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Bharti Airtel, Ericsson, Volvo Group collaborate on Digital Twins & XR over 5G Advanced in India
Mar-17-2025

In a groundbreaking step towards accelerating Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0 adoption in India, Bharti Airtel, Ericsson and Volvo Group have entered into research partnership to explore the potential of Extended Reality (XR), Digital Twin technologies and AI in the manufacturing sector. By leveraging the power of 5G and 5G Advanced, this collaboration aims to transform industrial operations, enhance workforce training, and drive real-time process optimization.

The research engagement, to be conducted at the Volvo Group Factory and Volvo Group’s R&D Centre in Bangalore, will explore futuristic Industrial Metaverse applications including Human and Machine interaction and collaboration - use cases that will blend the physical and digital worlds.  Learnings from this research partnership will enable enhanced efficiency and foster innovation in the manufacturing arena, providing a digital platform for immersive training and real-time process optimization through introduction of cutting-edge AI technologies.

A key pillar of this initiative is the deployment and exploration of Airtel’s 5G advanced network as the foundation for industrial XR applications. With its ultra-low latency and high-speed capabilities, 5G has the potential to enable differentiated connectivity for real-time simulations, design prototyping, and immersive training across multiple factory and industrial sites. This will allow the opportunity to experiment with new immersive concepts in the manufacturing arena, test ’what if’ scenarios and optimize production workflows without any disruption to actual operations.

Bharti Airtel is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in countries across Asia and Africa.


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