India, June 9 -- Ericsson has been awarded a multi-year Network Operations Centre (NOC) Managed Services contract by Bharti Airtel, further extending the longstanding collaboration between the two companies.

Under the agreement, Ericsson will implement intent-based operations through its centralised NOC to oversee Airtel's services across 4G, 5G NSA, 5G SA, Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), Private Networks, and Network Slicing.

Through this partnership, Ericsson will manage Airtel's nationwide network infrastructure and support the expansion of FWA and Network Slicing capabilities across India.

Commenting on the development, Randeep Sekhon, Chief Technology Officer at Bharti Airtel, said,"We are pleased to strengthen our collaboration with...