,我们将一些技术人员以来数据中心数据中心宕机带来了更大的影响在网络。
奥特球员转会到降低视频质量帮助吗?
他们可以通过转换视频比特率标准定义(SD)。现在,人们可以观看更多视频没有耗尽他们的日常配额。这有助于电信公司来管理他们的流量和用户管理日常配额。这是一个双赢的。我们没有看到任何破坏互联网的重要组成部分。
读也
Airtel准备如何管理交通转向农村?
旅馆很好装备去农村。我们已经有一个农村战略导致农村能力充足。此外,我们关闭了3 g网络,使更多的可用容量和流量增加后派上用场。
农村一般是更少的利用与城市相比。我们都在很好的形状。
塔·Vittal谈到最近网络投资。正在做什么?
我们有意识的安全部队。一切都是在后台进行。我们正在加大使用软件uprgadation无线电能力。在核心方面,我们使用非常先进的云设施来帮助支持我们的交通和发射软能力。流量增加超出我们预测了Q1,但我们快速部署技术和我们现在的身体状况很好。
你得到批准在站点维护吗?
我们是远程管理多数情况下我们不需要移动领域,除非很紧急。我们问题适当的ids工程师为物理维护或备件的变化。有政府的宵禁和运动传递。我们设立了一个战争空间支持他们,以防他们停了下来,各自当局不更新。每个人都意识到电信的重要性。
我们已经提供了所有的安全设备工程师。
你支持你的企业和政府客户如何?
我们调用的业务连续性计划(BCP)模式和远程工作。NOC中心是空的和正在运行一个安全复因子身份验证登录。
谈到印度公司的支持,我们能够无缝地能够远程支持他们。相同BFSI、娱乐和媒体公司。有一些客户需要更快的宽带或更大的管道企业位置或家庭。我们做了基于软件的扩张。我们在对印度企业非常密切的联系。当涉及到政府,在每个州层面上,我们在和他们联系业务连续性和执行。
我们也支持政府的Arogya应用和跟踪COVID-19病人。我们所做的一切作为行业努力。
有需要调用ICR协议与其他电信公司?
我们已经测试了ICR协议,但我们没有看到需要调用它现在,因为我们没有看到网络向下。在奥里萨邦,范尼飓风,我们调用ICR然后所有4电信公司使用对方的网络。我们准备与系统如果需要,联系我。
任何最终的评论……
我的儿子在英国和我的母亲在旁遮普,我感觉不安全,如果我不叫他们每一天。想象一下,如果它是不可能的,然后我在这段时间会非常焦虑。我们知道,电信是一个重要的服务。我们正在采取一种方法连接国家而不是只是一个商业风险。
<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel<\/a> said that it is in touch with its enterprise and government customers to ensure business continuity, and has ramped up its network remotely to add capacity to handle data surge, which has not stabilised. In an interaction with ET’s Danish Khan, Airtel<\/a> chief technology officer Randeep Sekhon<\/a> that the telco’s network is in good shape. Edited excerpts
How has been traffic on Airtel<\/a>'s network since lockdown?<\/strong>
Traffic has increased but it is now more stable or new normal. It kept increasing but it is stable for the last week. It is well spread traffic than peaky traffic in busy hours. The traffic has also spread geographically. Urban areas are seeing less traffic growth compared to suburban and rural areas. We saw mass migration o population which probably has spread our traffic across India. The increased traffic is being seen in rural India compared to urban.
We are now in a new normal. We are prepared for another increase in case there is, but we are not seeing that happening now.
At what level Airtel’s network capacity is being used?<\/strong>
We have seen an increase in network capacity utilisation in most of the place, but now we have added extra capacity and rebalanced the network and there's no capacity stress anywhere.
We have done planning for radio, core and transport and what kind of things we would need.
How are you serving your fixed-line broadband customers?<\/strong>
There is a lot of demand for fixed-line, but we are able to service only where we are very sure about safety and security and society permits. Also, if a corporation is in a dire need or there is a government official who needs it, there we do it given we have fiber availability at the doorstep.
Fiber comes with dedicated capacity. And, we are now running at very reasonable utilisation ensuring smooth connection.
How are you managing your data centers?<\/strong>
As a precaution, we are keeping some technicians at data centers since a data center outage would have a bigger impact on networks.
Has OTT players’ move to reduce video quality helped?<\/strong>
They have helped by converting the video bitrate to Standard Definition (SD). Now, people are able to watch more videos without exhausting their daily quota. This helps both telcos to manage their traffic and users to manage their daily quota. It's a win-win for both. We don't see any disruption in the essential part of the internet.
Read also<\/h4><\/a><\/figure>Airtel sees traffic jump in rural areas; says no need for ICR pacts right now<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Trai hauls up Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea and MTNL over prepaid recharges<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel, Reliance Jio offer extra credits to users who recharge for other users<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel Xstream to offer free access to kids content<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How is Airtel prepared to manage the traffic shift to rural area?<\/strong>
Airtel is very well equipped to take rural. We already have a rural strategy in place which resulted in sufficient rural capacity. Additionally, we had shut down our 3G network, which made more capacity available and it has come in handy after the traffic increase.
Rural is generally less utilized compared to urban. We are in very good shape.
Gopal Vittal<\/a> talked about network investments recently. What’s being done?<\/strong>
We are conscious of the safety and security of field forces. Everything is being done at the backend. We are ramping up radio capacity using software uprgadation. On the core side, we are using very advanced cloud installations to help support our traffic and launch soft capacity. Our traffic increased beyond what we had forecasted for Q1, but we quickly deployed technologies and we are in good shape now.
Do you get approvals in time for site maintenance?<\/strong>
We are managing a majority of the cases remotely so that we don't have to move to the field unless it is very urgent. We issue proper ids engineers for physical maintenance or for spare part change. There are government curfews and movement passes as well. We have set up a war room to support them in case they are stopped and respective authorities are not updated. Everybody realizes the importance of telecom.
We have provided all safety kits to our engineers.
How are you supporting your enterprise and government customers?<\/strong>
We invoked our Business Continuity Planning (BCP) mode and are working remotely. Our NOC centers are empty and are being run through a secure multiple-factor authentication log-ins.
When it comes to supporting corporate India, we are able to seamlessly able to support them remotely. Same for BFSI, entertainment and media companies. There were some customers who needed faster broadband or bigger pipes for enterprise location or at homes. We did software-based expansion for them. We are in very close touch with corporate India. When it comes to government, at every state level, we are in touch with them for business continuity and for enforcement.
We are also supporting the government's Arogya App and for tracking COVID-19 patients. We are doing everything as an industry<\/a> effort.
Is there a need to invoke ICR agreements with other telcos?<\/strong>
We had tested ICR agreements, but we don't see a need to invoke it right now because we don't see networks going down. In Orissa, for Fani cyclone, we invoked ICR and then all 4 telcos used each other's network. We are ready with the system if need be, I am in touch with my counterparts.
Any final comment...
<\/strong>
My son is in the UK and my mother is in Punjab, I don't feel safe if I don't call them every day. Imagine if it was not possible, then I would be very anxious in these times. We know that telecom is an essential service. We are taking an approach to connect the nation rather than being just a commercial venture.
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<\/a><\/figure>Airtel sees traffic jump in rural areas; says no need for ICR pacts right now<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Trai hauls up Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea and MTNL over prepaid recharges<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel, Reliance Jio offer extra credits to users who recharge for other users<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel Xstream to offer free access to kids content<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How is Airtel prepared to manage the traffic shift to rural area?<\/strong>
Airtel is very well equipped to take rural. We already have a rural strategy in place which resulted in sufficient rural capacity. Additionally, we had shut down our 3G network, which made more capacity available and it has come in handy after the traffic increase.
Rural is generally less utilized compared to urban. We are in very good shape.
Gopal Vittal<\/a> talked about network investments recently. What’s being done?<\/strong>
We are conscious of the safety and security of field forces. Everything is being done at the backend. We are ramping up radio capacity using software uprgadation. On the core side, we are using very advanced cloud installations to help support our traffic and launch soft capacity. Our traffic increased beyond what we had forecasted for Q1, but we quickly deployed technologies and we are in good shape now.
Do you get approvals in time for site maintenance?<\/strong>
We are managing a majority of the cases remotely so that we don't have to move to the field unless it is very urgent. We issue proper ids engineers for physical maintenance or for spare part change. There are government curfews and movement passes as well. We have set up a war room to support them in case they are stopped and respective authorities are not updated. Everybody realizes the importance of telecom.
We have provided all safety kits to our engineers.
