Airtel is going to set up its new technology hub for the first time in Pune, in the western region. The Centre will be the fourth Airtel Technology hub in India.

Highlights

Airtel New Technology hub will facilitate 500 digital engineering professionals
Airtel has such a similar technology hub in Gurgaon and Bengaluru
Under digital assets of Airtel, the Airtel Thanks app and Wynk Music app involved

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Bharti Airtel, in the Western region, wanted to support digital services and hence it will set up a new technology center in Pune. The company will hire around 500 digital engineering professionals by the end of the fiscal year, told a senior company official.

Airtel’s New Technology Hub will be the fourth in India and first in the western region to support its strategy to pivot to a digital service company.

The future vision of the company has been revealed by the senior official Pradipt Kapoor, the chief information officer said the company is rapidly scaling up its digital talent pool which will support its transmission into a digital telco.

He said “Pune being an established IT and tech hub, makes it an obvious choice for Airtel to tap into the talent pool and also drive cross-industry collaboration,” said the chief information officer of Airtel.

Airtel already had such technology hubs in Gurgaon, Noida, and Bengaluru which altogether employ close to 3,000 people.

Following the other digital assets of Airtel, Wynk Music, Airtel Thanks app, and Airtel Xstream content platforms are also included under Airtel’s digital assets. These platforms have over 180 million monthly active users.

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