Bharti Airtel’s IT deals worth $1.5 billion to be closed soon: Report

Bharti Airtel’s IT deals, divided into three parts, worth $1.5 billion is expected to be closed soon, as per some media reports. While, IBM-bharti has already announced signing first part of the deal, Tech Mahindra is reportedly the front-runner for $500-600 million managed service, appt dvpt deals. Additionally, Infosys is likely to be the front-runner for $1 billion deal for infra services, while HCL,TCS too are also eyeing $1 billion deal for Infra services. Early in April, Bharti Airtel inked agreement with IBM to manage Airtel's infrastructure and application services in India over the next five years. The agreement is based on Airtel's new IT vision that defines the next generation of services for its ever-growing customer base and to offer best in class services to its customers through solutions leveraging cutting edge technology. As part of the new vision, Airtel is also building in-house capabilities and a strong partner eco-system, and has selected IBM to manage the IT infrastructure and applications for its operations in India. Bharti Airtel is a leading integrated telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. The company ranks amongst the top 5 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers.