Airtel Resumes Sign-ups for Broadband Installations, Pushes Back Xstream Fibre Expansion to June 2

“We know how critical it is to have a consistent and seamless experience while working from home,” Vittal said in his mail. “While we are facing challenges in fulfillment given the national lock-down, we will arrange for installation as soon as we can.”

The 1 Gbps plan from Airtel is priced at Rs 3,999 and offers users speeds up to 1 Gbps along with unlimited internet and unlimited calling. Airtel Thanks benefits including Amazon Prime, Zee5 Premium and Airtel Xstream are also bundled with the plan.

Airtel Pushes Back Broadband Expansion Plans

Airtel has also revised its timer on the new cities where it would be expanding its services with the new timer suggesting that the company would be launching its services on June 2. The company in the first week of April had revamped its website where it highlighted that Airtel would expand its services to over 25 cities across India.

The new cities include Ajmer, Aligarh, Bhilwara, Bikaner, Bundi, Dharamshala, Ghazipur, Gorakhpur, Hosur, Jagadhari, Jhansi, Jodhpur, Kakinada, Kolhapur, Kota, Mathura and Mirzapur. Airtel had included “Launching Soon” tag on these cities on its website and had a countdown timer which suggested when Airtel services would be made available to users. Several cities including Hosur had a launch date scheduled for April 30 or May 1 while now the cities have a revised timer with a suggested date of June 2.

The other cities that are also listed on the Airtel site include Muzzafarnagar, Rohtak, Shahjahanpur, Shimla, Thanjavur, Tirupati, Udaipur, and Yamunanagar.

It remains to be seen if Airtel delays its expansion further to the new cities due to the COVID-19 lockdown.