October 16th, 2012 4:31 PM 22 COMMENTS

India’s first 4G LTE Smartphone Huawei Ascend P1 LTE Launched with Bharti Airtel

Huawei today announced the launch of its Ascend P1 4G LTE smartphone in India, which becomes the country’s first 4G LTE smartphone. Huawei has launched this smartphone with Bharti Airtel and it will run on Airtel’s LTE 4G network commercially available in Kolkata and Bangalore and also in Pune from 18th October. The Huawei P1 LTE 4G smartphone running on Android 4.0.4 ICS with a variation of Huawei's very light... Read More

October 15th, 2012 12:40 AM 8 COMMENTS

Pune to Get Airtel LTE: Meeting Rollout Obligation?

Bharti Airtel, leading mobile operator and first LTE/4G operator in India is all set to officially launch 4G/LTE-TDD services in Pune, Maharastra on October 18th. Pune will be the third Indian city to get LTE network after Kolkata and Bangaluru. In Maharastra Airtel's LTE-TDD network is made by Nokia Siemens. It should be noted that ZTE and Huawei are managing Airtel's LTE network in Kolkata and Bangaluru respectively. There is no changes on the Airtel... Read More

October 3rd, 2012 4:14 AM 13 COMMENTS

GSA Report: Worldwide Excitements around Long Term Evolution – 70 Commercial Launches in Last 12 Months

In India LTE services are yet to go mainstream, as Airtel 4G is still on its way to find a better uptake. But worldwide LTE is getting huge momentum as it seems to be the fastest growing mobile technology ever.  In a recent report by GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) LTE (both LTE-FDD and LTE-TDD) services has been commercially launched by 105 operators til October 1, 2012 and available in... Read More

September 22nd, 2012 12:58 PM 20 COMMENTS

Way to 4G : Reliance Infotel is Busy to Finalize Vendors

Though there is no definite date of launch is announced or rumored, there are lots of happenings inside Infotel Broadband, the 4G arm of Reliance Industries. It is expected that Infotel will kickstart 4G/LTE-TDD based wireless broadband services in Delhi and Mumbai in early 2013. Reliance Infotel is the only company in the country which won 20MHz pan India spectrum on 2300 MHz band to offer 4G/BWA services. Infotel will... Read More

September 12th, 2012 11:07 PM 28 COMMENTS

Apple Intros iPhone 5; Thinner, Lighter, With Taller 4-Inch Display, 4G LTE Support

Apple today announced iPhone 5, the world's most awaited new up-graded 6th iPhone, packed with new features like a larger retina display, measuring 4-inches and a resolution of 1136×640 pixels; A6 chip for blazing fast performance; and ultrafast wireless technology support with HSPA+, DC-HSDPA and LTE and dual-band Wi-Fi. iPhone 5 comes with iOS 6 OS with over 200 new features including the all new Maps app with Apple-designed cartography and... Read More

July 11th, 2012 12:01 PM 46 COMMENTS

TRAI Issues Quality of 2G, 3G and 4G Mobile Internet Service Standards

Now, there seems to be good news for all the 2G, 3G and 4G Mobile Internet users, India’s telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today issued guidelines on Minimum Quality Benchmark for Mobile Internet services - GPRS, 2G and 3G / EVDO and 4G Data service. With the new regulation - “Standards of Quality of Service for Mobile Data Services Regulations, 2012” TRAI will monitor Quality of Mobile... Read More

July 6th, 2012 4:11 PM 18 COMMENTS

TT Impact: Bharti Airtel Cuts Down 4G/LTE Device Prices to Rs 4999

A week back, we covered a story - 'Five moves Airtel can think about for better 4G penetration', and it seems Airtel is thinking seriously to be leader in wireless broadband segment. Airtel cuts down the 4G-LTE devices pricing to Rs 4,999 from earlier Rs 7999 (dongle) and Rs 7750 (WiFi router). With the price cut Airtel also revised the discounts on Breakfree Ultra and Ultimate plans for postpaid users.... Read More

June 26th, 2012 11:11 PM 15 COMMENTS

Five Moves Airtel Can Take for 4G Penetration

If you see telecom market is going through some dull moments, all are waiting for the spectrum pricing decision to be taken by EGoM. However what happens to excitement around 4G? 4G excitement is now lowered down because no second player in the market, Airtel is just sitting alone on 4G space with their costly devices and not-so-bad tariff plans. There is no definite date from Reliance Infotel about launch... Read More

June 7th, 2012 8:58 AM 30 COMMENTS

CDMA Players Not Responding to Data Tariff War : Even Airtel 4G Cheaper than EVDO Rev B Services In India

So mobile broadband tariff is falling in India, but all efforts are from GSM parties. Basically all 3G/HSPA  (Mobile Broadband) operators – Aircel, Airtel, BSNL, Idea, MTNL, Reliance & Vodafone India slashed their 3G/HSPA data tariff to a new level of affordability except Tata Docomo. (check our exclusive 3G Tariff Comparison Chart  My point is why CDMA players are reluctant to cut down their high speed data (EVDO) offerings? Even Reliance... Read More

May 24th, 2012 4:14 PM 12 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Acquires 49% Stake in Qualcomm India To Launch 4G Services in Mumbai, Delhi, Kerala and Haryana

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile service operator today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a substantial stake of 49% in Qualcomm  Asia Pacific (India) , which has emerged as a successful bidder in the 4 circles of the auction for 4G Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Spectrum conducted by the DoT in June 2010. Airtel has 4G BWA license and spectrum in 4 circles - Kolkata, Karnataka,... Read More

May 16th, 2012 2:56 PM 0 COMMENTS

Will 4G in India go 3G’s way? In Depth Analysis By CARE Research

More than a year after its launch, 3G adoption in India remains subdued at 10-12 million users due to various issues like poor network quality as operators are cash-strapped to spend on 3G expansion, low penetration of 3G enabled handsets, unavailability of local content, absence of a killer application (similar to what SMS was for 2G) etc. Higher spectrum prices also forced operators to offer 3G services at a premium... Read More

May 10th, 2012 5:33 PM 12 COMMENTS

Airtel Introduces New 4G Tariff Plan for Kolkata

Bharti Airtel today announced a new tariff plan – Break Free Ultimate for Rs 2999 offering 30 GB per month for its subscribers in Kolkata circle. Following an encouraging response from customers in Bangalore, the new similar offering will be beneficial for heavy data users in Kolkata. Airtel 4G services in Kolkata are now available for customers with the following plans including New Plan 30 GB of Rs.2999.  (more…) Read More

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