Who’s going to be the winner of the 4G LTE war in Kerala? Here’s a comparison of 4G data packs

The Kerala telecom circle has witnessed launch of 4G services by all three incumbent operators – Airtel, Idea, and Vodafone – last year. With three 4G operators, the battle for 4G data market share is getting intense in the circle. Let’s take a look into the 4G data offerings from these operators in Kerala.

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Airtel 4G in Kerala

Airtel was the first operator to launch 4G service in the Kerala. While the operator bagged 3G spectrum in almost all circles in India, Airtel has only 4G and 2G spectrums in Kerala. To survive the next wave of data revolution, 4G launch was crucial for Airtel. Airtel currently has 4G service across four cities (Kochi, Trivandrum, Calicut, and Thrissur) in Kerala. Airtel’s first-mover advantage was short-lived as Vodafone and Idea launched their 4G services within months of Airtel 4G’s launch.

Unlike Idea and Vodafone, who have upgraded all 3G data packs to offer 4G, Airtel has separate data packs for 4G and 3G services. This is due to the fact that Airtel doesn’t have 3G spectrum in Kerala, and it uses Idea’s 3G network via ICRA. In order to stay on top of the 4G market, Airtel has responded to Idea’s double data offer by giving double data on select 4G packs.

Idea 4G in Kerala

Kerala being its #1 circle, Idea was quick to respond to Airtel and Vodafone by launching 4G services. Idea’s 4G services are available across four cities – Kochi, Malappuram, Kozhikode and Thrissur – in Kerala. Idea also ignited the 4G tariff war in the circle by offering double data on all the data packs above 1GB.

Idea has also upgraded all its existing 3G data packs to offer 4G data. This would be a game changer for Idea as it already has an extensive 3G network across Kerala.