India’s largest GSM Mobile service operator Bharti Airtel today announced that it has chosen Ericsson India, Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei Technologies as network partners to launch 3G Services in India.
These partners will plan, design, deploy and maintain a state of the art 3G HSPA Network in Bharti Airtel 3G license circles.
This deployment would enable Bharti Airtel extend its leadership position in the Indian market and meet the growing demand for high speed surfing & wireless entertainment in the country.
Further strengthening its relationship with Ericsson, Bharti Airtel has awarded majority of the 3G License Circles to Ericsson India. With this, Ericsson continues to be Bharti’s largest Network Partner across 2G and 3G circles in the country.
On the same lines, Bharti has also expanded its relationship with Nokia Siemens Networks, which would manage Bharti’s 3G Network in 3 circles across India. The company has also introduced Huawei Technologies as the 3rd partner for offering 3G services in a few circles.
Airtel’s 3G services, enabled by our partner’s expertise, will usher in a new era of unique life style products. The offerings will be specifically targeted towards mobile broadband, given the enhanced speed and user experience which the 3G technology enables.
The partners will play a catalyst role in enhancing the customer experience and the data usage habits in the country. In addition to being HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access) ready from launch, the 3G network will support world class user data speeds and enhanced mobile broadband user experience. High Speed Packet Access plus enables high peak user throughputs which are multiple times higher than those supported in current 2G networks.
Amarinder Singh October 7, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Airtel is costly brand.There are more than 100 reasons,why is it so.All credit goes to Ericsson who has marvellous technology,for the establishment of strongest network.Nobody wants to compare ericsson BTS and ZTE bts. Can anybody wants to compare Ericsson Mini Link with Chinese MUX.Is there any better solution than Ericsson Winfoil,Is there any comparison to Ericsson TN,Ericsson CN, Ericsson Switch,Ericsson Managed Services.AIRTEL is using Ericsson till date in every field. Ericsson has quality, so Airtel has.
All operators has turnover….but why airtel is ahead of all, while being costly.
Ganesh September 21, 2010 at 4:40 pm
@anandh
Yup! Well said!
@Amit.g
You are wrong. Their equipments ARE of low quality and employ too many cost cutting measures compromising on quality where ever possible. All their network managing software are copied from NSN or Ericsson.
Just as in your example, the quality of milk,sugar, handling of items and delivery makes the coffee in CCD costlier from NORMAL hotel.
May the the coffee is NOT worth the money, but it is the price we have to pay for “quality”.
@TRMERIN D’SOUZA
Nope! TATA has high speed with GPRS because of relatively lower number of customers….
@Zeeshan
Wrong again. Companies will try to gain the money from the customers using any methods possible. Network sharing is like that. It’s present even now. Consider roaming. If a network does not cover the area you visit, does that mean you don’t get signal??? Think again….
kunal kumar kejriwal September 21, 2010 at 3:38 pm
@Zeeshan
No it wont be like that. Because they have to give services in other circles too. So they will make some plan to share the services between top 4 operators. Others will just see.
Zeeshan September 21, 2010 at 2:18 pm
I think no one is going to share its 3G network with others who do not have a license in their respective circle. Now it is matter of pride that one can provide its 3G services while other can only see its face. @Binoy xavier
Binoy xavier September 21, 2010 at 12:50 pm
They don’t have license to cover Kerala. Being a potential market they would obviously partner with someone soon.
Sunny September 21, 2010 at 10:46 am
Any idea when can 3G service available this year end or March 2011, also HSPA+ will it be 14.4 mbps or only 2mbps.
Fahad September 21, 2010 at 10:46 am
even zte in some circles
lee September 21, 2010 at 10:46 am
Wat about siemens?
