Airtel Business partners with Swift Navigation to launch India’s first next-gen spatial precision ..
Airtel
Business has entered 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-accurate positioning 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
applications such as tolling, emergency response, digital mapping,
construction, utilities, fleet management and autonomous vehicles—driving
innovation, efficiency and quicker responses in services 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 centimetre
makes a difference in identifying 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 revolutionise emergency 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.”
The transformative possibilities
of Airtel - Skylark Precise Positioning Service
Automotive & Transportation: Powering advanced
driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and fully- autonomous vehicles, improving road
safety and traffic efficiency.
Mobile & Consumer
Applications: Transforming navigation, ride-sharing and fitness apps with highly accurate,
real-time location data for turn-by-turn directions, exact pickup points and
reliable activity-tracking on smartphones and wearables.
Smart Tolling: Implementing seamless,
barrier-free or lane-level tolling without the need for extensive physical
infrastructure like gantries, cameras and readers.
Logistics & Last-Mile
Delivery: Unlocking precise fleet management, route optimisation and accurate
arrival-time predictions with unprecedented accuracy for vehicles, drones and
delivery robots, especially in dense, urban environments.
Railways: Enabling enhanced safety and
efficiency of rail operations through precise train positioning and control
systems.
Agriculture: Powering precision agriculture
through exact positioning for automated tractors, seeders and
sprayers—empowering farmers to optimise the use of water, fertiliser and
pesticides, boosting crop yields and sustainability.
This
partnership positions Airtel Business as the leader in India’s
precise-positioning market. The initial phase will launch a 35,000 km2 network
around the National Capital Region (NCR) later this year. This network will be
rolled out to other parts of the country in phases very soon after.
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