New Delhi, 23^rd February 2018: Aegis Graham Bell Award 2017 announced Airtel as winner in “Service innovation” category for their innovation “Airtel UP police”, honoring the best innovation in the ICT domain in India. Airtel has been applauded as winner at the 8^th edition of Aegis Graham Bell Award at NDMC Convention Center, New Delhi.

Aegis Graham Bell has been promoting innovations and entrepreneurship in Telecom, Data Science, Smart City Solution, Cyber Security, Digital India, Cloud and Mobility. AGBA has been rewarding those who made outstanding contribution in these fields since 7 years with a vision to foster and stimulate innovators, for India to become a nucleus of innovations.

Airtel created a unique solution suitable to the needs of UP Police. The solution was enabled by a dual MPLS cloud supporting 140 locations around the state and a DR site for hosting all data to a central location in Bangalore. 1500 police stations and 3200 PCR vehicles were connected to the central database, which ensured real-time SMS updates to the police force, enabling them to quickly reach the citizens in need of assistance.

About Airtel

Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 4 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company’s product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high speed DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers.

About us

The Aegis Graham Bell Award is the largest innovation award for the ICT domain in India. The Aegis School of Business, Data Science, Cyber Security and Telecommunication has established the Aegis Graham Bell Award as a tribute to the father of the telephony, Alexander Graham Bell. This Award is intended to promote innovation, entrepreneurship in the field of Telecom, Social, Mobility, Analytics, Cloud, and Security to provide recognition for outstanding contributions by the innovators. The Award is organized with support of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), and Telecom Centres of Excellence (TCOE), Convergence India and Deloitte as a knowledge partner.

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Shweta Chavan | Corporate Communication | Aegis Graham Bell Awards | 8433969263 | shweta@bellaward.com