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  • Ecom Express designates Pankaj Singh as chief commercial officer

    Ecom Express designates Pankaj Singh as chief commercial officer

    Mumbai: Ecom Express Ltd, a technology-driven end-to-end logistics solutions provider, announces a new role of chief commercial officer at Ecom Express, with Pankaj Singh, ex-founder of a proptech venture – Multiliving Technologies, taking up the role effective from 4 January 2024.

    In this key role, Singh will spearhead the company’s end-to-end procurement, covering sourcing, spend management and strategic management of cost levers of the supply chain. This is a new role and structure being created by Ecom Express to build a stronger P&L focus and driving a clear cost management agenda.

    Pankaj Singh comes with a distinguished career as an entrepreneur, founding and managing multiple successful businesses at the intersection of physical set-up in real estate and technology solutions. In his previous stints, he has handled multi-thousand crore spends across large brands. He was previously the chief growth officer at The House of Abhinandan Lodha. Pankaj is an IIM-Ahmedabad graduate, batch of 2011.

    “Pankaj’s deep understanding of running start-ups and sharper focus on driving cost efficiency will enable tangible results and drive a larger P&L impact for the company,” said Ecom Express CEO & MD Ajay Chitkara. “We are confident that his leadership will propel Ecom Express to even greater heights, solidifying our position as a leader in the logistics industry.”

     

  • Ecom Express launches festive campaign: #HarParcelMeJaanBastiHai

    Ecom Express launches festive campaign: #HarParcelMeJaanBastiHai

    Mumbai: Ecom Express Ltd, a technology-driven end-to-end logistics solutions provider, announces the launch of its marquee festive campaign, #HarParcelMeJaanBastiHai. The campaign redefines the essence of parcel delivery and establishes an emotional connection during the festive season – wider in concept applicable to e-commerce, food, groceries, and local kirana delivery partners. It’s ‘not just a parcel’ and has something special for every consumer this festive season.

    To make sure every customer feels special with the shipment delivery, the campaign aims to cover three major aspects: Delivery to over 95 per cent of Indian Households – The extensive coverage ensures that whoever has ordered the parcel from anywhere in the country, receives it, no matter where they are located. Faster Turnaround – Ecom Express promises swift deliveries with multi-modal air-based products, higher street-level address accuracy, country’s largest pool of gig workers onboarded on its apps and platforms, ensuring timely delivery of the parcels ordered online with love and care. Reduced RTO – With the streamlined delivery guidelines, Ecom Express guarantees that the parcels are delivered successfully and in a protected manner, reducing the overall cost of serving online sellers and brands.

    Ecom Express chief executive officer Ajay Chitkara said, “We are extremely delighted and excited to announce this customer campaign as we believe that behind every parcel lies a world of emotions and each parcel needs to be delivered with love and care. On the other hand, businesses work effortlessly to bring these moments while trusting a logistics partner for fulfilment, technology and ability to handle scale”.

    An emotionally captivating video captures the entire shipment lifecycle, depicting all the emotions such as love, care, excitement, joy and smiles each delivery brings to everyone involved. The video also gives a loud shout-out to delivery partners that go the extra mile to ensure on-time delivery amid festivities at home and tough challenges every day during Diwali season.

    In the end, it introduces Ecom Express as the logistics partner committed to delivering these parcels, accompanied by the campaign message: “Har parcel me jaan basti hai!”

  • Airtel acquires 25 per cent stake in Lavelle Networks

    Airtel acquires 25 per cent stake in Lavelle Networks

    Mumbai: Telecom major Bharti Airtel has acquired about a 25 per cent equity stake in Bengaluru-based technology startup Lavelle Networks. The agreement is subject to statutory approvals.

    Lavelle Networks specialises in software-defined wide area network solutions and it serves a range of industry segments. “As more enterprises move to cloud-based applications to serve their customers in a digital-first ecosystem, they require on-demand and reliable network connectivity. As a result, there is a surge in demand for software-defined solutions that have the agility to serve a cloud-based hybrid IT environment,” said the statement.

