 Welcome to JSA TV Live, the newsroom for data center and telecom professionals coming to live today from the floor of PTC 2023. I'm Barb Mitchell and joining me is Ivo Pascucci, VP Business Head Americas for Airtel. Hi, Barb. Yeah, thanks for joining us. Thank you. Yeah, it's always, it's great to catch up live in person. This event is, it's so busy this year. I know that, you know, we're talking about record setting attendance. How's it feeling for you? It's great. Yeah, definitely, definitely looks like record setting attendance. A lot of people here, a lot of activity, a lot of nice to reconnect with everyone after working remotely for the last couple of years, right? I think everybody's just ready to reconnect. Absolutely. Makes such a difference, doesn't it? And yeah, so in your conversations when you're having with, that you're having with people or for those of our viewers who aren't lucky enough to be with us in Waikiki, tell us a little bit about the unique solutions that Airtel offers. Yeah, I think for us, it's been great to, you know, reconnect with customers in person. You know, Airtel as the largest provider in India for enterprise solutions. You know, we are an enabler for access to the Indian market. Yeah. You know, and so that's, that's been really a big topic as India is a, you know, a hot market and, you know, high growth and, you know, digitalization is, you know, really accelerating there. So that's really one of the top topics. And then, you know, in Africa, we operate in 14 countries as a key mobile provider. So even Africa as well, we're having, you know, some really good dialogue with customers looking to enter that market. Yeah. And so what's, how is your offering, you know, different or what can you bring to these different markets, whether, you know, whether it be India or Asia or Africa? It's really like infrastructure. I mean, you know, as I mentioned in India across India and then the markets we operate in in Africa, we have nearly 500 million mobile subscribers at the consumer level. You know, we have a lot of our own infrastructure that we've built out fiber infrastructure in all of these markets in India. Specifically, we have the next data center platform where we have 120 edge data centers and 12 hyperscale data centers. So, you know, we're really able to serve the full stack of infrastructure requirements for our customers. Yeah. And so we're sitting here, it's, you know, January, we're all coming together as an industry to talk about Keith pressing issues and challenges and, you know, trends that everyone's experiencing. What are you seeing as some of the top things that are coming up in conversations you're having? Well, I think, you know, in India specifically, you know, cloud compute, you know, and digitalization are really, they're a continuing trend for us, right? And for the market. And so that seems to be for us the big thing that's coming up. And, you know, India as a market and with, you know, now access to, you know, cloud service providers and cloud services, you know, it's really this large developer community that's growing. The market is upskilling, right? And so we're seeing, you know, we're seeing a lot of opportunity and new entrants that want to come in to the market, both in India and Africa. And I think with our consumer base and our enterprise customer base, you know, we're able to give our, you know, our partners a fast time to market and really help them to serve those customers. And then for the local markets, you know, we really, you know, open the door and bring them into the, you know, global ecosystem, into the digitalization and access to all of those services. Yeah. And obviously India is the heart of Airtel's business. And I know there's a big 5G revolution happening there. Talk about that. You know, what does that mean? Yeah, it's, yeah, there's definitely a big 5G revolution going on. And, you know, we've invested heavily into a lot of spectrum. We're rolling that out. And I think, you know, for, for the enterprises specifically initially, there's definitely a lot of opportunity for them, you know, to take advantage of what 5G brings. You know, compute at the edge is a big topic and something where the OTT is gaming enterprise, you know, they're all focusing on, you know, how they can improve, you know, the user experience. And, you know, so for us with 5G and putting that together with our Edge data center footprint, you know, we're able to, you know, improve this experience, really the end user experience in these markets. Yeah. So any sort of parting words, you know, before we wrap up, what should we watch out for with Airtel in 2023? Yeah, I would say, you know, as I said, the market, you know, with the growth we're experiencing in the market and, you know, for, you know, companies and both enterprise and applications that are looking to enter, you know, the Indian and African market. We're a great partner, you know, and we're able to, you know, facilitate and enable them, you know, to bring their services and help with the, you know, the digital revolution that we're seeing in these markets. Amazing. So for those folks who aren't fortunate enough to meet with you in person here at PTC, how can they connect with you? Yep, you can find me on LinkedIn, Evo Pascucci, or, you know, they can reach out to me through JSA, for sure. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thanks for joining us. A pleasure to catch up and hear all of the great things that Airtel's focusing on and supporting for the market, for the industry. So thank you for your time. Thank you, Barnes. And thank you viewers for tuning in to JSA TV here at PTC 2023. Mahalo.