India, Dec. 4 -- Nokia has announced a collaboration with Bharti Airtel to make Airtel's network capabilities accessible to third-party developers through Nokia's Network as Code platform and developer portal. The partnership will allow developers and enterprises to use Airtel's pan-India network resources, supporting the creation of new use cases across multiple industry sectors.

Following successful trials, Airtel's network APIs will be offered on a subscription basis to developers, system integrators and enterprises via Nokia's Network as Code platform. This will enable the development of applications that draw on Airtel's network features, including AI, 5G and edge computing.

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