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Talent Ecosystem

BT adds 2,800 roles to digital workforce to accelerate innovation and transformation plans

BT announced plans to grow its in-house Digital talent resource to 6,300 people, from 3,500 at the start of the financial year (1 April 2022). The majority will be brought on board by April 2024. “Digital was founded to accelerate BT’s transformation, innovation and return to growth. To succeed, we need to bring in and […]

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Executive Movements

BT establishes digital unit, appoints Harmeen Mehta as Chief Digital and Innovation Officer

BT announced the creation of a new technology unit – Digital – to lead its digital innovation agenda, effective from 1 April 2021. The new unit will focus on the development and rapid delivery of innovative products, platforms and services in key areas such as healthcare and data. To lead the new unit, BT has […]

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Pradipt Kapoor to join Airtel as CIO, succeeds Harmeen Mehta

Bharti Airtel has appointed Pradipt Kapoor as Chief Information Officer (CIO). Kapoor will take over from Harmeen Mehta and will report to Gopal Vittal, MD & CEO, Bharti Airtel. In his new role, Kapoor will drive Airtel’s overall Engineering strategy and be a key player in helping realize the company’s digital vision. Kapoor will also be […]

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Airtel, AWS partner to accelerate digital transformation of businesses in India

Bharti Airtel, one of India’s largest integrated telecom providers, announced a multi-year, Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deliver a comprehensive set of innovative cloud solutions to large enterprise and small and medium enterprise (SME) customers in India.  Airtel serves over 2,500 large enterprises and more than a million emerging businesses and […]