New Delhi, Feb 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Airtel Arena at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, where he was briefed on how Bharti Airtel is “Powering AI for India” through intelligent, secure and massively scalable digital infrastructure.
Under the leadership of Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman & Founder, Bharti Enterprises, Team Airtel showcased its AI-driven capabilities and long-term commitment to building a secure, AI-first Digital Bharat. The visit highlighted Airtel’s strategic role in embedding intelligence across India’s digital backbone — responsibly, securely and sustainably.
Powering AI Across India’s Digital Foundations
Airtel demonstrated how AI is now deeply integrated across its network, cloud, cybersecurity and digital platforms — enhancing resilience, enabling real-time analytics and preparing infrastructure for the country’s digital future.
Visitors to the Airtel booth at Hall 4, Arena 4.9 experienced firsthand how AI is being embedded at scale to make networks smarter, customer experiences safer, enterprise operations more efficient and infrastructure more robust for citizens, businesses and government.
Key Showcases At India AI Impact Summit 2026
Airtel – The Safe Network
Positioned as India’s first AI-powered fraud-fighting network, Airtel’s security layer analyzes traffic patterns and behavioural signals at the network level to detect spam and scams in real time.
- Over 71 billion spam calls and 2.9 billion spam messages flagged since launch in September 2024
- More than 800,000 malicious links blocked, stopping roughly 30,000 fraud attempts daily
- 14.3% reduction in cybercrime complaints among Airtel users
- 68.7% drop in financial losses due to fraud
For enterprises, Airtel also showcased B2B spam-prevention solutions such as Business Name Display, which replaces unknown numbers with verified brand names, improving trust and reducing impersonation. Robust network APIs further enable secure, large-scale innovation on trusted infrastructure.
AI For Everyone
Airtel highlighted consumer-facing AI initiatives aimed at democratizing access to intelligent tools:
- IPTV & Glance AI: Converts idle TV screens into AI-powered smart surfaces, delivering immersive and personalized home entertainment experiences.
- Adobe Express Partnership: Airtel mobile, Wi-Fi and DTH customers receive one-year complimentary access to Adobe Express Premium (worth ~₹4,000), enabling AI-enhanced design tools for students, professionals and small businesses.
AI Infrastructure: Sovereign, Sustainable And Scalable
Airtel Cloud
A sovereign, “built-in-India” cloud platform ensuring full data residency and operational control within the country. Architected for AI workloads and real-time analytics, Airtel Cloud offers seamless migration, scalable operations and up to 40% cost savings compared to traditional cloud models — without vendor lock-in.
Nxtra By Airtel
Nxtra by Airtel operates India’s largest network of intelligent and sustainable data centers, including 14 core facilities across metros such as Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Noida, Manesar and Bhubaneswar, along with 120+ edge data centers in 65+ cities.
Nxtra is the first data center operator in India to deploy AI for predictive maintenance, energy optimization and operational automation. It is also the only Indian data center company part of RE100 and aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2031 through renewable energy adoption and sustainable infrastructure practices.
Airtel Security
Airtel’s AI-powered, multi-layered cybersecurity platform delivers 24x7x365 monitoring, real-time threat intelligence and advanced protection for users, enterprises and national assets. The Zero Trust architecture, AI-led threat detection, automated remediation, endpoint security and dark-web monitoring ensure rapid response to emerging cyber threats. Managed security services, including an intelligent Security Operations Center (iSOC), provide always-on vigilance powered by AI analytics and certified experts.