How are you supporting your enterprise and government customers?<\/strong>
We invoked our Business Continuity Planning (BCP) mode and are working remotely. Our NOC centers are empty and are being run through a secure multiple-factor authentication log-ins.
When it comes to supporting corporate India, we are able to seamlessly able to support them remotely. Same for BFSI, entertainment and media companies. There were some customers who needed faster broadband or bigger pipes for enterprise location or at homes. We did software-based expansion for them. We are in very close touch with corporate India. When it comes to government, at every state level, we are in touch with them for business continuity and for enforcement.
We are also supporting the government's Arogya App and for tracking COVID-19 patients. We are doing everything as an industry<\/a> effort.
Is there a need to invoke ICR agreements with other telcos?<\/strong>
We had tested ICR agreements, but we don't see a need to invoke it right now because we don't see networks going down. In Orissa, for Fani cyclone, we invoked ICR and then all 4 telcos used each other's network. We are ready with the system if need be, I am in touch with my counterparts.
Any final comment...
<\/strong>
My son is in the UK and my mother is in Punjab, I don't feel safe if I don't call them every day. Imagine if it was not possible, then I would be very anxious in these times. We know that telecom is an essential service. We are taking an approach to connect the nation rather than being just a commercial venture.
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我们专注于连接国家比仅仅是一个商业风险:Airtel首席技术官
Bharti Airtel表示,它是联系企业和政府客户,以确保业务连续性,并加大了网络远程添加处理数据能力激增,不稳定。
新德里消息:Bharti Airtel说,它是联系企业和政府客户,以确保业务连续性,并加大了网络远程添加处理数据能力激增,不稳定。与外星人的丹麦汗附近的旅馆首席技术官Randeep Sekhon电信的网络情况良好。编辑摘录
一直在交通如何附近的旅馆的网络封锁以来?
流量增加了但现在更稳定或新常态。它持续增加,而上周是稳定的。它是传播交通比尖峰的交通在繁忙的时间。交通也传播地域。城市正在减少流量增长相比,郊区和农村地区。我们看到人口大规模迁移o可能传播我们的交通在印度。增加交通的印度农村与城市相比。
我们现在在一个新的正常。我们准备另一个增加的情况,但现在我们没有看到这种情况的发生。
在何种水平Airtel的网络容量是被使用?
我们已经看到增加网络容量利用率在大多数的地方,但现在我们添加了额外的容量和平衡网络和没有能力的压力。
我们所做的规划广播、核心和运输和我们需要什么样的东西。
你你的固话宽带客户服务如何?
有很多对固定电话的需求,但是我们能够服务只在我们非常确定安全与社会许可。同样,如果一个公司是一个可怕的需要或有政府官员谁需要它,它给我们有纤维可用性在家门口。
纤维有专用的能力。,我们现在处于非常合理利用确保顺利连接。
你是如何管理你的数据中心吗?
作为预防措施,我们将一些技术人员以来数据中心数据中心宕机带来了更大的影响在网络。
奥特球员转会到降低视频质量帮助吗?
他们可以通过转换视频比特率标准定义(SD)。现在,人们可以观看更多视频没有耗尽他们的日常配额。这有助于电信公司来管理他们的流量和用户管理日常配额。这是一个双赢的。我们没有看到任何破坏互联网的重要组成部分。
读也
Airtel准备如何管理交通转向农村?
旅馆很好装备去农村。我们已经有一个农村战略导致农村能力充足。此外,我们关闭了3 g网络,使更多的可用容量和流量增加后派上用场。
农村一般是更少的利用与城市相比。我们都在很好的形状。
塔·Vittal谈到最近网络投资。正在做什么?
我们有意识的安全部队。一切都是在后台进行。我们正在加大使用软件uprgadation无线电能力。在核心方面,我们使用非常先进的云设施来帮助支持我们的交通和发射软能力。流量增加超出我们预测了Q1,但我们快速部署技术和我们现在的身体状况很好。
你得到批准在站点维护吗?
我们是远程管理多数情况下我们不需要移动领域,除非很紧急。我们问题适当的ids工程师为物理维护或备件的变化。有政府的宵禁和运动传递。我们设立了一个战争空间支持他们,以防他们停了下来,各自当局不更新。每个人都意识到电信的重要性。
我们已经提供了所有的安全设备工程师。
你支持你的企业和政府客户如何?
我们调用的业务连续性计划(BCP)模式和远程工作。NOC中心是空的和正在运行一个安全复因子身份验证登录。
谈到印度公司的支持,我们能够无缝地能够远程支持他们。相同BFSI、娱乐和媒体公司。有一些客户需要更快的宽带或更大的管道企业位置或家庭。我们做了基于软件的扩张。我们在对印度企业非常密切的联系。当涉及到政府,在每个州层面上,我们在和他们联系业务连续性和执行。
我们也支持政府的Arogya应用和跟踪COVID-19病人。我们所做的一切作为行业努力。
有需要调用ICR协议与其他电信公司?
我们已经测试了ICR协议,但我们没有看到需要调用它现在,因为我们没有看到网络向下。在奥里萨邦,范尼飓风,我们调用ICR然后所有4电信公司使用对方的网络。我们准备与系统如果需要,联系我。
任何最终的评论……
我的儿子在英国和我的母亲在旁遮普,我感觉不安全,如果我不叫他们每一天。想象一下,如果它是不可能的,然后我在这段时间会非常焦虑。我们知道,电信是一个重要的服务。我们正在采取一种方法连接国家而不是只是一个商业风险。
<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel<\/a> said that it is in touch with its enterprise and government customers to ensure business continuity, and has ramped up its network remotely to add capacity to handle data surge, which has not stabilised. In an interaction with ET’s Danish Khan, Airtel<\/a> chief technology officer Randeep Sekhon<\/a> that the telco’s network is in good shape. Edited excerpts
How has been traffic on Airtel<\/a>'s network since lockdown?<\/strong>
Traffic has increased but it is now more stable or new normal. It kept increasing but it is stable for the last week. It is well spread traffic than peaky traffic in busy hours. The traffic has also spread geographically. Urban areas are seeing less traffic growth compared to suburban and rural areas. We saw mass migration o population which probably has spread our traffic across India. The increased traffic is being seen in rural India compared to urban.
We are now in a new normal. We are prepared for another increase in case there is, but we are not seeing that happening now.
At what level Airtel’s network capacity is being used?<\/strong>
We have seen an increase in network capacity utilisation in most of the place, but now we have added extra capacity and rebalanced the network and there's no capacity stress anywhere.
We have done planning for radio, core and transport and what kind of things we would need.
How are you serving your fixed-line broadband customers?<\/strong>
There is a lot of demand for fixed-line, but we are able to service only where we are very sure about safety and security and society permits. Also, if a corporation is in a dire need or there is a government official who needs it, there we do it given we have fiber availability at the doorstep.
Fiber comes with dedicated capacity. And, we are now running at very reasonable utilisation ensuring smooth connection.
How are you managing your data centers?<\/strong>
As a precaution, we are keeping some technicians at data centers since a data center outage would have a bigger impact on networks.
Has OTT players’ move to reduce video quality helped?<\/strong>
They have helped by converting the video bitrate to Standard Definition (SD). Now, people are able to watch more videos without exhausting their daily quota. This helps both telcos to manage their traffic and users to manage their daily quota. It's a win-win for both. We don't see any disruption in the essential part of the internet.
Read also<\/h4><\/a><\/figure>Airtel sees traffic jump in rural areas; says no need for ICR pacts right now<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Trai hauls up Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea and MTNL over prepaid recharges<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel, Reliance Jio offer extra credits to users who recharge for other users<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel Xstream to offer free access to kids content<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How is Airtel prepared to manage the traffic shift to rural area?<\/strong>
Airtel is very well equipped to take rural. We already have a rural strategy in place which resulted in sufficient rural capacity. Additionally, we had shut down our 3G network, which made more capacity available and it has come in handy after the traffic increase.
Rural is generally less utilized compared to urban. We are in very good shape.
Gopal Vittal<\/a> talked about network investments recently. What’s being done?<\/strong>
We are conscious of the safety and security of field forces. Everything is being done at the backend. We are ramping up radio capacity using software uprgadation. On the core side, we are using very advanced cloud installations to help support our traffic and launch soft capacity. Our traffic increased beyond what we had forecasted for Q1, but we quickly deployed technologies and we are in good shape now.
