Bharti Airtel, India’s largest GSM mobile service provider geared up to expand and upgrade its 2.5G network in eight circles to increase the its present network capacity by 50%. The Airtel GSM network expansion contract is given to Global telecom equipment maker Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN). The NSN will cover the eight telecom circles named Mumbai, Maharashtra-Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh-Chattisgarh, Bihar-Jharkhand, Orissa, Kolkata and West Bengal.
According to the announcement by NSN, the network up-gradation work will ensure improvements in 2.5G network capacity and spectral efficiency and moreover the solutions will also ensure that its core 2.5G network to be 3G-ready and enables a smoother and faster up-gradation to 3G ecosystem in future thereby reducing the time-to-market for the operator.
The contract includes network planning, implementation and project management, handling of local logistics and materials as well as system integration for BTS (mobile towers). NSN announced that it will deploy its Flexi multi-mode radio base stations, packet core platforms and microwave solutions for the operator’s new and legacy networks
Bharti Airtel CEO Sanjay Kapoor said “Airtel continues to drive innovation and leadership in the telecom sector. This expansion will not only expand our networks deeper into the rural hinterland but will also allow us to deliver a rich end-user experience, and satisfy the increasing demand for top-quality services.”
ARJUN CHANDRASHEKAR December 8, 2010 at 11:15 am
@krishna
It can’t Be Increased It Will Depends On The Service Provider’s Coverage In Your Area
krishna December 8, 2010 at 10:18 am
my mo is getting 2kbps i want to increase to 50 kbps
Kirpa S G February 17, 2010 at 10:33 am
@Jimmy
That really is not a network dependent issue, you would’ve seen the same error msg for that problem regardless of the operator. That error message is generated by your handset and NOT the network operator. It is to indicate that the network related information on the SIM to let your handset talk to the towers is not working (obv, since u said the network was down, it couldn’t have) which is why, the handset assumes that the SIM card is either damaged, cracked, outdated or has incorrect information about the network and displays that generic error message…
zareef February 13, 2010 at 5:13 pm
in my city Still Airtel provides 2.0G network
Deb February 13, 2010 at 2:43 pm
This is normal with AIRTEL.
Pawan February 13, 2010 at 1:57 pm
airtel sucks in nagpur too.
the network in some parts of city is so bad.complaints are received and nothing is done.
epynic February 13, 2010 at 11:42 am
wats ur spped wit edge
shakti February 12, 2010 at 11:58 pm
airtel… please upgrade the network in tamilnadu. your gprs/edge speed sucks and %#$%s. so DON’T give us step motherly treatment and take us for granted!
shakti February 12, 2010 at 11:57 pm
airtel… please upgrade the network in tamilnadu. your gprs/edge speed sucks and %#$%s. so give us step motherly treatment and take us for granted!
Deb February 12, 2010 at 10:20 pm
Airtel shares the tower of BSNL at chittaranjan area in ROB. with new rule of trai establish of new tower is very difficult. Tower sharing is only way.
Debopratim Roy February 12, 2010 at 10:02 pm
@firstonnet
BSNL doesnt share their BTS with beggers like Airtel whaich is least intrested about customer ammenities and all..Its somewhat good to see that they are upgrading their network in calcutta circle which is even worse than that Relinace Smart…Even the service of BSNL Cellone/Excel with mere 1000 BTS is far better than theirs with around 2200 BTS….What a shame as the name is “Airtel”
saket February 12, 2010 at 8:06 pm
if u r getting G signal on nokia then 2.5G, if getting E- edge signal
Airtel is always in aggressive mode.
Deb February 12, 2010 at 7:41 pm
When up-gradation will start? Increase of only 50% of capacity is not sufficient with compared to present worst network.
Joby February 12, 2010 at 7:39 pm
Haha.. Its comedy.. Everyone are looking for 3G and Airtel is implementing 2G Now..Shame AirTel
Prasath J February 12, 2010 at 5:37 pm
With 2.5G (GPRS) network (EDGE is 2.75G) Video calling is impossible…
zaheerkhan February 12, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Hey Koi Mujeh Batayega Yeh 2.5G Kya Hota Hai Isse Video Calling Hota Hai ????????????? Please tell me
IDRIS February 12, 2010 at 4:38 pm
That is a great news Airtel is always good at services… and voice quality.
firstonnet February 12, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Airtel need to share with BSNL Cellsites for faster roll out the same.In Goa state BSNL is unbeatable network coverage than any other ops. If Airtel share the sites of BSNL then they will be solve this problem in less time.
Agnivo February 12, 2010 at 1:13 pm
The good network should get better with this capacity and technology upgrade… and with NSN equipment, very few things can go wrong… cheers to Airtel!
Jimmy February 12, 2010 at 12:34 pm
I think Airtel should take more initiatives at customer relationship and displaying correct error message. Many Airtel users were left stranded with their simcards showing a very WRONG error message “INVALID SIM” when in reality it was the network which had gone down for 10 hours straight. No information was conveyed to the users before or after the issue was faced. Relationship centers customer care sucked – big time! Hopefully Mr.Sanjeev Kapoor will be able to shed some light on how they are improving the customer relationship management!
webly February 12, 2010 at 12:19 pm
Please improve the network in all areas of Goa. It’s really bad/weak in most of the areas.
Immy February 12, 2010 at 11:54 am
What has this comment to do anything with the above mentioned topic?
Shoeb February 12, 2010 at 11:47 am
vodafone launches daily 200 sms free offer in maharashtra here in pune, after first 3 sms at 50 paisa per sms and local calls @ 50 paisa.. Airtel to is offering 15000 sms @ 69 Reliance and Docomo are already giving sms offers.. ONLY IDEA CELLULAR is not giving any competitive sms offers its giving 500 sms with one month validity for a whooping 79 Rs.. Idea hai hai… Idea hai hai..
kaushik February 12, 2010 at 11:34 am
hopefully congestion will be less in Airtel Network now