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All 4G enthusiast in India are one step closer to experiencing the fourth generation High Speed Broadband Services. Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum winner Augere Wireless Broadband geared up to launch Long Term Evolution (LTE) based High Speed 4G Wirelss Broadband service in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh telecom circle beginning May 2012.
UK based Augere Wireless Broadband today said that company plans to invest up to $60 million over the next three-five years to launch fourth-generation (4G) broadband services (BWA) in Madhya Pradesh telecom circle dubbed as “ZOOSH Broadband” where it has 4G spectrum and BWA license.
Augere Wireless Chief Executive Lars Stork said that “We are delighted to be one of the first wireless broadband service providers to announce our plans for the launch of 4G services in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. We will rolls out commercial 4G Wireless Broadband services initially in 14 cities of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh under the brand ZOOSH.The commercial 4G launch is expected on April or May, next year and it will complete the service roll out by early 2013.”
According to the company’s statement capital city Bhopal will be the first city in Madhya Pradesh to get the 4G Broadband services in January followed by other major cities in like Indore, Raipur, Gwalior in MP and Durg (chattisgarh) till the April 2012. All other cities and towns will get the services during the course of the year.
Augere has selected Ericsson and gave a three-year contract where in Ericsson will plan, design, build, operate, maintain and provide equipment management for the 4G network. The TD LTE technology is capable of speeds up to 100 Mbps and is backwards compatible with 3G (CDMA as well as GSM) which means that subscribers will be connected to 3G via Roaming in other service providers where 4G network is not available.
State operator BSNL and Reliance Infotel (RIL Group) in the only pan India spectrum winner for 4G / BWA service. Other winners are Bharti Airtel (4 circles) Aircel (8 circles), Tikona Wireless (5 circles), and Qualcomm (4 Circles) and MTNL (2 circles).
Augere also offers WiMAX-based wireless internet under the Qubee brand in Pakistan and Bangladesh. It also plans to launch similar services in Uganda and Rwanda in African market, after launching operations in India.
Satyendra Kumar March 7, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Let us know the Address of AUGRE India P Ltd. in India.
vishal puloriya November 8, 2011 at 4:40 pm
tony October 13, 2011 at 11:02 pm
For years, internet service providers have been raising the costs of broadband internet service due to what they call “increasing demand for service.” Both fixed and mobile internet providers recently claimed that increasing demand is leading to “ballooning” costs, which made price increases necessary. They even went as far to say that companies such as the BBC should be helping to foot the bill.
All of this was brought to a halt by a study from Plum Consulting. The study, which was paid for by Yahoo, Skype, BBC and others, discovered the the cost of data is only a small fraction of the operating costs of an internet service provider. The study showed that each gigabyte of data cost approximately €0.01-0.03 to the provider. It is even claimed that 4G technologies will significantly reduce these already low costs in the near future.
On a smartphone, €10 per gigabyte is about the norm. This is a healthy profit when the data you are paying €10 for only cost the provider €.01-.03.
This statement was released by Plum Consulting after the survey: “Traffic-related costs are a small percentage of the total connectivity revenue, and despite traffic growth, this percentage is expected to stay constant or decline.”
Of course there are still operating expenses such as maintaining the lines, employing a workforce, and paying for other business expenses such as office space and utilities. Until now, however, ISPs maintained that their biggest cost came from the increasing demand for data service.
It seems that the internet service providers may have their hands caught in the cookie jar – or your wallet – this time.
A sen October 12, 2011 at 8:40 pm
4G lte will bring revolution. bwa player have 20 mhz of band and not 5 like 3G, they will offer 4 times more data at the least.
DOCOMO October 12, 2011 at 5:20 pm
i just hope, infotel dont fool us like others
kispe bharosa kare k woh hume sasta aur fast internet dega
Varun October 12, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Yes RIL Infotel is a private player which runs for PROFITS but NOT SUPER PROFITS like others (Read: Airtel and Vodafone). What ever people have said earlier and are wanting is reasonably priced tariffs for wireless broadband in lieu with the costs, NOT just cheap tariffs! There is a difference between the two, i.e if you can understand and want to understand!