Do you get approvals in time for site maintenance?<\/strong>
We are managing a majority of the cases remotely so that we don't have to move to the field unless it is very urgent. We issue proper ids engineers for physical maintenance or for spare part change. There are government curfews and movement passes as well. We have set up a war room to support them in case they are stopped and respective authorities are not updated. Everybody realizes the importance of telecom.
We have provided all safety kits to our engineers.
How are you supporting your enterprise and government customers?<\/strong>
We invoked our Business Continuity Planning (BCP) mode and are working remotely. Our NOC centers are empty and are being run through a secure multiple-factor authentication log-ins.
When it comes to supporting corporate India, we are able to seamlessly able to support them remotely. Same for BFSI, entertainment and media companies. There were some customers who needed faster broadband or bigger pipes for enterprise location or at homes. We did software-based expansion for them. We are in very close touch with corporate India. When it comes to government, at every state level, we are in touch with them for business continuity and for enforcement.
We are also supporting the government's Arogya App and for tracking COVID-19 patients. We are doing everything as an industry<\/a> effort.
Is there a need to invoke ICR agreements with other telcos?<\/strong>
We had tested ICR agreements, but we don't see a need to invoke it right now because we don't see networks going down. In Orissa, for Fani cyclone, we invoked ICR and then all 4 telcos used each other's network. We are ready with the system if need be, I am in touch with my counterparts.
Any final comment...
<\/strong>
My son is in the UK and my mother is in Punjab, I don't feel safe if I don't call them every day. Imagine if it was not possible, then I would be very anxious in these times. We know that telecom is an essential service. We are taking an approach to connect the nation rather than being just a commercial venture.
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<\/a><\/figure>Trai hauls up Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea and MTNL over prepaid recharges<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel, Reliance Jio offer extra credits to users who recharge for other users<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel Xstream to offer free access to kids content<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How is Airtel prepared to manage the traffic shift to rural area?<\/strong>
Airtel is very well equipped to take rural. We already have a rural strategy in place which resulted in sufficient rural capacity. Additionally, we had shut down our 3G network, which made more capacity available and it has come in handy after the traffic increase.
Rural is generally less utilized compared to urban. We are in very good shape.
Gopal Vittal<\/a> talked about network investments recently. What’s being done?<\/strong>
We are conscious of the safety and security of field forces. Everything is being done at the backend. We are ramping up radio capacity using software uprgadation. On the core side, we are using very advanced cloud installations to help support our traffic and launch soft capacity. Our traffic increased beyond what we had forecasted for Q1, but we quickly deployed technologies and we are in good shape now.
Do you get approvals in time for site maintenance?<\/strong>
We are managing a majority of the cases remotely so that we don't have to move to the field unless it is very urgent. We issue proper ids engineers for physical maintenance or for spare part change. There are government curfews and movement passes as well. We have set up a war room to support them in case they are stopped and respective authorities are not updated. Everybody realizes the importance of telecom.
We have provided all safety kits to our engineers.
How are you supporting your enterprise and government customers?<\/strong>
We invoked our Business Continuity Planning (BCP) mode and are working remotely. Our NOC centers are empty and are being run through a secure multiple-factor authentication log-ins.
When it comes to supporting corporate India, we are able to seamlessly able to support them remotely. Same for BFSI, entertainment and media companies. There were some customers who needed faster broadband or bigger pipes for enterprise location or at homes. We did software-based expansion for them. We are in very close touch with corporate India. When it comes to government, at every state level, we are in touch with them for business continuity and for enforcement.
We are also supporting the government's Arogya App and for tracking COVID-19 patients. We are doing everything as an industry<\/a> effort.
Is there a need to invoke ICR agreements with other telcos?<\/strong>
We had tested ICR agreements, but we don't see a need to invoke it right now because we don't see networks going down. In Orissa, for Fani cyclone, we invoked ICR and then all 4 telcos used each other's network. We are ready with the system if need be, I am in touch with my counterparts.
Any final comment...
<\/strong>
My son is in the UK and my mother is in Punjab, I don't feel safe if I don't call them every day. Imagine if it was not possible, then I would be very anxious in these times. We know that telecom is an essential service. We are taking an approach to connect the nation rather than being just a commercial venture.
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我们专注于连接国家比仅仅是一个商业风险:Airtel首席技术官
Bharti Airtel表示,它是联系企业和政府客户,以确保业务连续性,并加大了网络远程添加处理数据能力激增,不稳定。
新德里消息:Bharti Airtel说,它是联系企业和政府客户,以确保业务连续性,并加大了网络远程添加处理数据能力激增,不稳定。与外星人的丹麦汗附近的旅馆首席技术官Randeep Sekhon电信的网络情况良好。编辑摘录
一直在交通如何附近的旅馆的网络封锁以来?
流量增加了但现在更稳定或新常态。它持续增加,而上周是稳定的。它是传播交通比尖峰的交通在繁忙的时间。交通也传播地域。城市正在减少流量增长相比,郊区和农村地区。我们看到人口大规模迁移o可能传播我们的交通在印度。增加交通的印度农村与城市相比。
我们现在在一个新的正常。我们准备另一个增加的情况,但现在我们没有看到这种情况的发生。
在何种水平Airtel的网络容量是被使用?
我们已经看到增加网络容量利用率在大多数的地方,但现在我们添加了额外的容量和平衡网络和没有能力的压力。
我们所做的规划广播、核心和运输和我们需要什么样的东西。
你你的固话宽带客户服务如何?
有很多对固定电话的需求,但是我们能够服务只在我们非常确定安全与社会许可。同样,如果一个公司是一个可怕的需要或有政府官员谁需要它,它给我们有纤维可用性在家门口。
纤维有专用的能力。,我们现在处于非常合理利用确保顺利连接。
你是如何管理你的数据中心吗?
作为预防措施,我们将一些技术人员以来数据中心数据中心宕机带来了更大的影响在网络。
奥特球员转会到降低视频质量帮助吗?
他们可以通过转换视频比特率标准定义(SD)。现在,人们可以观看更多视频没有耗尽他们的日常配额。这有助于电信公司来管理他们的流量和用户管理日常配额。这是一个双赢的。我们没有看到任何破坏互联网的重要组成部分。
读也
Airtel准备如何管理交通转向农村?
旅馆很好装备去农村。我们已经有一个农村战略导致农村能力充足。此外,我们关闭了3 g网络,使更多的可用容量和流量增加后派上用场。
农村一般是更少的利用与城市相比。我们都在很好的形状。
塔·Vittal谈到最近网络投资。正在做什么?
我们有意识的安全部队。一切都是在后台进行。我们正在加大使用软件uprgadation无线电能力。在核心方面,我们使用非常先进的云设施来帮助支持我们的交通和发射软能力。流量增加超出我们预测了Q1,但我们快速部署技术和我们现在的身体状况很好。
你得到批准在站点维护吗?
我们是远程管理多数情况下我们不需要移动领域,除非很紧急。我们问题适当的ids工程师为物理维护或备件的变化。有政府的宵禁和运动传递。我们设立了一个战争空间支持他们,以防他们停了下来,各自当局不更新。每个人都意识到电信的重要性。
我们已经提供了所有的安全设备工程师。
你支持你的企业和政府客户如何?
我们调用的业务连续性计划(BCP)模式和远程工作。NOC中心是空的和正在运行一个安全复因子身份验证登录。
谈到印度公司的支持,我们能够无缝地能够远程支持他们。相同BFSI、娱乐和媒体公司。有一些客户需要更快的宽带或更大的管道企业位置或家庭。我们做了基于软件的扩张。我们在对印度企业非常密切的联系。当涉及到政府,在每个州层面上,我们在和他们联系业务连续性和执行。
我们也支持政府的Arogya应用和跟踪COVID-19病人。我们所做的一切作为行业努力。
有需要调用ICR协议与其他电信公司?
我们已经测试了ICR协议,但我们没有看到需要调用它现在,因为我们没有看到网络向下。在奥里萨邦,范尼飓风,我们调用ICR然后所有4电信公司使用对方的网络。我们准备与系统如果需要,联系我。
任何最终的评论……
我的儿子在英国和我的母亲在旁遮普,我感觉不安全,如果我不叫他们每一天。想象一下,如果它是不可能的,然后我在这段时间会非常焦虑。我们知道,电信是一个重要的服务。我们正在采取一种方法连接国家而不是只是一个商业风险。
<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel<\/a> said that it is in touch with its enterprise and government customers to ensure business continuity, and has ramped up its network remotely to add capacity to handle data surge, which has not stabilised. In an interaction with ET’s Danish Khan, Airtel<\/a> chief technology officer Randeep Sekhon<\/a> that the telco’s network is in good shape. Edited excerpts
How has been traffic on Airtel<\/a>'s network since lockdown?<\/strong>
Traffic has increased but it is now more stable or new normal. It kept increasing but it is stable for the last week. It is well spread traffic than peaky traffic in busy hours. The traffic has also spread geographically. Urban areas are seeing less traffic growth compared to suburban and rural areas. We saw mass migration o population which probably has spread our traffic across India. The increased traffic is being seen in rural India compared to urban.
We are now in a new normal. We are prepared for another increase in case there is, but we are not seeing that happening now.
At what level Airtel’s network capacity is being used?<\/strong>
We have seen an increase in network capacity utilisation in most of the place, but now we have added extra capacity and rebalanced the network and there's no capacity stress anywhere.
We have done planning for radio, core and transport and what kind of things we would need.
How are you serving your fixed-line broadband customers?<\/strong>
There is a lot of demand for fixed-line, but we are able to service only where we are very sure about safety and security and society permits. Also, if a corporation is in a dire need or there is a government official who needs it, there we do it given we have fiber availability at the doorstep.
Fiber comes with dedicated capacity. And, we are now running at very reasonable utilisation ensuring smooth connection.
How are you managing your data centers?<\/strong>
As a precaution, we are keeping some technicians at data centers since a data center outage would have a bigger impact on networks.
Has OTT players’ move to reduce video quality helped?<\/strong>
They have helped by converting the video bitrate to Standard Definition (SD). Now, people are able to watch more videos without exhausting their daily quota. This helps both telcos to manage their traffic and users to manage their daily quota. It's a win-win for both. We don't see any disruption in the essential part of the internet.
Read also<\/h4><\/a><\/figure>Airtel sees traffic jump in rural areas; says no need for ICR pacts right now<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Trai hauls up Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea and MTNL over prepaid recharges<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel, Reliance Jio offer extra credits to users who recharge for other users<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel Xstream to offer free access to kids content<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How is Airtel prepared to manage the traffic shift to rural area?<\/strong>
Airtel is very well equipped to take rural. We already have a rural strategy in place which resulted in sufficient rural capacity. Additionally, we had shut down our 3G network, which made more capacity available and it has come in handy after the traffic increase.
Rural is generally less utilized compared to urban. We are in very good shape.
Gopal Vittal<\/a> talked about network investments recently. What’s being done?<\/strong>
We are conscious of the safety and security of field forces. Everything is being done at the backend. We are ramping up radio capacity using software uprgadation. On the core side, we are using very advanced cloud installations to help support our traffic and launch soft capacity. Our traffic increased beyond what we had forecasted for Q1, but we quickly deployed technologies and we are in good shape now.
Do you get approvals in time for site maintenance?<\/strong>
We are managing a majority of the cases remotely so that we don't have to move to the field unless it is very urgent. We issue proper ids engineers for physical maintenance or for spare part change. There are government curfews and movement passes as well. We have set up a war room to support them in case they are stopped and respective authorities are not updated. Everybody realizes the importance of telecom.
We have provided all safety kits to our engineers.
How are you supporting your enterprise and government customers?<\/strong>
We invoked our Business Continuity Planning (BCP) mode and are working remotely. Our NOC centers are empty and are being run through a secure multiple-factor authentication log-ins.
When it comes to supporting corporate India, we are able to seamlessly able to support them remotely. Same for BFSI, entertainment and media companies. There were some customers who needed faster broadband or bigger pipes for enterprise location or at homes. We did software-based expansion for them. We are in very close touch with corporate India. When it comes to government, at every state level, we are in touch with them for business continuity and for enforcement.
We are also supporting the government's Arogya App and for tracking COVID-19 patients. We are doing everything as an industry<\/a> effort.
Is there a need to invoke ICR agreements with other telcos?<\/strong>
We had tested ICR agreements, but we don't see a need to invoke it right now because we don't see networks going down. In Orissa, for Fani cyclone, we invoked ICR and then all 4 telcos used each other's network. We are ready with the system if need be, I am in touch with my counterparts.
Any final comment...
<\/strong>
My son is in the UK and my mother is in Punjab, I don't feel safe if I don't call them every day. Imagine if it was not possible, then I would be very anxious in these times. We know that telecom is an essential service. We are taking an approach to connect the nation rather than being just a commercial venture.
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<\/a><\/figure>Airtel, Reliance Jio offer extra credits to users who recharge for other users<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel Xstream to offer free access to kids content<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How is Airtel prepared to manage the traffic shift to rural area?<\/strong>
Airtel is very well equipped to take rural. We already have a rural strategy in place which resulted in sufficient rural capacity. Additionally, we had shut down our 3G network, which made more capacity available and it has come in handy after the traffic increase.
Rural is generally less utilized compared to urban. We are in very good shape.
Gopal Vittal<\/a> talked about network investments recently. What’s being done?<\/strong>
We are conscious of the safety and security of field forces. Everything is being done at the backend. We are ramping up radio capacity using software uprgadation. On the core side, we are using very advanced cloud installations to help support our traffic and launch soft capacity. Our traffic increased beyond what we had forecasted for Q1, but we quickly deployed technologies and we are in good shape now.
Do you get approvals in time for site maintenance?<\/strong>
We are managing a majority of the cases remotely so that we don't have to move to the field unless it is very urgent. We issue proper ids engineers for physical maintenance or for spare part change. There are government curfews and movement passes as well. We have set up a war room to support them in case they are stopped and respective authorities are not updated. Everybody realizes the importance of telecom.
We have provided all safety kits to our engineers.
How are you supporting your enterprise and government customers?<\/strong>
We invoked our Business Continuity Planning (BCP) mode and are working remotely. Our NOC centers are empty and are being run through a secure multiple-factor authentication log-ins.
When it comes to supporting corporate India, we are able to seamlessly able to support them remotely. Same for BFSI, entertainment and media companies. There were some customers who needed faster broadband or bigger pipes for enterprise location or at homes. We did software-based expansion for them. We are in very close touch with corporate India. When it comes to government, at every state level, we are in touch with them for business continuity and for enforcement.
We are also supporting the government's Arogya App and for tracking COVID-19 patients. We are doing everything as an industry<\/a> effort.
Is there a need to invoke ICR agreements with other telcos?<\/strong>
We had tested ICR agreements, but we don't see a need to invoke it right now because we don't see networks going down. In Orissa, for Fani cyclone, we invoked ICR and then all 4 telcos used each other's network. We are ready with the system if need be, I am in touch with my counterparts.
Any final comment...
<\/strong>
My son is in the UK and my mother is in Punjab, I don't feel safe if I don't call them every day. Imagine if it was not possible, then I would be very anxious in these times. We know that telecom is an essential service. We are taking an approach to connect the nation rather than being just a commercial venture.
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我们专注于连接国家比仅仅是一个商业风险:Airtel首席技术官
Bharti Airtel表示,它是联系企业和政府客户,以确保业务连续性,并加大了网络远程添加处理数据能力激增,不稳定。
新德里消息:Bharti Airtel说,它是联系企业和政府客户,以确保业务连续性,并加大了网络远程添加处理数据能力激增,不稳定。与外星人的丹麦汗附近的旅馆首席技术官Randeep Sekhon电信的网络情况良好。编辑摘录
一直在交通如何附近的旅馆的网络封锁以来?
流量增加了但现在更稳定或新常态。它持续增加,而上周是稳定的。它是传播交通比尖峰的交通在繁忙的时间。交通也传播地域。城市正在减少流量增长相比,郊区和农村地区。我们看到人口大规模迁移o可能传播我们的交通在印度。增加交通的印度农村与城市相比。
我们现在在一个新的正常。我们准备另一个增加的情况,但现在我们没有看到这种情况的发生。
在何种水平Airtel的网络容量是被使用?
我们已经看到增加网络容量利用率在大多数的地方,但现在我们添加了额外的容量和平衡网络和没有能力的压力。
我们所做的规划广播、核心和运输和我们需要什么样的东西。
你你的固话宽带客户服务如何?
有很多对固定电话的需求,但是我们能够服务只在我们非常确定安全与社会许可。同样,如果一个公司是一个可怕的需要或有政府官员谁需要它,它给我们有纤维可用性在家门口。
纤维有专用的能力。,我们现在处于非常合理利用确保顺利连接。
你是如何管理你的数据中心吗?
作为预防措施,我们将一些技术人员以来数据中心数据中心宕机带来了更大的影响在网络。
奥特球员转会到降低视频质量帮助吗?
他们可以通过转换视频比特率标准定义(SD)。现在,人们可以观看更多视频没有耗尽他们的日常配额。这有助于电信公司来管理他们的流量和用户管理日常配额。这是一个双赢的。我们没有看到任何破坏互联网的重要组成部分。
读也
Airtel准备如何管理交通转向农村?
旅馆很好装备去农村。我们已经有一个农村战略导致农村能力充足。此外,我们关闭了3 g网络,使更多的可用容量和流量增加后派上用场。
农村一般是更少的利用与城市相比。我们都在很好的形状。
塔·Vittal谈到最近网络投资。正在做什么?
我们有意识的安全部队。一切都是在后台进行。我们正在加大使用软件uprgadation无线电能力。在核心方面,我们使用非常先进的云设施来帮助支持我们的交通和发射软能力。流量增加超出我们预测了Q1,但我们快速部署技术和我们现在的身体状况很好。
你得到批准在站点维护吗?
我们是远程管理多数情况下我们不需要移动领域,除非很紧急。我们问题适当的ids工程师为物理维护或备件的变化。有政府的宵禁和运动传递。我们设立了一个战争空间支持他们,以防他们停了下来,各自当局不更新。每个人都意识到电信的重要性。
我们已经提供了所有的安全设备工程师。
你支持你的企业和政府客户如何?
我们调用的业务连续性计划(BCP)模式和远程工作。NOC中心是空的和正在运行一个安全复因子身份验证登录。
谈到印度公司的支持,我们能够无缝地能够远程支持他们。相同BFSI、娱乐和媒体公司。有一些客户需要更快的宽带或更大的管道企业位置或家庭。我们做了基于软件的扩张。我们在对印度企业非常密切的联系。当涉及到政府,在每个州层面上,我们在和他们联系业务连续性和执行。
我们也支持政府的Arogya应用和跟踪COVID-19病人。我们所做的一切作为行业努力。
有需要调用ICR协议与其他电信公司?
我们已经测试了ICR协议,但我们没有看到需要调用它现在,因为我们没有看到网络向下。在奥里萨邦,范尼飓风,我们调用ICR然后所有4电信公司使用对方的网络。我们准备与系统如果需要,联系我。
任何最终的评论……
我的儿子在英国和我的母亲在旁遮普,我感觉不安全,如果我不叫他们每一天。想象一下,如果它是不可能的,然后我在这段时间会非常焦虑。我们知道,电信是一个重要的服务。我们正在采取一种方法连接国家而不是只是一个商业风险。
<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel<\/a> said that it is in touch with its enterprise and government customers to ensure business continuity, and has ramped up its network remotely to add capacity to handle data surge, which has not stabilised. In an interaction with ET’s Danish Khan, Airtel<\/a> chief technology officer Randeep Sekhon<\/a> that the telco’s network is in good shape. Edited excerpts
How has been traffic on Airtel<\/a>'s network since lockdown?<\/strong>
Traffic has increased but it is now more stable or new normal. It kept increasing but it is stable for the last week. It is well spread traffic than peaky traffic in busy hours. The traffic has also spread geographically. Urban areas are seeing less traffic growth compared to suburban and rural areas. We saw mass migration o population which probably has spread our traffic across India. The increased traffic is being seen in rural India compared to urban.
We are now in a new normal. We are prepared for another increase in case there is, but we are not seeing that happening now.
At what level Airtel’s network capacity is being used?<\/strong>
We have seen an increase in network capacity utilisation in most of the place, but now we have added extra capacity and rebalanced the network and there's no capacity stress anywhere.
We have done planning for radio, core and transport and what kind of things we would need.
How are you serving your fixed-line broadband customers?<\/strong>
There is a lot of demand for fixed-line, but we are able to service only where we are very sure about safety and security and society permits. Also, if a corporation is in a dire need or there is a government official who needs it, there we do it given we have fiber availability at the doorstep.
Fiber comes with dedicated capacity. And, we are now running at very reasonable utilisation ensuring smooth connection.
How are you managing your data centers?<\/strong>
As a precaution, we are keeping some technicians at data centers since a data center outage would have a bigger impact on networks.
Has OTT players’ move to reduce video quality helped?<\/strong>
They have helped by converting the video bitrate to Standard Definition (SD). Now, people are able to watch more videos without exhausting their daily quota. This helps both telcos to manage their traffic and users to manage their daily quota. It's a win-win for both. We don't see any disruption in the essential part of the internet.
Read also<\/h4><\/a><\/figure>Airtel sees traffic jump in rural areas; says no need for ICR pacts right now<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Trai hauls up Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea and MTNL over prepaid recharges<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel, Reliance Jio offer extra credits to users who recharge for other users<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel Xstream to offer free access to kids content<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How is Airtel prepared to manage the traffic shift to rural area?<\/strong>
Airtel is very well equipped to take rural. We already have a rural strategy in place which resulted in sufficient rural capacity. Additionally, we had shut down our 3G network, which made more capacity available and it has come in handy after the traffic increase.
Rural is generally less utilized compared to urban. We are in very good shape.
Gopal Vittal<\/a> talked about network investments recently. What’s being done?<\/strong>
We are conscious of the safety and security of field forces. Everything is being done at the backend. We are ramping up radio capacity using software uprgadation. On the core side, we are using very advanced cloud installations to help support our traffic and launch soft capacity. Our traffic increased beyond what we had forecasted for Q1, but we quickly deployed technologies and we are in good shape now.
Do you get approvals in time for site maintenance?<\/strong>
We are managing a majority of the cases remotely so that we don't have to move to the field unless it is very urgent. We issue proper ids engineers for physical maintenance or for spare part change. There are government curfews and movement passes as well. We have set up a war room to support them in case they are stopped and respective authorities are not updated. Everybody realizes the importance of telecom.
We have provided all safety kits to our engineers.
How are you supporting your enterprise and government customers?<\/strong>
We invoked our Business Continuity Planning (BCP) mode and are working remotely. Our NOC centers are empty and are being run through a secure multiple-factor authentication log-ins.
When it comes to supporting corporate India, we are able to seamlessly able to support them remotely. Same for BFSI, entertainment and media companies. There were some customers who needed faster broadband or bigger pipes for enterprise location or at homes. We did software-based expansion for them. We are in very close touch with corporate India. When it comes to government, at every state level, we are in touch with them for business continuity and for enforcement.
We are also supporting the government's Arogya App and for tracking COVID-19 patients. We are doing everything as an industry<\/a> effort.
Is there a need to invoke ICR agreements with other telcos?<\/strong>
We had tested ICR agreements, but we don't see a need to invoke it right now because we don't see networks going down. In Orissa, for Fani cyclone, we invoked ICR and then all 4 telcos used each other's network. We are ready with the system if need be, I am in touch with my counterparts.
Any final comment...
<\/strong>
My son is in the UK and my mother is in Punjab, I don't feel safe if I don't call them every day. Imagine if it was not possible, then I would be very anxious in these times. We know that telecom is an essential service. We are taking an approach to connect the nation rather than being just a commercial venture.
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<\/a><\/figure>Airtel Xstream to offer free access to kids content<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How is Airtel prepared to manage the traffic shift to rural area?<\/strong>
Airtel is very well equipped to take rural. We already have a rural strategy in place which resulted in sufficient rural capacity. Additionally, we had shut down our 3G network, which made more capacity available and it has come in handy after the traffic increase.
Rural is generally less utilized compared to urban. We are in very good shape.
Gopal Vittal<\/a> talked about network investments recently. What’s being done?<\/strong>
We are conscious of the safety and security of field forces. Everything is being done at the backend. We are ramping up radio capacity using software uprgadation. On the core side, we are using very advanced cloud installations to help support our traffic and launch soft capacity. Our traffic increased beyond what we had forecasted for Q1, but we quickly deployed technologies and we are in good shape now.
Do you get approvals in time for site maintenance?<\/strong>
We are managing a majority of the cases remotely so that we don't have to move to the field unless it is very urgent. We issue proper ids engineers for physical maintenance or for spare part change. There are government curfews and movement passes as well. We have set up a war room to support them in case they are stopped and respective authorities are not updated. Everybody realizes the importance of telecom.
We have provided all safety kits to our engineers.
How are you supporting your enterprise and government customers?<\/strong>
We invoked our Business Continuity Planning (BCP) mode and are working remotely. Our NOC centers are empty and are being run through a secure multiple-factor authentication log-ins.
When it comes to supporting corporate India, we are able to seamlessly able to support them remotely. Same for BFSI, entertainment and media companies. There were some customers who needed faster broadband or bigger pipes for enterprise location or at homes. We did software-based expansion for them. We are in very close touch with corporate India. When it comes to government, at every state level, we are in touch with them for business continuity and for enforcement.
We are also supporting the government's Arogya App and for tracking COVID-19 patients. We are doing everything as an industry<\/a> effort.
Is there a need to invoke ICR agreements with other telcos?<\/strong>
We had tested ICR agreements, but we don't see a need to invoke it right now because we don't see networks going down. In Orissa, for Fani cyclone, we invoked ICR and then all 4 telcos used each other's network. We are ready with the system if need be, I am in touch with my counterparts.
Any final comment...
<\/strong>
My son is in the UK and my mother is in Punjab, I don't feel safe if I don't call them every day. Imagine if it was not possible, then I would be very anxious in these times. We know that telecom is an essential service. We are taking an approach to connect the nation rather than being just a commercial venture.
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我们专注于连接国家比仅仅是一个商业风险:Airtel首席技术官
Bharti Airtel表示,它是联系企业和政府客户,以确保业务连续性,并加大了网络远程添加处理数据能力激增,不稳定。
新德里消息:Bharti Airtel说,它是联系企业和政府客户,以确保业务连续性,并加大了网络远程添加处理数据能力激增,不稳定。与外星人的丹麦汗附近的旅馆首席技术官Randeep Sekhon电信的网络情况良好。编辑摘录
一直在交通如何附近的旅馆的网络封锁以来?
流量增加了但现在更稳定或新常态。它持续增加,而上周是稳定的。它是传播交通比尖峰的交通在繁忙的时间。交通也传播地域。城市正在减少流量增长相比,郊区和农村地区。我们看到人口大规模迁移o可能传播我们的交通在印度。增加交通的印度农村与城市相比。
我们现在在一个新的正常。我们准备另一个增加的情况,但现在我们没有看到这种情况的发生。
在何种水平Airtel的网络容量是被使用?
我们已经看到增加网络容量利用率在大多数的地方,但现在我们添加了额外的容量和平衡网络和没有能力的压力。
我们所做的规划广播、核心和运输和我们需要什么样的东西。
你你的固话宽带客户服务如何?
有很多对固定电话的需求,但是我们能够服务只在我们非常确定安全与社会许可。同样,如果一个公司是一个可怕的需要或有政府官员谁需要它,它给我们有纤维可用性在家门口。
纤维有专用的能力。,我们现在处于非常合理利用确保顺利连接。
你是如何管理你的数据中心吗?
作为预防措施,我们将一些技术人员以来数据中心数据中心宕机带来了更大的影响在网络。
奥特球员转会到降低视频质量帮助吗?
他们可以通过转换视频比特率标准定义(SD)。现在,人们可以观看更多视频没有耗尽他们的日常配额。这有助于电信公司来管理他们的流量和用户管理日常配额。这是一个双赢的。我们没有看到任何破坏互联网的重要组成部分。
读也
Airtel准备如何管理交通转向农村?
旅馆很好装备去农村。我们已经有一个农村战略导致农村能力充足。此外,我们关闭了3 g网络,使更多的可用容量和流量增加后派上用场。
农村一般是更少的利用与城市相比。我们都在很好的形状。
塔·Vittal谈到最近网络投资。正在做什么?
我们有意识的安全部队。一切都是在后台进行。我们正在加大使用软件uprgadation无线电能力。在核心方面,我们使用非常先进的云设施来帮助支持我们的交通和发射软能力。流量增加超出我们预测了Q1,但我们快速部署技术和我们现在的身体状况很好。
你得到批准在站点维护吗?
我们是远程管理多数情况下我们不需要移动领域,除非很紧急。我们问题适当的ids工程师为物理维护或备件的变化。有政府的宵禁和运动传递。我们设立了一个战争空间支持他们,以防他们停了下来,各自当局不更新。每个人都意识到电信的重要性。
我们已经提供了所有的安全设备工程师。
你支持你的企业和政府客户如何?
我们调用的业务连续性计划(BCP)模式和远程工作。NOC中心是空的和正在运行一个安全复因子身份验证登录。
谈到印度公司的支持,我们能够无缝地能够远程支持他们。相同BFSI、娱乐和媒体公司。有一些客户需要更快的宽带或更大的管道企业位置或家庭。我们做了基于软件的扩张。我们在对印度企业非常密切的联系。当涉及到政府,在每个州层面上,我们在和他们联系业务连续性和执行。
我们也支持政府的Arogya应用和跟踪COVID-19病人。我们所做的一切作为行业努力。
有需要调用ICR协议与其他电信公司?
我们已经测试了ICR协议,但我们没有看到需要调用它现在,因为我们没有看到网络向下。在奥里萨邦,范尼飓风,我们调用ICR然后所有4电信公司使用对方的网络。我们准备与系统如果需要,联系我。
任何最终的评论……
我的儿子在英国和我的母亲在旁遮普,我感觉不安全,如果我不叫他们每一天。想象一下,如果它是不可能的,然后我在这段时间会非常焦虑。我们知道,电信是一个重要的服务。我们正在采取一种方法连接国家而不是只是一个商业风险。
<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel<\/a> said that it is in touch with its enterprise and government customers to ensure business continuity, and has ramped up its network remotely to add capacity to handle data surge, which has not stabilised. In an interaction with ET’s Danish Khan, Airtel<\/a> chief technology officer Randeep Sekhon<\/a> that the telco’s network is in good shape. Edited excerpts
How has been traffic on Airtel<\/a>'s network since lockdown?<\/strong>
Traffic has increased but it is now more stable or new normal. It kept increasing but it is stable for the last week. It is well spread traffic than peaky traffic in busy hours. The traffic has also spread geographically. Urban areas are seeing less traffic growth compared to suburban and rural areas. We saw mass migration o population which probably has spread our traffic across India. The increased traffic is being seen in rural India compared to urban.
We are now in a new normal. We are prepared for another increase in case there is, but we are not seeing that happening now.
At what level Airtel’s network capacity is being used?<\/strong>
We have seen an increase in network capacity utilisation in most of the place, but now we have added extra capacity and rebalanced the network and there's no capacity stress anywhere.
We have done planning for radio, core and transport and what kind of things we would need.
How are you serving your fixed-line broadband customers?<\/strong>
There is a lot of demand for fixed-line, but we are able to service only where we are very sure about safety and security and society permits. Also, if a corporation is in a dire need or there is a government official who needs it, there we do it given we have fiber availability at the doorstep.
Fiber comes with dedicated capacity. And, we are now running at very reasonable utilisation ensuring smooth connection.
How are you managing your data centers?<\/strong>
As a precaution, we are keeping some technicians at data centers since a data center outage would have a bigger impact on networks.
Has OTT players’ move to reduce video quality helped?<\/strong>
They have helped by converting the video bitrate to Standard Definition (SD). Now, people are able to watch more videos without exhausting their daily quota. This helps both telcos to manage their traffic and users to manage their daily quota. It's a win-win for both. We don't see any disruption in the essential part of the internet.
Read also<\/h4><\/a><\/figure>Airtel sees traffic jump in rural areas; says no need for ICR pacts right now<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Trai hauls up Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea and MTNL over prepaid recharges<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel, Reliance Jio offer extra credits to users who recharge for other users<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel Xstream to offer free access to kids content<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How is Airtel prepared to manage the traffic shift to rural area?<\/strong>
Airtel is very well equipped to take rural. We already have a rural strategy in place which resulted in sufficient rural capacity. Additionally, we had shut down our 3G network, which made more capacity available and it has come in handy after the traffic increase.
Rural is generally less utilized compared to urban. We are in very good shape.
Gopal Vittal<\/a> talked about network investments recently. What’s being done?<\/strong>
We are conscious of the safety and security of field forces. Everything is being done at the backend. We are ramping up radio capacity using software uprgadation. On the core side, we are using very advanced cloud installations to help support our traffic and launch soft capacity. Our traffic increased beyond what we had forecasted for Q1, but we quickly deployed technologies and we are in good shape now.
Do you get approvals in time for site maintenance?<\/strong>
We are managing a majority of the cases remotely so that we don't have to move to the field unless it is very urgent. We issue proper ids engineers for physical maintenance or for spare part change. There are government curfews and movement passes as well. We have set up a war room to support them in case they are stopped and respective authorities are not updated. Everybody realizes the importance of telecom.
We have provided all safety kits to our engineers.
How are you supporting your enterprise and government customers?<\/strong>
We invoked our Business Continuity Planning (BCP) mode and are working remotely. Our NOC centers are empty and are being run through a secure multiple-factor authentication log-ins.
When it comes to supporting corporate India, we are able to seamlessly able to support them remotely. Same for BFSI, entertainment and media companies. There were some customers who needed faster broadband or bigger pipes for enterprise location or at homes. We did software-based expansion for them. We are in very close touch with corporate India. When it comes to government, at every state level, we are in touch with them for business continuity and for enforcement.
We are also supporting the government's Arogya App and for tracking COVID-19 patients. We are doing everything as an industry<\/a> effort.
Is there a need to invoke ICR agreements with other telcos?<\/strong>
We had tested ICR agreements, but we don't see a need to invoke it right now because we don't see networks going down. In Orissa, for Fani cyclone, we invoked ICR and then all 4 telcos used each other's network. We are ready with the system if need be, I am in touch with my counterparts.
Any final comment...
<\/strong>
My son is in the UK and my mother is in Punjab, I don't feel safe if I don't call them every day. Imagine if it was not possible, then I would be very anxious in these times. We know that telecom is an essential service. We are taking an approach to connect the nation rather than being just a commercial venture.
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我们专注于连接国家比仅仅是一个商业风险:Airtel首席技术官
Bharti Airtel表示,它是联系企业和政府客户,以确保业务连续性,并加大了网络远程添加处理数据能力激增,不稳定。
读到
一直在交通如何附近的旅馆的网络封锁以来?
流量增加了但现在更稳定或新常态。它持续增加,而上周是稳定的。它是传播交通比尖峰的交通在繁忙的时间。交通也传播地域。城市正在减少流量增长相比,郊区和农村地区。我们看到人口大规模迁移o可能传播我们的交通在印度。增加交通的印度农村与城市相比。
我们现在在一个新的正常。我们准备另一个增加的情况,但现在我们没有看到这种情况的发生。
在何种水平Airtel的网络容量是被使用?
我们已经看到增加网络容量利用率在大多数的地方,但现在我们添加了额外的容量和平衡网络和没有能力的压力。
我们所做的规划广播、核心和运输和我们需要什么样的东西。
你你的固话宽带客户服务如何?
有很多对固定电话的需求,但是我们能够服务只在我们非常确定安全与社会许可。同样,如果一个公司是一个可怕的需要或有政府官员谁需要它,它给我们有纤维可用性在家门口。
纤维有专用的能力。,我们现在处于非常合理利用确保顺利连接。
你是如何管理你的数据中心吗?
作为预防措施,我们将一些技术人员以来数据中心数据中心宕机带来了更大的影响在网络。
奥特球员转会到降低视频质量帮助吗?
他们可以通过转换视频比特率标准定义(SD)。现在,人们可以观看更多视频没有耗尽他们的日常配额。这有助于电信公司来管理他们的流量和用户管理日常配额。这是一个双赢的。我们没有看到任何破坏互联网的重要组成部分。
读也
Airtel准备如何管理交通转向农村?
旅馆很好装备去农村。我们已经有一个农村战略导致农村能力充足。此外,我们关闭了3 g网络,使更多的可用容量和流量增加后派上用场。
农村一般是更少的利用与城市相比。我们都在很好的形状。
塔·Vittal谈到最近网络投资。正在做什么?
我们有意识的安全部队。一切都是在后台进行。我们正在加大使用软件uprgadation无线电能力。在核心方面,我们使用非常先进的云设施来帮助支持我们的交通和发射软能力。流量增加超出我们预测了Q1,但我们快速部署技术和我们现在的身体状况很好。
你得到批准在站点维护吗?
我们是远程管理多数情况下我们不需要移动领域,除非很紧急。我们问题适当的ids工程师为物理维护或备件的变化。有政府的宵禁和运动传递。我们设立了一个战争空间支持他们,以防他们停了下来,各自当局不更新。每个人都意识到电信的重要性。
我们已经提供了所有的安全设备工程师。
你支持你的企业和政府客户如何?
我们调用的业务连续性计划(BCP)模式和远程工作。NOC中心是空的和正在运行一个安全复因子身份验证登录。
谈到印度公司的支持,我们能够无缝地能够远程支持他们。相同BFSI、娱乐和媒体公司。有一些客户需要更快的宽带或更大的管道企业位置或家庭。我们做了基于软件的扩张。我们在对印度企业非常密切的联系。当涉及到政府,在每个州层面上,我们在和他们联系业务连续性和执行。
我们也支持政府的Arogya应用和跟踪COVID-19病人。我们所做的一切作为行业努力。
有需要调用ICR协议与其他电信公司?
我们已经测试了ICR协议,但我们没有看到需要调用它现在,因为我们没有看到网络向下。在奥里萨邦,范尼飓风,我们调用ICR然后所有4电信公司使用对方的网络。我们准备与系统如果需要,联系我。
任何最终的评论……
我的儿子在英国和我的母亲在旁遮普,我感觉不安全,如果我不叫他们每一天。想象一下,如果它是不可能的,然后我在这段时间会非常焦虑。我们知道,电信是一个重要的服务。我们正在采取一种方法连接国家而不是只是一个商业风险。
How has been traffic on Airtel<\/a>'s network since lockdown?<\/strong>
Traffic has increased but it is now more stable or new normal. It kept increasing but it is stable for the last week. It is well spread traffic than peaky traffic in busy hours. The traffic has also spread geographically. Urban areas are seeing less traffic growth compared to suburban and rural areas. We saw mass migration o population which probably has spread our traffic across India. The increased traffic is being seen in rural India compared to urban.
We are now in a new normal. We are prepared for another increase in case there is, but we are not seeing that happening now.
At what level Airtel’s network capacity is being used?<\/strong>
We have seen an increase in network capacity utilisation in most of the place, but now we have added extra capacity and rebalanced the network and there's no capacity stress anywhere.
We have done planning for radio, core and transport and what kind of things we would need.
How are you serving your fixed-line broadband customers?<\/strong>
There is a lot of demand for fixed-line, but we are able to service only where we are very sure about safety and security and society permits. Also, if a corporation is in a dire need or there is a government official who needs it, there we do it given we have fiber availability at the doorstep.
Fiber comes with dedicated capacity. And, we are now running at very reasonable utilisation ensuring smooth connection.
How are you managing your data centers?<\/strong>
As a precaution, we are keeping some technicians at data centers since a data center outage would have a bigger impact on networks.
Has OTT players’ move to reduce video quality helped?<\/strong>
They have helped by converting the video bitrate to Standard Definition (SD). Now, people are able to watch more videos without exhausting their daily quota. This helps both telcos to manage their traffic and users to manage their daily quota. It's a win-win for both. We don't see any disruption in the essential part of the internet.
Read also<\/h4><\/a><\/figure>Airtel sees traffic jump in rural areas; says no need for ICR pacts right now<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Trai hauls up Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea and MTNL over prepaid recharges<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel, Reliance Jio offer extra credits to users who recharge for other users<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel Xstream to offer free access to kids content<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How is Airtel prepared to manage the traffic shift to rural area?<\/strong>
Airtel is very well equipped to take rural. We already have a rural strategy in place which resulted in sufficient rural capacity. Additionally, we had shut down our 3G network, which made more capacity available and it has come in handy after the traffic increase.
Rural is generally less utilized compared to urban. We are in very good shape.
Gopal Vittal<\/a> talked about network investments recently. What’s being done?<\/strong>
We are conscious of the safety and security of field forces. Everything is being done at the backend. We are ramping up radio capacity using software uprgadation. On the core side, we are using very advanced cloud installations to help support our traffic and launch soft capacity. Our traffic increased beyond what we had forecasted for Q1, but we quickly deployed technologies and we are in good shape now.
Do you get approvals in time for site maintenance?<\/strong>
We are managing a majority of the cases remotely so that we don't have to move to the field unless it is very urgent. We issue proper ids engineers for physical maintenance or for spare part change. There are government curfews and movement passes as well. We have set up a war room to support them in case they are stopped and respective authorities are not updated. Everybody realizes the importance of telecom.
We have provided all safety kits to our engineers.
How are you supporting your enterprise and government customers?<\/strong>
We invoked our Business Continuity Planning (BCP) mode and are working remotely. Our NOC centers are empty and are being run through a secure multiple-factor authentication log-ins.
When it comes to supporting corporate India, we are able to seamlessly able to support them remotely. Same for BFSI, entertainment and media companies. There were some customers who needed faster broadband or bigger pipes for enterprise location or at homes. We did software-based expansion for them. We are in very close touch with corporate India. When it comes to government, at every state level, we are in touch with them for business continuity and for enforcement.
We are also supporting the government's Arogya App and for tracking COVID-19 patients. We are doing everything as an industry<\/a> effort.
Is there a need to invoke ICR agreements with other telcos?<\/strong>
We had tested ICR agreements, but we don't see a need to invoke it right now because we don't see networks going down. In Orissa, for Fani cyclone, we invoked ICR and then all 4 telcos used each other's network. We are ready with the system if need be, I am in touch with my counterparts.
Any final comment...
<\/strong>
My son is in the UK and my mother is in Punjab, I don't feel safe if I don't call them every day. Imagine if it was not possible, then I would be very anxious in these times. We know that telecom is an essential service. We are taking an approach to connect the nation rather than being just a commercial venture.
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<\/a><\/figure>Airtel sees traffic jump in rural areas; says no need for ICR pacts right now<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Trai hauls up Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea and MTNL over prepaid recharges<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel, Reliance Jio offer extra credits to users who recharge for other users<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel Xstream to offer free access to kids content<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How is Airtel prepared to manage the traffic shift to rural area?<\/strong>
Airtel is very well equipped to take rural. We already have a rural strategy in place which resulted in sufficient rural capacity. Additionally, we had shut down our 3G network, which made more capacity available and it has come in handy after the traffic increase.
Rural is generally less utilized compared to urban. We are in very good shape.
Gopal Vittal<\/a> talked about network investments recently. What’s being done?<\/strong>
We are conscious of the safety and security of field forces. Everything is being done at the backend. We are ramping up radio capacity using software uprgadation. On the core side, we are using very advanced cloud installations to help support our traffic and launch soft capacity. Our traffic increased beyond what we had forecasted for Q1, but we quickly deployed technologies and we are in good shape now.
Do you get approvals in time for site maintenance?<\/strong>
We are managing a majority of the cases remotely so that we don't have to move to the field unless it is very urgent. We issue proper ids engineers for physical maintenance or for spare part change. There are government curfews and movement passes as well. We have set up a war room to support them in case they are stopped and respective authorities are not updated. Everybody realizes the importance of telecom.
We have provided all safety kits to our engineers.
How are you supporting your enterprise and government customers?<\/strong>
We invoked our Business Continuity Planning (BCP) mode and are working remotely. Our NOC centers are empty and are being run through a secure multiple-factor authentication log-ins.
When it comes to supporting corporate India, we are able to seamlessly able to support them remotely. Same for BFSI, entertainment and media companies. There were some customers who needed faster broadband or bigger pipes for enterprise location or at homes. We did software-based expansion for them. We are in very close touch with corporate India. When it comes to government, at every state level, we are in touch with them for business continuity and for enforcement.
We are also supporting the government's Arogya App and for tracking COVID-19 patients. We are doing everything as an industry<\/a> effort.
Is there a need to invoke ICR agreements with other telcos?<\/strong>
We had tested ICR agreements, but we don't see a need to invoke it right now because we don't see networks going down. In Orissa, for Fani cyclone, we invoked ICR and then all 4 telcos used each other's network. We are ready with the system if need be, I am in touch with my counterparts.
Any final comment...
<\/strong>
My son is in the UK and my mother is in Punjab, I don't feel safe if I don't call them every day. Imagine if it was not possible, then I would be very anxious in these times. We know that telecom is an essential service. We are taking an approach to connect the nation rather than being just a commercial venture.
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<\/a><\/figure>Trai hauls up Airtel, Jio, Vodafone Idea and MTNL over prepaid recharges<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel, Reliance Jio offer extra credits to users who recharge for other users<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel Xstream to offer free access to kids content<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How is Airtel prepared to manage the traffic shift to rural area?<\/strong>
Airtel is very well equipped to take rural. We already have a rural strategy in place which resulted in sufficient rural capacity. Additionally, we had shut down our 3G network, which made more capacity available and it has come in handy after the traffic increase.
Rural is generally less utilized compared to urban. We are in very good shape.
Gopal Vittal<\/a> talked about network investments recently. What’s being done?<\/strong>
We are conscious of the safety and security of field forces. Everything is being done at the backend. We are ramping up radio capacity using software uprgadation. On the core side, we are using very advanced cloud installations to help support our traffic and launch soft capacity. Our traffic increased beyond what we had forecasted for Q1, but we quickly deployed technologies and we are in good shape now.
Do you get approvals in time for site maintenance?<\/strong>
We are managing a majority of the cases remotely so that we don't have to move to the field unless it is very urgent. We issue proper ids engineers for physical maintenance or for spare part change. There are government curfews and movement passes as well. We have set up a war room to support them in case they are stopped and respective authorities are not updated. Everybody realizes the importance of telecom.
We have provided all safety kits to our engineers.
How are you supporting your enterprise and government customers?<\/strong>
We invoked our Business Continuity Planning (BCP) mode and are working remotely. Our NOC centers are empty and are being run through a secure multiple-factor authentication log-ins.
When it comes to supporting corporate India, we are able to seamlessly able to support them remotely. Same for BFSI, entertainment and media companies. There were some customers who needed faster broadband or bigger pipes for enterprise location or at homes. We did software-based expansion for them. We are in very close touch with corporate India. When it comes to government, at every state level, we are in touch with them for business continuity and for enforcement.
We are also supporting the government's Arogya App and for tracking COVID-19 patients. We are doing everything as an industry<\/a> effort.
Is there a need to invoke ICR agreements with other telcos?<\/strong>
We had tested ICR agreements, but we don't see a need to invoke it right now because we don't see networks going down. In Orissa, for Fani cyclone, we invoked ICR and then all 4 telcos used each other's network. We are ready with the system if need be, I am in touch with my counterparts.
Any final comment...
<\/strong>
My son is in the UK and my mother is in Punjab, I don't feel safe if I don't call them every day. Imagine if it was not possible, then I would be very anxious in these times. We know that telecom is an essential service. We are taking an approach to connect the nation rather than being just a commercial venture.
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<\/a><\/figure>Airtel, Reliance Jio offer extra credits to users who recharge for other users<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/a><\/figure>Airtel Xstream to offer free access to kids content<\/a><\/h5><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How is Airtel prepared to manage the traffic shift to rural area?<\/strong>
Airtel is very well equipped to take rural. We already have a rural strategy in place which resulted in sufficient rural capacity. Additionally, we had shut down our 3G network, which made more capacity available and it has come in handy after the traffic increase.
Rural is generally less utilized compared to urban. We are in very good shape.
Gopal Vittal<\/a> talked about network investments recently. What’s being done?<\/strong>
We are conscious of the safety and security of field forces. Everything is being done at the backend. We are ramping up radio capacity using software uprgadation. On the core side, we are using very advanced cloud installations to help support our traffic and launch soft capacity. Our traffic increased beyond what we had forecasted for Q1, but we quickly deployed technologies and we are in good shape now.
Do you get approvals in time for site maintenance?<\/strong>
We are managing a majority of the cases remotely so that we don't have to move to the field unless it is very urgent. We issue proper ids engineers for physical maintenance or for spare part change. There are government curfews and movement passes as well. We have set up a war room to support them in case they are stopped and respective authorities are not updated. Everybody realizes the importance of telecom.
We have provided all safety kits to our engineers.
How are you supporting your enterprise and government customers?<\/strong>
We invoked our Business Continuity Planning (BCP) mode and are working remotely. Our NOC centers are empty and are being run through a secure multiple-factor authentication log-ins.
When it comes to supporting corporate India, we are able to seamlessly able to support them remotely. Same for BFSI, entertainment and media companies. There were some customers who needed faster broadband or bigger pipes for enterprise location or at homes. We did software-based expansion for them. We are in very close touch with corporate India. When it comes to government, at every state level, we are in touch with them for business continuity and for enforcement.
We are also supporting the government's Arogya App and for tracking COVID-19 patients. We are doing everything as an industry<\/a> effort.
Is there a need to invoke ICR agreements with other telcos?<\/strong>
We had tested ICR agreements, but we don't see a need to invoke it right now because we don't see networks going down. In Orissa, for Fani cyclone, we invoked ICR and then all 4 telcos used each other's network. We are ready with the system if need be, I am in touch with my counterparts.
Any final comment...
<\/strong>
My son is in the UK and my mother is in Punjab, I don't feel safe if I don't call them every day. Imagine if it was not possible, then I would be very anxious in these times. We know that telecom is an essential service. We are taking an approach to connect the nation rather than being just a commercial venture.
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