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IBM will manage the IT requirements of Bharti’s hived-off tower arm

Global IT major IBM has bagged yet another outsourcing deal from Bharti Airtel, the country’s largest private telecom company. IBM will manage the IT requirements of Bharti’s hived-off tower arm, Bharti Infratel.

The deal is estimated to be worth around Rs 250 crore, according to executives in the know of the development.


When asked on the IBM deal, the Bharti spokesman confirmed the development, “Bharti Infratel has outsourced its IT platform to IBM to bring in a comprehensive architecture that provides benefits to its customers, suppliers and employees. This is a continuation of Bharti’s strategic partnership with IBM across its various businesses, including Bharti Airtel and Bharti Retail.” But he refused to comment on the deal size and the duration.

Bharti Infratel is the second-largest telecom tower company after Indus Towers, which is a JV between Bharti, Vodafone and Idea Cellular. It has 42% in Indus and is estimated to have 65,000-70,000 towers across the country. In 2008, Bharti had offloaded up to 12.5% in Infratel to a clutch of PE players for about $1.25 billion, valuing the company at around $12.5 billion.

This is IBM’s seventh deal with Bharti Airtel over the last five years. In 2004, the US-based IT major had bagged a $750-million outsourcing deal from Bharti and this deal has already touched the $2.5 billion mark as of March-end 2009. IBM also handles the IT operations for Bharti’s recently launched operations in Sri Lanka and also for the telco’s operations in Jersey where a Bharti subsidiary offers mobile services.

Last year, IBM’s BPO arm in India, IBM Daksh, bagged a six-year contract to provide voice and back-office services, including customer service, collections, and customer retention, for Bharti’s premium customers.

Bharti and IBM also signed a $150-million deal under which the software major would handle all IT operations for the telcos’ direct to home television and Internet Protocol TV services.

Beyond IT outsourcing, Bharti has also developed a $100-million service development platform in a tie-up with IBM for companies to develop and offer applications to Airtel customers across mobile, landline, broadband and DTH services.

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