    “SD-WAN is the necessary arsenal for enterprises to transform and future-proof their network infrastructure in this digital age,” said Frost & Sullivan South Asia associate director and head ICT Apalak Ghosh. “Its market in India is expected to grow exponentially at a CAGR of 55 per cent in 2022-2026. As per F&S End-User Survey 2021, about 62 per cent of enterprises plan to deploy SD-WAN across their organization in the next 1-2 years. Some of the major drivers which would contribute to this phenomenal run include the need for seamless management of hybrid networks, faster deployment of new sites, and network cost-efficiency.”

    Airtel Business’ network-as-a-service (NaaS) is a digital platform that is built to address the emerging connectivity requirements of enterprises as they go through the cloud and digital adoption and acceleration journey. As part of its NaaS portfolio, Airtel will offer software-defined connectivity solutions from Lavelle Networks and co-create a host of innovations as part of its NaaS platform. This also aims to bring ‘made in India’ products and solutions for enterprises by offering cutting-edge technology and cost efficiencies.

    “We are pleased to support Lavelle’s growth journey and excited to collaborate with them to take their world-class solutions to enterprise customers in the fast-growing Indian NaaS market,” said Airtel Business director and CEO Ajay Chitkara. “With our end-to-end solutions play and brand trust, we are uniquely positioned to serve the needs of India’s fast-growing digital economy.”

    “Digital India’s businesses are racing away to applications, cloud and software,” said Lavelle Networks co-founder and CEO Shyamal Kumar. “Connecting all of this together are our enterprise data networks. We are extremely excited that our product and early market success will now be massively accelerated by this transformational partnership with Airtel.”

  • HCIPL, Airtel announce JV to provide satellite broadband in India

    HCIPL, Airtel announce JV to provide satellite broadband in India

    Mumbai: Hughes Communications India Pvt Ltd (HCIPL) and Bharti Airtel have announced the formation of a joint venture to provide satellite broadband services in India.

    The new entity operational as HCIPL combines the very small aperture terminal (VSAT) businesses of both companies to offer flexible and scalable enterprise network solutions using satellite connectivity for primary transport, back-up, and hybrid implementation. Now serving Airtel VSAT customers, HCIPL has a combined base of over 200,000 VSATs and is the largest satellite service operator in the country.

    The agreement, announced in May 2019, has received all statutory approvals, including those from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and Department of Telecom (Government of India) and the joint venture has been formed.

    “We are pleased to commence this joint venture, further delivering on our commitment to serving the growing demand for always on, always available network connectivity for enterprise and government customers,” said HCIPL president and managing director Partho Banerjee. “Combining the proven capabilities of both Hughes and Airtel, the partnership will bring synergies to the forefront – including multi-orbit solutions – for the benefit of customers across the length and breadth of India.”

    “We, at Airtel, are focused on supporting and accelerating the digital transformation journeys of our customers through an integrated solutions portfolio,” said Airtel Business director and chief executive officer Ajay Chitkara. “With the combined capabilities of Airtel and Hughes, customers will get access to next-generation satellite connectivity backed by proven enterprise-grade security and service support.”

  • Airtel Business appoints Harish Laddha as CEO-emerging business

    Airtel Business appoints Harish Laddha as CEO-emerging business

    Mumbai: Airtel Business, the B2B unit of Bharti Airtel, announced the appointment of Harish Laddha as chief executive officer for emerging business. He will report to Ajay Chitkara, director and CEO – Airtel Business, the company said in a statement.

    Laddha will be responsible for identifying and leveraging growth opportunities in emerging categories such as the small and medium business (SMB) segment. He will lead a dedicated team to bring to market highly differentiated offerings for these emerging segments, it added.

    Welcoming Laddha on board, Chitakara said, “As the Indian economy evolves over the next decade, the SMB segment, in particular, offers a massive opportunity to enable the digital transformation of tens of millions of traditional businesses. Airtel Business with its end-to-end portfolio is well-positioned to serve the requirements of these businesses. I am delighted to welcome Harish on board and am confident that under his leadership we will create sharper focus on the emerging growth opportunities.”

