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As the first business solutions provider safety, and tracking through mobile apps. Europe and the Middle East, especially
to enable IoT connected cars in Kuwait, M2M connectivity not only provides fleet in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the
solutions by stc partnered with local management solutions but also empowers Sultanate of Oman, and Kuwait as well as
dealers to provide in-vehicle connectivity and enables automotive producers to in select fast-developing African nations.
solutions. This opened the doors to new evolve their vehicles to unprecedented International Finance also has a growing
opportunities in the automotive industry remote data analytics, assistance and VAS readership in Asia Pacific. This award
through various advanced applications services making vehicles not only a means adds to the many local, regional, and
that enable digitization for smart transport of transportation but also a true digital international awards, which stc Kuwait
and in-vehicle solutions. Customers experience in themselves. It is worth has won including “Corporate Governance
seeking such solutions benefited from the mentioning that International Finance is a and Stakeholder Protection award by CFI.
advanced transportation tracking system, premium business and finance magazine co, as well as the “Outstanding Leadership
enabled by M2M, as well as services such published by UK’s International Finance and Growth” award from “MEA Business”
as automatic attendance marking, visual Publications Limited. The magazine and magazine, and the Best Leading Corporate
detection system to ensure passenger website have a growing readership in for Investor Relations for the year 2021.

Tech Mahindra and Airtel Announce Partnership to
Grow India’s Digital Economy

Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier
communications solutions provider, and
Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital
transformation, consulting and business
re-engineering services and solutions,
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. Airtel has been spearheading 5G
demos and testing in India while 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 a formidable Hybrid Cloud portfolio with Mahindra, said: “5G ecosystem will unlock
India use cases for the Indian and global Airtel Cloud, Airtel IQ (CPaaS) alongside immense opportunities for industries
markets. The two companies will also CDN offerings. Further, the two companies across sectors to improve productivity
bring to market customized Enterprise will explore leveraging Tech Mahindra’s and enhance customer experience through
Grade Private Networks, which will be at technological expertise to support Airtel digitally powered new-age platforms and
the core of the digital economy. These in Cloud Engineering, implementation of solutions. We are excited to partner with
solutions will focus on combining Airtel’s tools for Cloud Orchestration. Ganesh Airtel to provide innovative and cutting-
industry leading integrated connectivity Lakshminarayanan, CEO-Enterprise edge solutions for enterprise customers.
portfolio of 5G ready mobile network, Business, Bharti Airtel said: “Airtel and In line with Tech Mahindra’s NXT.NOWTM
Fiber, SDWAN, and IoT along with Tech Tech Mahindra have a shared vision of framework, this collaboration is focused
Mahindra’s proven system integration supporting the growth of India’s digital on offering next-generation services to the
capabilities. The companies will initially ecosystem. We are delighted to join forces Indian market by enabling transformation
focus on segments such as Automobiles, with Tech Mahindra to bring to market a via network, cloud engineering and
Aviation, Ports, Utilities, Chemicals, Oil & range of cutting-edge digital solutions for customer experience.” As part of NXT.
Gas and expand to other industries going the emerging requirements of enterprises. NOWTM framework, which aims to
forward. Airtel and Tech Mahindra will also With proven technology capabilities provide ‘Seamless Customer Experience’,
offer secure Cloud and Content Delivery and deep customer trust enjoyed by the Tech Mahindra focuses on investing in
Network (CDN) solutions to businesses. two brands, we believe this is a win-win emerging technologies and solutions that
With enterprises rapidly moving to cloud partnership.” Manish Vyas, President, enable digital transformation and meet the
based platforms as part of their digital Communications, Media and Entertainment evolving needs of changing customers.
transformation journeys, Airtel has built Business, and CEO, Network Services, Tech

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