Airtel partners Verizon to bring BlueJeans video conferencing app to India, will rival JioMeet, Zoom

India’s second-largest mobile operator Bharti Airtel on Tuesday announced the launch of a video conferencing platform Airtel BlueJeans in partnership with US telecom giant Verizon. “Airtel BlueJeans is a secure, safe platform and we are committed to end user privacy,” Bharti Airtel CEO, India and South Asia, Gopal Vittal said at a conference. The platform can accommodate 50,000 attendees, and is simple and intuitive to use, Vittal said. [caption id=“attachment_8596441” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] Airtel BlueJeans[/caption] The “first port of call” for the offering is enterprise, Vittal said, but added that the company would also be looking at packaging it for a small office. “And there is no reason why we will not look at bundling it with home broadband to home users,” he said. [caption id=“attachment_8596461” align=“alignnone” width=“656”] BlueJeans features. Image: PlayStore[/caption] Hosting of data will take place in India and the company is committed to enterprise-grade security and privacy of customers, he added. The offering will be free for the first three months, after which a “very competitive” price will be charged, Vittal said. With the latest move, Airtel takes on competition from Zoom and JioMeet.