TRMERIN D'SOUZA September 21, 2010 at 10:03 am
@Amit.g
YES AMIT RIGHTLY SAID HUAWEI & ZTE ARE WORLD FAMOUS BECAUSE OF THEIR HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS AT CHEAPER RATES THAN THEIR EUROPEAN COUNTEPARTS.INDEED TATA HAS SELECTED HUAWEI FOR NETWORK EQUIPMENT AND WE KNOW THAT TATA DOCOMO HAS BEST DATA SERVICE SPEED ANY ANY GSM MOBILE OPERATOR ON PAN INDIA BASIS.
lee September 21, 2010 at 9:55 am
@Amit.g
how do u no if it’s normal, special, or low grade coffee?
ashish September 21, 2010 at 9:14 am
BSNL is not using motorola any where….its using Ericsson & huawei…..swap project is alreay completed …..:)@XYZ
ashish September 21, 2010 at 9:10 am
@XYZ
motorola has become past in indian telecom history….only few operators(tata & spice) are using motorola in present days….& they are planning to swap these equipments with ericssin & Nokia
Amit.g September 21, 2010 at 12:12 am
@susanta
huawei equipments r not of low quality they r as good as ericcson or NSN.since european euipments r costlier we feel they r having good quality compared to huawei.
ITS LIKE HAVING A CUP OF COFFEE IN CCD AND NORMAL HOTEL..though ccd’s coffee is almost 4 times costlier u dont.find much difference in taste infact hotels.coffee is tastier than ccd once.
ITS JUST AN EXAMPLE
susanta September 20, 2010 at 10:26 pm
huawai eqipments are low cost equipments……..so operators go for them instead of quality equipments of others……………
XYZ September 20, 2010 at 8:58 pm
Why these operator go for Huawei when the World class telecom equipment companies like Motorola available,even bsnl using Motorola for their 2G and 3G operations.
lee September 20, 2010 at 8:50 pm
@Arjun A
wat about d radiation levels?
Arjun A September 20, 2010 at 8:20 pm
@lee
China bashing is all right, even necessary to a certain extent. But are you aware that almost all of Tata DoCoMo’s GSM/GPRS/EDGE network has been rolled out by Huawei. And is the network lacking in data quality ? Everybody knows the answer to that one.
And just to bring out a little statistic, ZTE and Huawei are amongst the 5 largest telecom equipment companies in the world, way ahead of Motorola, Nortel, NEC, Samsung & Alcatel-Lucent.
anandh September 20, 2010 at 8:18 pm
so far airtel looted people with 2g now they got new way to loot people.
Arjun A September 20, 2010 at 8:09 pm
@AWARA
There was news recently that Airtel, Vodafone & Idea are going to form a W-CDMA/UMTS roaming alliance. That will leave out only Orissa because all the three do not have a license for it.
lee September 20, 2010 at 8:03 pm
@Arjun A
wat i meant is like why are they going for chinese crap, when there r world class products out there?
Arjun A September 20, 2010 at 7:51 pm
@lee
In which circles does Airtel use Motorola equipment for GSM(2G) ?
AWARA September 20, 2010 at 7:32 pm
@ashR 99%
It’s Impossible Because AirTel is Not MVNO Like Virgin
Jitendra September 20, 2010 at 6:41 pm
Oh no it means 3G services would be costly than BSNL & MTNL operator to his subscribers.
Amit.g September 20, 2010 at 6:13 pm
good going airtel. waiting for 3g from airtel
lee September 20, 2010 at 6:07 pm
What about motorola’s equipment?
ashR September 20, 2010 at 5:47 pm
may be airtel share Idea or Vodafone 3g n/w in haryana………….
AWARA September 20, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Only Available For Mumbai. AirTel Has Not 3g License For Maharashtra Circle
AWARA September 20, 2010 at 5:27 pm
EVEN THEY WON’T GIVE NETWORK(INTERNET) SPEED AS PEOPLE EXPECTED. DOCOMO 3G WILL BEAT AIRTEL 3G IN KARNATAKA CIRCLE
Hemant September 20, 2010 at 5:23 pm
I am airtel customer,
Does Airtel have license for Goa, Maharashtra circle?
AWARA September 20, 2010 at 5:19 pm
@ashR
Yes That’s True
ashR September 20, 2010 at 5:13 pm
shit………airtel doesnt have liscence for haryana
Arjun C September 20, 2010 at 5:06 pm
HOW DOES AIRTEL GIVES CONTRACT TO HUAWEI TO LAUNCHES 3G SERVICE? EVEN AIRTEL ASHAMES TO BUY CHINESE PRODUCT TO LAUNCH 3G SERVICES