This is a bold move and a clear statement of how serious Bharti is taking the intervention in Africa. As James Murua points out in his blog post (http://bit.ly/avQeUT) Bharti is working with IBM so that they (Bharti) can focus on their core strengths and hit the market hard through partnerships.

In the words of a speaker at AITEC's EA ICT conference, Bharti outsources "everything" which allows them to minimize on capital and operating expenses - but more importantly - to hit their target markets hard and square.

Can't wait to see what else they have up their sleeve!

Regards,

Brian

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Glenn Sequeira <gsequeira@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:

> For those who missed it, IBMs Samuel Palmisano  was in the country this
> morning, physically, not virtually via Hologram . He was here for the
> announcement about Bharti's partnership with IBM.

Here's the press release from IBM:

http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32505.wss

~glenn
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