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Airtel powers Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport with ultrafast Airtel 5G Plus

5G Plus service at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Nagpur , making it the second airport in the state to enjoy ultrafast 5G service .
The newest terminals in Bengaluru , Pune and Varanasi are the other three airports that have Airtel 5G Plus .
Nagpur was one of the first eight cities in the country to get the Airtel 5G Plus service . The services are currently available at Ganesh Path , Nehru Nagar , Subhash Nagar , Hanuman Nagar , CA road and other locations . Airtel is augmenting its network further to make its services available across the city in the due course of time .
Customers flying in and out of the Orange City can enjoy high-speed Airtel 5G Plus across the airport terminal . Passengers can enjoy high speeds on their mobile phones while they are at the arrival and departure terminals , lounges , boarding gates , migration and immigration counters , security areas , baggage claim belts and parking area .

Bharti Airtel , one of India ’ s leading telecommunications service providers , has announced the deployment of its Airtel

All customers with 5G smartphones can enjoy the high-speed Airtel 5G Plus on their existing data plans . There is no need to change the SIM as the existing Airtel 4G SIM is 5G enabled .

Macquarie Government partners with Fortem Australia to attract first responders to the cybersecurity ‘ frontline ’

Macquarie Government , part of Macquarie Telecom Group , has signed an agreement with Fortem Australia to become an employment partner , committing the company to recruitment and career transfer opportunities for first responders throughout Australia . cyber and defense talent to meet the Government ’ s cybersecurity agenda : “ Australia needs to considerably increase its cyber posture right across the economy . To deliver this uplift we need , as a nation , to exponentially grow the available talent pool .”

Founded in 2019 , Fortem Australia supports the mental health and wellbeing of Australian first responders and their families . The not-for-profit organization was co-founded by John Bale , also co-founder of Soldier On , a similar organization which supports career transition opportunities for Australia ’ s veterans . The partnership will see Macquarie work closely with Fortem to reskill and recruit first responders into new careers , transitioning them into cybersecurity , cloud and data center security roles to support Macquarie ’ s federal government customers , with a specific focus on national security and defense ICT .
John Bale , Co-Founder of Fortem Australia ( left ), and Aidan Tudehope , Managing Director at Macquarie Government ( right )
The agreement comes following the Federal Government underscoring in the budget the need for partnership with industry to tackle skills shortages in key industries . Cybersecurity needs a minimum of 17,000 new workers by 2026 according to AustCyber .
Macquarie Government Managing Director , Aidan Tudehope , said the partnership with Fortem will help to grow Australia ’ s sovereign
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