Tata Communications, RailTel Partner to Upgrade Network for AI Era
The alliance links RailTel’s 63,000 km fibre backbone with Tata Communications’ cloud and cybersecurity capabilities to support government and enterprise AI workloads.
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Tata Communications Ltd has formed a strategic partnership with RailTel Corp. of India Ltd to boost India’s digital infrastructure and support the adoption of artificial intelligence and next-generation services.
The partnership brings together Tata Communications’ global network, cloud and cybersecurity capabilities with RailTel’s extensive nationwide optical fibre infrastructure, an exchange filing said on Monday.
RailTel, a Navratna public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Railways, operates more than 63,000 route kilometres of optical fibre connecting cities, towns, rural regions and over 6,000 railway stations.
Under the partnership, the companies intend to modernize network infrastructure, strengthen cybersecurity, and enable secure and sovereign cloud adoption for sensitive workloads.
The collaboration also covers deployment of AI-enabled platforms designed to enhance network visibility, reliability and performance, reflecting broader efforts to support data-intensive applications across government and enterprise users.
The alliance is expected to benefit ministries, state governments, public sector units and enterprises that rely on RailTel’s network, as well as citizen-facing services such as railway Wi-Fi, public broadband, surveillance systems and digital governance platforms.
For RailTel, the agreement expands its role beyond connectivity into areas such as data centers, managed services, cloud and cybersecurity, while Tata Communications gains a strategic public-sector footprint that extends its global digital ecosystem deep into critical national infrastructure.
Sanjai Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director of RailTel, said the partnership will “strengthen that role by bringing in advanced capabilities that will help our customers modernize their systems, improve resilience and serve citizens more effectively.”
Sumeet Walia, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at Tata Communications, said the collaboration will build a “secure, smart, and sovereign future” by delivering AI-ready infrastructure from the centre to the edge.
