India is a very good place right now to be a builder of IoT: Bharti Airtel

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel said that India is currently a very good place to be a builder of the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem. To unlock the opportunity, Airtel is adopting applications and partner-based approach to grow its Internet of Things (IoT) business in India and to solve specific country-specific needs, besides ensuring consistent investments towards developing the narrowband IoT (NBIoT) ecosystem in the country.

“…we will always go with what the GSMA and 3GPP bodies are talking about, and NBIoT is one of those technologies that will help. We definitely will be investing there, we are also looking into what the customers also need in terms of specific used cases,” Sundi Raman – Head, Digital Products & IoT, Airtel Business told ET.

Airtel is taking a trident approach to drive its IoT business in the country and is focusing on enabling connectivity, building applications and providing platform for developers to build new use cases.