After Kerala and Mumbai, Airtel has deployed 4G Advanced technology (carrier aggregation across TD LTE and LTE FDD) in Bengaluru. This offers superior 4G experience offering faster data speeds and better coverage – indoors and outdoors and offers 4G data speeds of up to 135 Mbps.
Airtel launched its 4G services in Bengaluru in 2012 on the 2300 MHz band using the TD LTE standard and recently added capacity on the 1800 MHz band using FD LTE. Bengaluru is among the few cities globally to have high speed data services over 4G Advanced.
Under the carrier aggregation deployment, the capacities of TD LTE (2300 MHz spectrum band) and FD LTE (1800 MHz spectrum band) have been combined to enable better spectrum utilization and efficiency.
Commenting on the launch, C. Surendran, CEO – Karnataka, Bharti Airtel Limited said:
Airtel has led the rollout of 4G services in Bengaluru and with the deployment of 4G Advanced, we are taking a quantum leap in delivering a superior mobile broadband experience to our customers in the IT Capital of the country. With the additional network capacity, customers in Bengaluru can look forward considerably improved data speeds and better coverage.