New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- Bharti Airtel, India's second-largest telecom provider, saw its shares jump nearly 3% in intraday trade on Tuesday, February 25, to Rs.1,643 apiece after the company partnered with Ericsson's 5G Core technology to drive 5G evolution. Today's rise also ended the stock's six-day losing streak, during which it had lost nearly 7% of its value.

In a regulatory filing today, the company announced its collaboration with Ericsson to deploy its secure, high-performing 5G Core network, benefiting millions of Airtel customers and enterprises across India.

According to the company, this partnership will enable Airtel to seamlessly transition to a commercially live, full-scale 5G standalone network over time, bringing the advan...