Airtel Businesshasentered into a strategic partnership with precise-positioning-technology leader, Swift Navigation, to launch India’s first AI/ML-powered,cloud-based location service, Airtel-Skylark™ Precise Positioning Service. This service will improve accuracy by up to 100x when compared to standard Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).
Airtel Business’ exclusive partnership with Swift Navigation will bring Skylark together with Airtel’s pan-India-resilient 4G/5G network to deliver a reliable and easily accessible centimetre-level-accuratepositioning service for mission-critical, location-based applications for large-scale deployment.
A wide range of industries will be able to harness this high-accuracy service to power applicationssuch astolling, emergency response, digital mapping, construction, utilities, fleet management and autonomous vehicles—driving innovation, efficiency and quicker responses inservices across India’s urban and rural landscapes.
Sharat Sinha, Director & CEO – Airtel Business, said: “In a country like ours, with intricate lanes and by-lanes, every centimetremakes a difference inidentifying a precise location or address,especially for critical services like first responders. By partnering with Swift Navigation, we are proud to launch India’s first cloud-based, AI/ML-powered GNSS corrections service, delivering centimetre-level precision. This breakthrough technology will not only revolutioniseemergency responses and set new benchmarks for
industrial applications but will also fast-track innovations in use cases like autonomous mobility and satellite-based toll collections.”
Holger Ippach, EVP of Product & Marketing–Swift Navigation, added: “We are thrilled to partner with Airtel to bring Skylark to India. By leveraging Airtel’s presence across IoT solutions and services, we are enabling businesses and developers across the country to seamlessly adopt precise positioning for automation and autonomy.”