Airtel, India’s third-largest telecom company, has partnered with Verizon, US-based telecom giant to launch BlueJeans video-conferencing app in India.
Airtel has launched the BlueJeans app to take on the current video conferencing apps including JioMeet, Google Meet, Zoom, among others. Jio has recently launched JioMeet in the same segment.
Partnership Details
“Airtel has always partnered with the best to deliver world-class services to its customers. We are delighted to collaborate with Verizon to bring Airtel BlueJeans to enterprise and SMB customers in India. Airtel BlueJeans is a highly differentiated video conferencing solution that sets the benchmark with its high levels of security and ease of use. We look forward to building a deep partnership with Verizon to serve the needs of emerging digital India.”
Gopal Vittal, Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Bharti Airtel.
“Companies of all sizes around the world have seen the requirement for reliable, high-quality video conferencing services and require trusted partners to ensure the highest level of security. We are proud to come together with Airtel to help more Indian organizations benefit from our world-class communication product during this work-from-home era and beyond.” on Airtel collaboration.
Hans Vestberg, Verizon CEO
As per Airtel, Airtel BlueJeans will be offered to businesses at no charge for the first three months, after which the video conferencing service will be offered at a very competitive price. Airtel will offer customized pricing plans for large businesses and small businesses.
Features
BlueJeans, a video conferencing app is equipped with high-grade security, which will prevent unwanted participants from joining meetings and protect end-user privacy as per Airtel. The video conferencing app by Airtel has enterprise-level security features which include meeting lock, secure transmission and storage, randomized meeting IDs, participant passcodes, fraud detection, and a variety of authentication options. In a single call, the BlueJeans video conferencing platform can add up to 50,000 participants.
Airtel BlueJeans allows browser-based access, enabling users to participate in meetings without downloading any additional software. Users can visit the website and start a video call, you need not have it on your phone. Users can also make calls using the video conferencing platforms at 50 paise per call.
Availability
Airtel BlueJeans for free for the first three months for business users. The company will reveal the exact price and other details about the video conferencing platform in the near future. You can register here.
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