Bharti Airtel offers 4G services on mobiles in Bangalore

[ratedr]

BANGALORE: Bangalore will become the first city in India to experience 4G services on mobile from this month. The country's largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel is launching 4G services for smartphones such as iPhone 5S, 5C and Xolo, from this month.

The launch is a prelude to the 4G war expected later this year when Mukesh Ambani owned Reliance Jio Infocomm launches similar services.

"Existing 3G plans will apply to users who will be migrated to 4G for no extra cost. However, they will have to get a SIM card replacement. Voice networks will continue to run on 2G and 3G networks," said Srini Gopalan, Bharti Airtel's director for consumer business.

"4G network users will be able to download 10 standard movies within 30 minutes," he claimed. A trial version of 4G-LTE network that ET experienced in Bangalore was gave download speed of about 7.2 MBPS, versus a 2.2 MBPS in a 3G network.

Source Bharti Airtel offers 4G services on mobiles in Bangalore - The Economic Times on Mobile

 

[Sarkar]

Is there any other phone available which support Airtel TD LTE?

 

[ratedr]

Nexus 5 supports 4G lte

 

[NinadG]

It seems this is an introductory offer for 3G customers to migrate to 4G....

 

[Devesh]

good news

price would be high.

 

[superdudebuddy]

It seems this is an introductory offer for 3G customers to migrate to 4G....

Yea bro me to thinking the same as you that this is an introductory offer for 3G customers to migrate to 4G .
That's good to hear that Even reliance did the same

 

[superdudebuddy]

4G services for Airtel iPhone 5 series users in Bangalore



iPhone users would now be able to enjoy HD video streaming with zero buffering among other features at 3G prices



Bharti Airtel, India largest private telecom operator, on Friday has launched 4G mobile services for Apple iPhone 5s and 5c users in Bangalore city enabling high definition video streaming with zero buffering among other features. iPhone owners would be able to enjoy these services at 3G prices.

“Now Airtel customers in Bangalore with Apple iPhone 5s or 5c will be able to experience 4G on their mobile at the current 3G prices for internet browsing experience while on the move,” Bharti Airtel said in a statement.

Customers have to change their existing SIM to a 4G SIM to enjoy 4G on mobile without any need to migrate from their existing data plan, it added. Airtel mobile prepaid and postpaid users can enjoy 4G mobile experiences such as high definition video streaming with zero buffering, downloading 10 movies in less than 30 minutes, and connecting multiple devices without experiencing any constraint, among others.


Customers on 2G/GPRS data plans/packs can opt for any of the 3G plans/packs available and enjoy 4G speed, it added. Besides, heavy data users can avail the new 4G plan giving customers 10 GB 4G data for Rs.1,000.

While data browsing will be on 4G network, voice calls will be routed on 2G/3G seamlessly with the CSFB (circuit switched fall back) technology, Airtel said.

In the 10-day spectrum auction, which concluded on Thursday, Airtel won back 900 MHz in Delhi and Kolkata and added the same in Mumbai.

Its licences in Delhi and Kolkata were due to expire in November this year.

It also won 1,800 MHz spectrum in 15 circles.

In all, Airtel put in bids worth Rs.18,530 crore for a total of 115 MHz of spectrum in 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands.

The Sunil Bharti Mittal-promoted firm said it will roll out pan-India 4G network using 1800 MHz.




4G services for Airtel iPhone 5 series users in Bangalore - The Hindu

 

[Sarkar]

Where are Indian manufacturer with TD LTE phones?

 

[Manmathan VJ]

20 kb/s - 2G

100 kb/s - 3G

4G ?????