Airtel, Google in broadband tie-up

New Delhi: India''s largest private broadband and telephone service provider, Bharti Airtel Broadband & Telephone Services (B&TS), and Google Inc have announced plans to work together in bringing web-based services to Airtel''s community of broadband internet customers.

Airtel will offer its broadband customers a portal, which includes Google Search for web-based queries; Google Gmail with 2 GB storage, spam filter, and options of web access and POP access; Google Talk instant messaging / chatting service for sending instant messages; Google Docs and Spreadsheets so users can share and collaborate in real-time.

The suite of services will be offered free of cost to all Airtel broadband subscribers.