Bharti Airtel today announced an agreement with Huawei to modernise and expand its 2G and 3G network infrastructure in Africa. As per the agreement, Huawei will be responsible for designing, planning, modernisation and expansion of Airtel’s networks, as well as managing operations and maintenance. Airtel has operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa.

Manoj Kohli, CEO (International) and Joint Managing Director, Bharti Airtel, said “The partnership with Huawei takes us one step closer to realising our vision of making affordable and world-class telecom services available to Africa. This partnership will allow us to focus on delivering better customer experience as we leverage the global network management expertise of Huawei.”

Sun Yafang, Chairperson of Huawei Board, said: “We understand Airtel’s strategic requirements and will match their fast development to achieve a win-win business success between both parties.