Airtel’s new sovereign cloud eyes expansion beyond telecom

Bharti Airtel’s digital arm, Xtelify, on Monday launched Airtel Cloud — a sovereign, telco-grade cloud platform developed in India —along with an AI-powered software suite designed for telecom operators worldwide. The move signals Airtel’s ambitions to monetise its internal digital infrastructure and expand into the global software market, currently dominated by major players like Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The company has already secured partnerships with Singtel, Globe Telecom and Airtel Africa to deploy the platform across both operational and customer-facing functions.