Bharti Airtel CEO Says Priority Postpaid Aims to Solve Everyday Network Congestion Challenges
Bharti Airtel has launched Airtel Priority Postpaid, a new postpaid offering powered by advanced 5G slicing technology.
In a letter emailed to Airtel customers, Bharti Airtel India MD and CEO Shashwat Sharma said the company introduced the service after receiving feedback around network issues in crowded areas.
“Many of you have told us how you sometimes struggle to make that video call or download an email or upload a photo in a crowded market, a traffic jam or an event. This is a problem that we have been keen to solve. That’s why we have launched Airtel Priority Postpaid,” Sharma said.
According to Sharma, Airtel Priority Postpaid has been “specially designed” to deliver a more consistent experience in congested areas through Airtel’s latest upgrade to its 5G network called slicing.
“Airtel Priority Postpaid is specially designed to give you consistent experience even in congested areas. This has been made possible through our latest upgrade to our 5G network, called slicing,” he said.
The company described slicing as an advanced 5G capability already introduced in several global telecom markets. Sharma said Airtel has now brought the capability to consumers in India as part of its postpaid offering.
“Slicing is a capability that has been launched in many other parts of the Western world, and I am delighted that we have now brought this to you in India,” Sharma said in the letter.
According to Airtel, the capability enhances the network and creates additional capacity that can be used to offer a better experience to Priority Postpaid customers.
The service is available across Airtel’s postpaid plans and existing postpaid users will automatically start receiving the benefit. Airtel said consumers can experience the service on compatible 5G Standalone enabled smartphones running the latest software version.
