Bharti Airtel has launched 4G on mobile starting from Bengaluru. Airtel announced their plans to roll out 4G LTE service on smartphones for customers in the city back in December. It also rolled out carrier settings update on the iPhone 5s and 5c that enables the 2300 MHz LTE (Band 40) on the smartphones. Few weeks back it conducted a soft launch, today it launched the service officially. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G on mobile, available for Apple iPhone 5s and 5c users in Bengaluru at 3G rates”
Category: 4G
Aircel appoints ZTE for 4G network deployment starting from Tamil Nadu and Chennai
Aircel has appointed China’s ZTE Corporation to supply and deploy its 4G network in India. ZTE had already partnered with Aitel to deploy 4G network in Kolkata and Chandigarh. We already reported that Aircel would start 4G LTE trial starting from Chennai by the end of 2013. Now Aircel has announced that LTE deployment will be initiated in Chennai, Rest of Tamil Nadu (RoTN) and few other business critical circles.
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Airtel to launch 4G LTE on Smartphones in Bangalore this December
Airtel launched 4G LTE services in Pune last October, and rolled out the 4G TD-LTE service in Kolkata, Bengaluru and Punjab, but it doesn’t support voice or SMS currently. Earlier this year Airtel had announced that they would offer voice services for 4G customers in Pune. The company recently shared on Twitter that they plan to introduce 4G services for customers with 4G-enabled smartphones. Continue reading “Airtel to launch 4G LTE on Smartphones in Bangalore this December”
Airtel acquires 100% stake in Qualcomm’s 4G venture
Airtel announced that they have acquired 100% stake in Qualcomm Inc’s 4G venture. Airtel increased its stake to 51% from 49% back in July, which it acquired back in May 2012 by paying US$ 165 million (Rs 927.39 crore approx). Qualcomm won BWA Spectrum in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala circles in 2010 by paying about US$ 1 billion (Rs. 4912.54 crore approx) in the auction by DoT in June 2010 Department of Telecom (DoT). Continue reading “Airtel acquires 100% stake in Qualcomm’s 4G venture”
NTT Docomo to launch 150 Mbps Xi LTE service in Japan
NTT Docomo has started testing their enhanced Xi (read “Crossy”) LTE service that would offer download speeds of up to 150 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 50 Mbps. The first trial run would being in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture from July 30th . Apart from improving the LTE service NTT Docomo has expanded their current 112.5 Mbps Xi LTE service to more than 130 cities in Japan as of this month. NTT Docomo launched the first Xi LTE service back in December 2010 that offered download speeds of up to 75 Mbps. It was upgraded gradually. Continue reading “NTT Docomo to launch 150 Mbps Xi LTE service in Japan”
Airtel 4G plans now start from Rs. 450, partners with BigFlix and Indiagames for movies and games bundle
Airtel has introduced new plans for their 4G customers that now starts at Rs. 450. Airtel introduced 4G TD-LTE services last year, first in Kolkata with plans starting from Rs. 999 with 6GB of free monthly data. Now the new Rs. 450, Rs. Rs. 650 and Rs. 750 plans come with 2GB, 3GB and 4GB of free monthly data, respectively. Airtel has also increased the data limit for the plans starting from Rs. 999 which would come with 10GB of free monthly data limit. Continue reading “Airtel 4G plans now start from Rs. 450, partners with BigFlix and Indiagames for movies and games bundle”
Yota Devices and Olive Telecom partner to introduce 4G TD-LTE Dongles in India
Yota Devices, popular LTE connectivity company based in Russia, and Olive Telecom, one of the leading wireless device vendors India have have partnered to introduce new TD-LTE dongles (modems), portable and fixed routers in the Indian market. Olive Telecom will provide market intelligence and local support for operator testing, customization, logistics and after sales service. Continue reading “Yota Devices and Olive Telecom partner to introduce 4G TD-LTE Dongles in India”
M1 Launches First Prepaid 4G Data Service in Singapore
Up until now, 4G data services were only available to customers on postpaid connections. Today M1 has announced the first prepaid 4G data service for Singapore.
