Bharti Airtel grants Nokia multi-billion 4G and 5G network expansion deal; aims to strengthen capacity and coverage

Telecom major Bharti Airtel has given a multi-billion contract to Finnish telecom company Nokia to deploy 4G and 5G equipment across key Indian cities and states as the company eyes to strengthen its capacity and coverage in the Indian market, according to the company’s BSE filing on Wednesday, November 20.

The new deal with Nokia states that the company will use equipment from its 5G AirScale portfolio, which includes base stations, baseband units and the latest generation of Massive MIMO radios powered by an energy-efficient ReefShark System-on-Chip technology.