Bharti Airtel, India’s premier communications solutions provider, and Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions, have announced a strategic partnership to build and market innovative solutions for India’s digital economy by bringing together their core strengths.

Airtel and Tech Mahindra will co-develop and market 5G use cases in India. While Airtel has been spearheading 5G demos and testing in India, Tech Mahindra has developed world-class 5G applications and platforms.

Airtel and Tech Mahindra will set up a joint 5G innovation lab for developing Make in India use cases for the Indian and global markets, the companies said in a statement Thursday.

The two companies will also bring to market customized enterprise-grade private networks, which will be at the core of the digital economy. These solutions will focus on combining Airtel’s industry-leading integrated connectivity portfolio of 5G-ready mobile network, fiber, SDWAN, and IoT along with Tech Mahindra’s proven system integration capabilities, the statement added.

Both the companies will also secure cloud and content delivery network (CDN) solutions for businesses. With enterprises rapidly moving to cloud-based platforms as part of their digital transformation journeys, Airtel has built a formidable hybrid cloud portfolio with Airtel Cloud, Airtel IQ (CPaaS) alongside CDN offerings.