Google Cloud Inks Multi-Year Partnership Deal with Bell Canada

Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Google Cloud has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Bell Canada to modernize the latter’s infrastructure and enhance the delivery of next-generation customer experiences. In addition, the two will collaborate throughout the next decade in new innovations around cloud solutions for enterprise customers.

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Under the terms of the agreement, Google Cloud is to support Bell’s digital transformation, focusing on IT infrastructure development. A merger of Bell’s 5G network and Google Cloud’s expertise should result in the delivery of unique experiences for the Canadian company’s customer base.

Additionally, Alphabet’s cloud unit has committed to enhancing Bell’s operational efficiencies through network automation. It also plans to modernize the Canadian company’s IT infrastructure and enable the transfer of critical workloads to the cloud. (See Alphabet stock charts on TipRanks)

In return, Bell hopes to deliver a unique customer experience with enhanced automation by merging its 5G network and Anthos with Google’s multi-cloud solution. The company also plans to assist with network capacity planning by leveraging Google Cloud’s artificial intelligence (AI), data, and analytics.

“We’re proud to partner with Bell to support their transformational shift to the cloud, and power a better network experience for people and businesses across Canada,” said Google CEO Thomas Kurian said.

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