Airtel Signs Memorandum of Understanding With VeriSign

Indian telecommunications company, Bharti Airtel, has signed a memorandum of understanding with VeriSign to form a strategic market partnership to jointly launch security services, to deliver VeriSign’s identity protection, managed security and fraud detection services, and to support the development of internet infrastructure in the Indian market.

As part of the partnership, Bharti Airtel will utilize a number of VeriSign’s capabilities, including VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) services to improve the internal capabilities of its own infrastructure.

Jai Menon, director of IT and innovation and group chief information officer of Bharti Airtel, said: “The partnership with VeriSign demonstrates our intent to create a globally admired telecommunications company. Our combined strength will provide the Indian market with the latest internet and IP infrastructure services, strongly supported by our local resources. We look forward to seeing the benefits of these services internally and for our customers.”