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Bharti Airtel Limited (“Airtel”), India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced that it has deployed 4G Advanced technology (carrier aggregation across TD LTE and LTE FDD) in Bengaluru. The deployment will result in a superior 4G experience for Airtel customers through considerably faster data speeds and better coverage – indoors and outdoors. Customers with mobile devices that support 4G Advanced will be able to enjoy 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...

As Reliance Jio sets off to deliver its services, other telecom giants, Airtel and Vodafone have announced the introduction of new post-paid plans which will give them more value for their money. In a press statement from Airtel, on WhatsApp and other social media apps, they have mentioned, “Airtel is also planning some new plans for its post-paid users. You will be hearing about the new plans very soon.” They also mentioned in detail, their analysis of the Reliance Jio offers, where they made it clear, that Reliance’s claims are...

Domestic handset maker, Micromax Informatics is planning to raise the share of 4G-compatible smartphones to 75 per cent of the entire product range by 2017. The company reportedly is in talks with ‘4G-focused telcos’ to cash on the high-speed data networks surge in the country. “Given our robust 4G strategy in the past few months, we have been able to increase 4G uptake unprecedentedly, and now around 35 per cent of our smartphones are 4G. Going forward, in FY17, 65-75 percent of our smartphones will be 4G-enabled,” Micromax Informatics chief...

The cut throat competition between major telecom players in the country has led to huge price cut in the data offers. Vodafone India on Monday slashed effective data rates of its 4G, 3G big internet packs for pre-paid customers offering upto 67 percent more benefits for the same price. The country’s second largest telco said this additional value will enable customers to enjoy their mobile internet experience further by staying online longer and accessing more content. Vodafone, in a statement, said that the move will make the Internet more affordable...

Idea Cellular today announced that it has expanded its high-speed 4G services to cover nine districts of the North East Service Area. The services would now be available in Agartala, