Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s premier communications solutions provider, and American networking company Juniper Networks partnered for network upgrading expansion of Airtel’s nationwide broadband coverage across India.

Juniper Networks will supply, install and provide support for upgrades to the MX Series routers and line cards as part of its market-leading broadband network gateway (BNG) to manage their subscribers and services, as well as carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT) solutions to ensure secure encryption across the network respectively, reported by Economic Times.

While Airtel has also expanded its Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) broadband coverage to over 430 towns. It further plans to cover three crore households in over 2,000 cities in the country over the next three years.

Speaking upon the partnership, Sajan Paul, Managing Director & Country Manager, India & SAARC, Juniper Networks said, “We are privileged to have been Airtel’s partner for the last 15 years, growing alongside them as they have expanded their broadband and ISP network, in service of India’s home, SMB and large enterprise customers.”

“At Juniper, we strive to deliver network experiences that transform how people connect, work and live. As Airtel gears up their network for 5G, we are excited to continually contribute towards their network transformation, not just in support of their fibre-to-the-home broadband services expansion, but also for other use cases and applications across various business segments,” Paul added.