Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile service operator is set to roll out its 4G - High Speed Wireless Broadband Service on May 7th 2012 in Bangalore (Karnataka). After Kolkata, Bangalore will be the 2nd city to get 4G service in India.
According to our exclusive sources close to the operator, Airtel 4G network is ready in Bangalore and commercial service network will be live from May 7, 2012 followed by official launch event.
Presently only Airtel is providing 4G services in India and it has selected Huawei to deploy its 4G TD LTE network in Karnataka besides offering rich data content to the customers in Bangalore – Karnataka circle.
Airtel will offer 4G – LTE services over a wide range of devices including airtel 4G – LTE USB modem (Huawei E392) and airtel 4G LTE Indoor Wireless Gateway (Huawei B593). Airtel officials at the launch event clarified that it requires a 4G enabled 128kB USIM (priced at Rs. 49) to use on the dongle. The airtel 4G LTE data card and WiFi CPE will be network locked. The price of the dongle and WiFi CPE are Rs. 7999 and Rs. 7750 respectively.
So with Airtel 4G-LTE you can use mobile Broadband with bandwidth up to 40Mbps ! as its tag-line says Don’t surf, just fly!
Airtel 4G LTE deployed on Huawei TD LTE technology, will allow subscribers to experience high speed wireless Internet access that can support bandwidth intensive applications, support video streaming and high-definition video conferencing. Under this agreement, Huawei will deliver the LTE solution comprising of network infrastructure and devices.
In 2010, Airtel had successfully bid for 4G BWA license spectrum in Kolkata, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra (excluding Mumbai) circles. Currently Airtel 4G Service is available in Kolkata circle.
Venkatesh October 10, 2012 at 7:18 pm
I brought Airtel 4G in Bangalore. Seems good @ 30 mbps download. I guess thats not bad. I watch most of Youtube videos.
Sridhar December 4, 2012 at 3:04 pm
hi Venkatesh, i’m also in bangalore, pls call me at 9379917798, today i got the same & i’d like to discuss about this thankx
techfrick October 4, 2012 at 7:26 pm
why ?
manju October 4, 2012 at 6:52 pm
DEAR FRINDAS DONT TAKE AIRTEL 4G BROADBAND
manju October 4, 2012 at 6:51 pm
4G AIRTEL PEPOLE ALL GANDUS
Ganesh May 7, 2012 at 4:25 pm
@Kanaga Deepan N
Awesome!
vik May 7, 2012 at 4:13 pm
I was excited about this but the price range put me off. Is Airtel even aware of the average monthly income of the middle class? Rs 8000 is 180 USD, for that amount id rather buy a Nintendo 3DS. Im happy with my broadband and will only buy this if the price drops. By the way airtel’s service is fantastic in Bangalore, ill give them that much credit.
DB May 7, 2012 at 1:56 pm
@kiran.h
@ KIRAN.H … you sound DISGRUNTLED .. if you feel the leading operator (both in terms of Subscribers & revenue is of “Africa” standard – what the %^&* are YOU doing in India ??? Go join your African-primates !!
>> airtel should leave india and settle in africa.Its standards amtch with those of africa.
DB May 7, 2012 at 1:53 pm
@Kiran reddy
@ KIRAN your chillar-party retailers dont even know about 2G packs let alone 3G!! So if you are judging success of a technology / predicting future of 4G basis RETAILER KNOWLEDGE you are making a BIG mistake !!
>> Here in hyderabad retailers still do not know about 3G data packs, this itself says how many users are there .
Prabaharan May 7, 2012 at 1:44 pm
Telecom talk, Please let us know, which operator have licenses for Chennai and Tamil nadu and when are planning to bring 4G to chennai? Eagerly waiting…
Ram May 7, 2012 at 1:04 pm
well it seems to be 7th May already, isn’t it?
Benny Nadar May 6, 2012 at 5:45 pm
With a ludicrously priced 4G data card and then add to it some bizarre data plans, Airtel is making a mess out of 4G.