Arun October 12, 2011 at 1:33 pm
I don’t get why you guys expect much from Infotel.
Infotel is just another private player which runs for PROFITS.
Genocide121 October 12, 2011 at 1:13 pm
Mukesh is a very Good Businessman…
The liked the Way he thinks..
If Reliance applied for BWA and 4G the competition would have be great..
but instead He Told some company to apply for the tender and That company acquired the Pan INDIA license at a Very low Cost .. Compared to all the 3G wale Log..
And Then He Bought the company.. He saved a lot of money there..
So now that money can be used to provide a better and cheap service bcoz The 3G competitor will need a higher margin to breakeven while as reliance Infotel Will need a lower margin to breakeven…
So byE Bye 3G and welcome to 4G at a cheaper rate…
This is what i like abt him..
Playing with the law (Its how great businessman a made)…
atanu October 12, 2011 at 12:43 pm
u r right.
mukesh ambani already crate a history through reliance infocom(founder). that day mobile call is costlier then post card but today o(unlimited). normal call charges chipper then post card. so no need to send a latter better u make a call.
Manoj October 12, 2011 at 12:19 pm
Pratik……. Ha ha ha ha ha Ho ho ho ho, you are underestimating too much. Just see in next few months how he is going to blow away competition and change the broadband scenario in India. Its Mukesh ambani, bhai… he does things on grand/large scale and in style! Sorry pratik your company Airtel and its friends Vodafone and Idea will not be able to do anything but just watch him create history!
Genocide121 October 12, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Mukesh Bhai will Come with an Innovative idea To launch the service…
The r only the private player with PAN india License in 4G/BWA
And They will have a Very good network..
Just wait and Watch..
Mukesh is Different from ANIL..
Mukesh is a Real Businessman .. Anil sab duba raha hai..(joking)
and They will launch there service in FALL of 2012..
It was in economics times
Pratik October 12, 2011 at 11:38 am
Mukesh Ambani………….Hahahaaaaa
You are expecting too much.
Ankur Mhatre October 12, 2011 at 8:36 am
Hope that MTNL will also launch soon
Arun October 12, 2011 at 8:07 am
Is it just LTE based high speed broadband service or voice AND data service, similar to 3G? As I understand, no specific standards have been finalised yet for voice calls in a 4G network. Could somebody please clarify? Thanks in advance.
tech2 October 11, 2011 at 11:56 pm
@ajay
3g was never meant to be a replacement for broadband with just 5mhz of spectrum 4g/bwa is for broadband with 20mhz and a technology like lte it could be a hit instantly …
ramesh October 11, 2011 at 9:29 pm
i hope RIL Infotel launches 4G soon. they will redefine wireless broadband in india and usher in a new era of digital and knowledge based economy! only RIL Infotel has the capability and execution powers to create a truly affordable and powerful broadband ecosystem for india. RIL Infotel – india is calling! we await you!
Rohan Singh October 11, 2011 at 8:49 pm
I think Kolkata will experience 4G in 2nd quarter of 2012. Airtel & Infotel are sleeping with their licenses.
ajay October 11, 2011 at 8:47 pm
thikse 3g be dhang se nahi use kya… aab ye lo agaya hai 4g… pehla 3g ko improve karo fir 4g ka gun gana ….
HSB October 11, 2011 at 8:40 pm
Should we throw away our 3G devices when 4G is launched ?
Saurabh gupta October 11, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Tikona for U.P, i havent heard about it in UP not a single user on its broadband only read about it on net and in big metro cities may be soon we could see some action here also
MOHAMMED TALIB October 11, 2011 at 7:52 pm
THANKS Augere,
WITH U NOW ITS DREAM COME TRUE.