    Laddha comes with over 25 years of experience, having worked in companies like Ingram Micro, Tata Communications, and Tech Pacific. He is an alumnus of Narsee Monjee Institute of Management and holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics and telecommunication from MIT, Pune.

  • Airtel collaborates with Zoom to launch unified communications solution for businesses

    Airtel collaborates with Zoom to launch unified communications solution for businesses

    MUMBAI: Telecommunications service provider, Bharti Airtel (Airtel), has teamed up with Zoom Video Communications, a modern enterprise video-first unified communications service, to launch India’s first high quality unified communications service offering, an integrated and secure platform for high definition (HD) audio, video, and web conferencing.

    Businesses can now leverage the next generation unified cloud service for an innovative one-stop-shop conferencing solution to foster effective collaboration amongst its employees and teams globally.

    Airtel and Zoom’s conference calling solution comes with unique features like, instant one click access, video conferencing, audio conferencing, content sharing, recording, virtual backgrounds, company branding, multi-layer security, and meeting participation of up to 1000 people on video from locations across the globe. The platform will also enable live video streaming of video webinars for up to 50,000 viewers.

    Airtel will enable enterprise customers to leverage exclusive benefits on Zoom, including built-in audio conferencing for free. With this, customers can access local dial-in numbers for over 55 countries enabling all its call participants to join the conference easily over audio for unlimited minutes.

    Airtel enterprise customers opting for this solution will get 24X7 customer care support. Airtel will also offer easy payment options – monthly billing on a pay as you go basis and special monthly packs. These convenient billing options also enable businesses to avoid making payments using credit cards for the service.

    Airtel has created unique plans to meet the unified conferencing needs of all businesses. The plans range from approximately Rs 10,000 for a year to Rs 24,000 per year offering unlimited conferencing on video, audio and web along with other benefits.

    Airtel business director and CEO Ajay Chitkara said, “At Airtel, our mission is to offer best-in-class enterprise connectivity solutions to businesses and enable them to become more agile. We are delighted to work with Zoom to offer a secure and seamless solution to serve the growing demand for high quality unified conferencing in India. The solution is designed to truly simplify the user experience and will bring immense value to customers. With Airtel’s reliable global connectivity and Zoom’s globally proven expertise in communications, customers can look forward to quality service experience.”

    Zoom founder and CEO Eric S Yuan added, “Our collaboration with Airtel brings together Zoom’s world-class unified communications platform with Airtel’s extensive network to provide our joint customers a seamless solution that meets all of their collaboration needs. This collaboration also extends Zoom’s reach into the Indian market to further grow our global footprint.”

  • Verizon Digital Media partners with Airtel for POPs

    Verizon Digital Media partners with Airtel for POPs

    MUMBAI: Verizon Digital Media Services, the next-generation digital media platform, and Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, have partnered to launch new points of presence (PoPs) in four cities in India: Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi.

    The four PoP installations mark Verizon Digital Media Services’ significant investment into expanding throughout the country, leveraging Airtel’s digital infrastructure as a gateway to India. This partnership will ensure that content on the Verizon Digital Media Services platform can be accessed by digital media consumers in a fast, seamless and reliable way and will improve the experience for users in India.

    “We are expanding our content delivery network in strategic markets that our customers care about, and we have found a long-term partner in Airtel Business,” said Verizon Digital Media Services Chief Technology Officer Rob Peters. “The launch of these strategic PoPs marks the beginning of a strong partnership between Verizon and Airtel Business and further cements our commitment to providing consumers in India, one of the fastest-growing markets for digital media consumption, with exceptional services and quality.”

    In addition to Airtel’s world-class data center services and unparalleled network across the country, this move enables Verizon Digital Media Services to provide superior digital media experiences to millions of internet users in India.

    The newly installed PoPs have already yielded exceptional outcomes. Using third-party Cedexis measurement tools, Verizon Digital Media Services has observed significant network improvements when comparing its network performance in India before and after the PoP installations. The amount of time required on Verizon Digital Media Services’ servers to receive users’ requests, respond and deliver results has significantly decreased.

    “India is fast emerging as a large regional IP Hub and we are excited to enable Verizon Digital Media Services to provide best-in-class digital services in India. This collaboration ensures superior user experiences and seamlessly handles traffic spikes as connected devices, subscribers and content size continue to grow. We are delighted by the positive results seen in a very short time and we are confident that in the long term, Indian mobile Internet users are going to immensely benefit from this partnership,” said Bharti Airtel director & CEO-global voice & data business Ajay Chitkara.

    Airtel has a presence that spans 18 countries, including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and 15 countries in Africa. It offers both B2C and B2B telecom services, including wireless and fixed line technology, national and international long-distance connectivity, Digital TV and IPTV services, and complete integrated telecom solutions to enterprise customers. Airtel’s global network runs across 225,000 Rkms, covering 50 countries and five continents.

    Verizon Digital Media Services has points of presence in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia. More than 3,000 interconnections help to ensure that content is delivered reliably and securely — anytime, anywhere, on any device.

    The company’s exclusive end-to-end platform also provides a variety of solutions, including the Video Lifecycle Solution, the Web Acceleration Solution and the Commerce Acceleration Solution, for broadcast, enterprise and commerce businesses, respectively.

    Some of the clients which are using Verizon Digital Media’s services include: ABC, SoundCloud, Hearst Television, tumblr, twitter, Pintrest,among many others.

  • Verizon Digital Media partners with Airtel for POPs

    Verizon Digital Media partners with Airtel for POPs

    MUMBAI: Verizon Digital Media Services, the next-generation digital media platform, and Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, have partnered to launch new points of presence (PoPs) in four cities in India: Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and New Delhi.

    The four PoP installations mark Verizon Digital Media Services’ significant investment into expanding throughout the country, leveraging Airtel’s digital infrastructure as a gateway to India. This partnership will ensure that content on the Verizon Digital Media Services platform can be accessed by digital media consumers in a fast, seamless and reliable way and will improve the experience for users in India.

    “We are expanding our content delivery network in strategic markets that our customers care about, and we have found a long-term partner in Airtel Business,” said Verizon Digital Media Services Chief Technology Officer Rob Peters. “The launch of these strategic PoPs marks the beginning of a strong partnership between Verizon and Airtel Business and further cements our commitment to providing consumers in India, one of the fastest-growing markets for digital media consumption, with exceptional services and quality.”

    In addition to Airtel’s world-class data center services and unparalleled network across the country, this move enables Verizon Digital Media Services to provide superior digital media experiences to millions of internet users in India.

    The newly installed PoPs have already yielded exceptional outcomes. Using third-party Cedexis measurement tools, Verizon Digital Media Services has observed significant network improvements when comparing its network performance in India before and after the PoP installations. The amount of time required on Verizon Digital Media Services’ servers to receive users’ requests, respond and deliver results has significantly decreased.

    “India is fast emerging as a large regional IP Hub and we are excited to enable Verizon Digital Media Services to provide best-in-class digital services in India. This collaboration ensures superior user experiences and seamlessly handles traffic spikes as connected devices, subscribers and content size continue to grow. We are delighted by the positive results seen in a very short time and we are confident that in the long term, Indian mobile Internet users are going to immensely benefit from this partnership,” said Bharti Airtel director & CEO-global voice & data business Ajay Chitkara.

    Airtel has a presence that spans 18 countries, including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and 15 countries in Africa. It offers both B2C and B2B telecom services, including wireless and fixed line technology, national and international long-distance connectivity, Digital TV and IPTV services, and complete integrated telecom solutions to enterprise customers. Airtel’s global network runs across 225,000 Rkms, covering 50 countries and five continents.

    Verizon Digital Media Services has points of presence in North America, South America, Europe, Australia and Asia. More than 3,000 interconnections help to ensure that content is delivered reliably and securely — anytime, anywhere, on any device.

    The company’s exclusive end-to-end platform also provides a variety of solutions, including the Video Lifecycle Solution, the Web Acceleration Solution and the Commerce Acceleration Solution, for broadcast, enterprise and commerce businesses, respectively.

    Some of the clients which are using Verizon Digital Media’s services include: ABC, SoundCloud, Hearst Television, tumblr, twitter, Pintrest,among many others.