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AIRTEL BUSINESS AND ITI LIMITED TO ACCELERATE INDIA’ S DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Airtel Business, one of India ' s leading providers of secure and reliable connectivity, technology and communications solutions, and ITI Limited, country’ s first PSU post-independence and premier telecom and varied technology segment manufacturer, have entered into a strategic collaboration to help enterprises in India fast-track their digital transformation and unlock new opportunities for growth, resilience and innovation.
As enterprises across the country advance their digitisation in line with the nation’ s digital growth and development agenda,
the collaboration will combine the complementary strengths and engineering excellence of ITI Limited and Airtel Business, to help businesses modernise legacy systems, improve operational efficiency, strengthen security and respond faster to changing business demands.
Through an integrated suite of future-ready and scalable digital solutions across enterprise connectivity, data centre and sovereign cloud services, IoT, AI-powered solutions, LEO satellite services, cybersecurity and more, the partnership will enable businesses to overcome legacy complexity, strengthen digital resilience and build for the future to unlock new growth opportunities.
“ This collaboration would pave way for joint identification and fulfilment of our customer needs in terms of their digital transformation, extremely ubiquitous and faster connectivity, hyperscale data centres, cybersecurity solutions, IoT and a lot more while leveraging the complementary strengths of both organisations in terms of business orientation, customer reach and manufacturing capabilities,” said Rajesh Rai, Chairman and Managing Director, ITI Limited.
“ We are delighted to partner with ITI Limited in a shared ambition to create future-ready technology solutions that strengthen business continuity, unlock innovation and support India’ s secure digital-first future,” said Sharat Sinha, CEO – Airtel Business.
Compass Datacenters and Meridian Community
College( MCC) are launching the Mechanical, Electrical and Information Technology( MEI) Data Center Pathway Program, creating a data centre talent pipeline for residents across Mississippi.
The workforce development initiative is open to any company that needs skilled technicians. Compass customers, suppliers, service providers and competitors alike are welcome to participate and to recruit graduates.
The data centre skills shortage is especially tough in Mississippi, where competition from other large industrial projects makes local workforce development even more urgent. The programme curriculum helps fill that gap by giving residents hands-on training for essential data centre jobs – with no degree or prior experience required. Compass is funding fulltuition scholarships for the inaugural cohort, removing a key barrier for anyone ready to start a career in the field.
“ We’ re building the future in Mississippi and this programme is tailor-made to ensure Meridian has the workforce to meet that future,” said Chris Crosby, CEO of Compass Datacenters.“ When we build in a community, we commit to it for the long haul. We aren’ t just building data centres in Meridian; we’ re helping
COMPASS DATACENTERS AND MCC LAUNCH MISSISSIPPI’ S FIRST DATA CENTRE TRAINING PROGRAMME create a workforce that will support them for decades to come.” The 14-week programme gives students hands-on experience working with the same equipment being used in data centres today. Graduates are well prepared to step into roles across electrical, mechanical and IT infrastructure operations.
Now in its second year, the waitlisted training programme has already placed graduates with companies including CBRE, Schneider Electric, Siemens and Salute, with many stepping into roles paying 30 – 50 % above local median salaries.
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