First of all the major barrier is the price of the USB dongle or the wifi gateway. Both cost nearly Rs 8k. That is a insanely high price point. The actual cost of the device may not be more than Rs 3k to 4k max…
Secondly the data plans have to be more flexible and post data limit unlimited usage at 128 kbps should be either increased or done away with. Instead customers can opt to pay around Rs 100 to Rs 150per GB post the limit.
Thirdly the data tariff should be in the range of Rs 100 or less per GB. Anything over that might tend to put off customers.
Fourthly airtel has to introduce more 4g devices. A good start can be the launch of samsung galaxy 3 with India specific 4G frequencies.
And finally I would suggest airtel to first concentrate on the complete roll out of 3g services to all towns and cities before spending on the 4g networks.
RANJAN May 5, 2012 at 11:20 pm
@Kanaga Deepan N
AWESOME COMMENT BRO
rahan May 5, 2012 at 8:15 pm
airtel don’t have propare network of 2g in our city and they r planning of 4g
Dinesh May 5, 2012 at 3:01 pm
@Alex
Hahaha! Awesome!
Sudhakar May 5, 2012 at 1:42 pm
Kanaga deepan :
Well said. LOL LOL LOL.
dskushwaha May 5, 2012 at 5:53 am
Data is incorrect.
According to World Bank’s estimates on poverty based on 2005 data, India has 41.6% of its population living below the new international poverty line of $1.25 (approx Rs. 66) per day. India also has 75.6% of the population living below $2 (approx Rs. 106) a day.
According to Tendulkar Committee report which holds 37 per cent of people in India below the poverty line.
Then how can 85% of Indians be middle class?
Das May 4, 2012 at 11:18 pm
@Kanaga Deepan N
+1
Alex May 4, 2012 at 10:36 pm
Superb..
mks May 4, 2012 at 10:07 pm
+1
dskushwaha May 4, 2012 at 9:51 pm
sandeep May 4, 2012 at 9:15 pm
We r waiting for 4g network but not to use it but to take the advantage of reduced price of 3g.
This is how costomer thinks bez 85% of indian’s r middle class.
kiran.h May 4, 2012 at 8:16 pm
airtel should leave india and settle in africa.Its standards amtch with those of africa.
the mad boy May 4, 2012 at 7:05 pm
maybe same slow 4G network is deployed in bangalore having highest speed of 16 Mbit/s only ! :p
Esmail May 4, 2012 at 6:44 pm
ROFL
mansoor Ahmed May 4, 2012 at 6:42 pm
@Kanaga Deepan N
Superb
Abhijit May 4, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Now Next Number is of Pune city to get airtel 4G LTE service
Abhijit May 4, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Superb sense of humor…
Xyz May 4, 2012 at 6:02 pm
Yeah outrageous pricing. Government loots the operator and in turn they (Telco) loot us. From 4G speeds they bring you crashing back to earth (dial up speeds). Should be called Helltel or Airless Tel.
Jack May 4, 2012 at 5:49 pm
@Kanaga Deepan N
lol , Kanaga Deepan N , Very funny comment …Must say , i was just searching for a like button , so habituated to that now !!!
Jack May 4, 2012 at 5:48 pm
lol , Kanaga Deepan N , Very funny comment …Must say , i was just searching for a like button , so habituated to that now !!!
Kanaga Deepan N May 4, 2012 at 5:33 pm
Don’t surf… Just fly—for 2 kilometers and then fall to the ground (your legs may get broken) and then just crawl there-after….
Chandu May 4, 2012 at 5:30 pm
Hi Kiran reddy,
You can also recharge thru http://airtel.in! Yes, Still AP retailers don’t know much about 3G!
Kiran reddy May 4, 2012 at 4:53 pm
No use introducing at these sky high prices, it will be a failure like 3G.
Here in hyderabad retailers still do not know about 3G data packs, this itself says how many users are there
. Btw i use Airtel 3G and i have only Airtel Money to get Data packs activated.