We are sorry to tell you that 4G is not coming to India tomorrow there was a rumour on internet that Airtel will be launching 4G services in Kolkata on 20th March.
The news was also covered by a leading newspaper which took as a fire in the Indian internet space and Mass media.
As you know 3G was not so popular in India due to several factor ranging from pricing to handset availability coverage etc.
Experts believe that 4G tariff in India is going to be sky high when comparing with 3G all though its so premature to comment on the tariff prior any launch.
The main aim of 4G technology is to enable users with high speed mobile internet access, thus enabling several other features. Also other aim was to converge all the existing networks into one network.It’s truly going to be a technological evolution.
While 3G was more of an extension to 2G, 4G is entirely new. The entire mobile network architecture was redesigned so as to achieve always on high speed connectivity and also enable operators with various mobile networks to converge into one network.
Now one has to wait and see when 4G will launch in India and what kind of tariff operators are going to implement.
Chinmoy March 20, 2012 at 10:24 pm
@Manoj
Reliance Infotel is part of Reliance Industries owned by Mukesh Ambani . The Reliance Communication – the one which provides CDMA and GSM service is Part of ADAG – Anil Dhirubai Ambani Group .
Manoj March 20, 2012 at 4:01 pm
Infotel has been taken over by Reliance & Reliance has 2G, 3G connectivity. So this way we could have backward compatibility for 4G & it can fall back on 3G, 2G of Reliance.
Chinmoy March 20, 2012 at 12:49 am
BSNL launched 4G services ( WiMax) long back and the primary reason why it failed was single point of failure i.e. backword compatibility part was missing . ADSL and WiMax was not compatible .
Now we are eagarly expecting 4G LTE BWA Services . The advantage of LTE over wimax is its backword compatibility . For example if EVDO fails 1X is there or 3G fails then 2.5G ( EDGE ) or 2G ( GPRS ) can help you in remain connected .
I am sure new operators will use this backword compatibility of LTE for sure when they launch BWA .
The Indian telecom cartel has not won BWA pan india . Hence they will have less area to maximize profit , hence BWA cost will not be that cheap .
Reliance Infotel the PAN India BWA winner is a newbie in Telecom and they do not hold the backbone which can support the “backword compatibility” part . Hence I don’t expect even Infotel offers a cheap BWA since they has to cough up money to 3G Vendor for continuity .
steve March 20, 2012 at 12:33 am
Sky high prices. No Unlimited Plans.
Rajesh March 19, 2012 at 10:24 pm
They are not providing 2g properly how they will provide 3g,4g, , just talking in air…….
Naved March 19, 2012 at 9:06 pm
ya correct, lemme also see the speedtest result
sri March 19, 2012 at 8:47 pm
Speedtest results plz, i never heard any operator providing 470kbps in india & also at operator website . I’ve seen nokia mobiles supporting 290kbps-edge class 32, which mobile phones provide edge class 32 – 473kbps ?
akhilesh March 19, 2012 at 7:59 pm
2G speed support 473.6 kbit/s speed By EDGE
i tested 70kB/s=560kbps speed in EDGE class 32
in reliance & Aircel
megha March 19, 2012 at 7:11 pm
Why we are talking about 3g or 4g when they( co.s) are not able to provide us proper 2g service.
2G network support 236 kbps means downoad speed of 20 kb is not a big deal but what we get? Avg. Speed is less then 10kb.
akhilesh March 19, 2012 at 5:30 pm
We do’t need 3g 4g
Need only High speed net
everyone know 3g(HSPA+) technology is also able to provide
up to 168 Megabits per second (Mbit/s)
but here is 3.6mbps to 7.2mbps only
(42mbps 3g device also avlevel in india)
T-Mobile’s USA HSPA+ network now offers 4G speeds(8 MTH AGO)
so not think 3g or 4g ..think to provide better service /speed
@siju March 19, 2012 at 4:54 pm
Hope 3G tariffs will come down significantly this year because of its next generation getting launched. 3G speed is more than enough for an average user to enjoy surfing/bufferning in our Indian standerds. Lets wait for those days where 3G speed is as cheaper as GPRS.
devx March 19, 2012 at 4:09 pm
airtel is clearly trying to propagate its false propaganda by saying 4G prices are going to be sky high compared to 3G. it is clearly trying to play down peoples expectations from 4G or in particular RiL. To the contrary 4G (atleast RIL’s) to going to be significantly cheaper than 3G. Simply bcoz it has more as well as cheaper spectrum than 3g ops. Airtel made a fool of itself by biding absurd amounts for just 5mhz of spectrum, whereas ril swept 4x spectrum that too pan india.
Gowrishankar March 19, 2012 at 4:04 pm
@subhsh if u need better internet plan means pls go to bsnl..
subhsh March 19, 2012 at 3:20 pm
this will be mass success only when , people of mass feel internet is need . btw what the people will even after they buy internet . watch youtubes videos ? how long ? do railway reservation . how many ? do internet banking how many ? so . most people wont spend the money where they can decide why they are spending on internet . the only reason big telecom are waiting are to launch aakash tablet . if they being launch . they require internet , thus it will increase the internet demand . so RIL will be waiting till the tablets become famous , once it become famous it takes days to launch the 4g , which not only benefit industry and also spread the mass circulation of internet need for general use .
neesha March 19, 2012 at 2:02 pm
before launching 4g in india, handset manufacturers shud made available 4g handsets in india so that we dont have to import them at expensive price from outside of india.
ssthanu March 19, 2012 at 1:50 pm
if 4G prices are sky high like 3g price….surely it will be a another failure for telecom companies….
Telcom companies should focus on 3g data than videocalls
Sachin March 19, 2012 at 1:49 pm
Forget AIRTEL, they r high always. RIL when ru going to start ur service????????