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Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula in Punjab
Airtel has launched their 4G LTE services in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula in Punjab and Haryana, followed by Kolkata, Bengaluru and Pune. All the 4G plans remain the same, but Airtel has added a new plan called Break free Supreme that would offer 50GB of free data at Rs. 4,799. These plans are available for both the pre-paid and post-paid customers in Punjab. There are also introductory cash back offers along with the new Break free Supreme plan for post-paid customers. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula in Punjab”
Reliance to test voice services on 4G networks
Coming from an Economic Times article, it looks like Reliance Industries limited (RIL) is all set to get approval from the telecom department (DoT) for testing voice services on its yet-to-be-launched 4G networks. This comes as a surprise as Airtel has been the only 4G player as of now, with limited network distribution.
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Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Pune
Airtel has launched their 4G LTE services in Pune, followed by Kolkata and Bengaluru. Airtel has also reduced the price of the LTE CPE and dongles, the Indoor CPE with Wi-Fi and the 4G Multi Mode Dongle, that are now available for Rs. 4999 each. Airtel has also announced the availability and free trial offer of Airtel Broadband TV and Games On-Demand for their 4G LTE customers. They have introduced cash back offers for post-paid customers. Airtel 4G services would be available soon for prepaid customers in Pune . Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Pune”
4G LTE Speed Test on EE featuring the Galaxy S3 LTE and Ascend P1 LTE
Today’s announcement by EE on the arrival of 4G LTE in the UK heralds a new era in this Britain’s telecommunication industry. It’s been a long time waiting, and judging by the initial hands on demonstration, it seems that it will be worth the wait.
Huawei’s Ascend P1 and the Samsung Galaxy S3 were two of the few handsets on display at the EE press conference today. Initial speed test shows that the devices were capable of achieving and maintaining 25+Mbps download and 12+Mbps upload speed, a fair upgrade over T-Mobile’s current 3G network.
No price plans has been announced yet. The rollout of EE’s 4G LTE network will begin this year and they aim to cover 1/3rd of the population by the end of the year.
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Everything Everywhere launches a new company brand, LTE in Britain
Everything Everywhere, the UK telecommunication company that was formed following the merger of T-Mobile and Orange UK, today announced a new company brand and details of their LTE network, the first in Britain. The company will from today be called EE, though the T-Mobile and Orange brands will continue to co-exist. EE is positioning the new brand as one focused on delivering super fast broadband via fiber and 4G LTE service.
EE’s 4G network will be switched on for trials today in London, with more cities joining at a later date. In addition to London, EE aims to launch LTE Birmingham, Cardiff, Bristol, Edinburgh, Belfast, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Newcastle, Southampton, Hull, Nottingham and Derby by Christmas of this year. They aim to provide a coverage for 20 million people, a third of the population of Britain, by the end of the year.
EE has insisted that the new brand will allow them to tap other markets, including fibre and broadband as well as other new categories. While the 700 T-Mobile, Orange and Everything Everywhere stores will be rebranded to EE, there will be three distinct brands for consumers, with EE focused primarily on the top-end of the spectrum. Phones confirmed to be launching on the network includes the Samsung Galaxy S III LTE, HTC One XL, Huawei Ascend P1 LTE, Nokia Lumia 820 and Nokia Lumia 920.
Press release after the jump.
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TRAI issues draft regulations on Quality of Service for mobile data services
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released draft regulations on Standards of Quality of Service for Mobile Data Services Regulations. There is no quality of service standards for the mobile data services compared to wired Internet such as broadband. TRAI has decided to benchmark the quality of service parameters for mobile data services such as 2G, 3G and the 4G LTE services based on BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) spectrum. Continue reading “TRAI issues draft regulations on Quality of Service for mobile data services”
Airtel partners with Qualcomm to bring 4G to Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala
Bharti Airtel has announced an agreement to acquire 49% interest in Qualcomm Asia Pacific’s (Qualcomm AP) India BWA entities. Under this Agreement, Bharti has made US$ 165 million approx investment to acquire Qualcomm AP’s India BWA licenses in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala. Qualcomm won BWA Spectrum in these circles in 2010 by paying about USD 1 billion approx to acquire it. Continue reading “Airtel partners with Qualcomm to bring 4G to Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala”