With Reliance Jio wreaking havoc in the Indian mobile market with its lean, software-centric network and aggressive pricing, the older operators need to respond quickly. One of them, Bharti Airtel, has set out a telco cloud strategy, to support its next generation packet core and therefore enable new revenue streams and a flexible service platform. The third largest MNO in India has chosen IBM and its Red Hat subsidiary to build the telco cloud platform to support the core. Key KPIs for the new platform will be reduced time to market for new services; better customer service; and launch of low latency services. Another key goal is to reduce capex and opex even as data usage mushrooms, and so be…