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New Delhi, December 1, 2013: Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced that it will offer Shopify, end to end e-commerce solutionto SOHO and SME customers by provisioning the service through its cloud platform.
Shopify, a hosted ecommerce platform is powered by Airtel’s internet products like DSL and ILP enables SOHO and small and medium enterprises to create an online store to manage their ecommerce presence with great ease. It offers customizable site templates, an integrated shopping cart, search engine optimization (SEO), email marketing, inventory management and analytics.
In India, today only 5% of SMEs have been able to expand on the digital platform, with Shopify more SMEs and entrepreneurs will be empowered to expand their digital reach. Airtel’s data solutions such as DSL, ILP, 3G and 4G bundled with Shopify willoffer all the features needed to host an e-Commerce platform such as built in m-Commerce shopping cart, payment gateways, social media integration which will be backed with requisite logistic support.
Airtel’s Internet products and Shopify’s Content Delivery Network ensure the website load times are super quick from anywhere, anytime. The solution from Airtel allows customers to reach their audience via different sources like email marketing, social media integration and management apps which makes shopping on Shopify stores a wonderful social experience.
Shopify is the latest addition to Airtel’s SAAS portfolio which is host to a bouquet of services like ERP, Tally, Accounting packages, CRM management etc on Cloud enabled platform.
About Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 4 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high speed DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G wireless services and mobile commerce. Bharti Airtel had over 281 million customers across its operations at the end of October 2013. To know more please visit, www.airtel.com
About Shopify
Shopify is a commerce platform that allows anyone to easily sell online, at their retail location, and everywhere in between. Shopify offers a professional online storefront, a payment solution to accept credit cards, and the Shopify POS application to power retail sales. Shopify currently powers over 70,000 retailers in 100 different countries, including: Tesla Motors, Gatorade, Forbes, Amnesty International, Encyclopedia Britannica, CrossFit, and many more. Shopify was founded in 2006 and has received $22 million in Series A and B funding from Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, Felicis Ventures, and Georgian Partners http://www.shopify.in
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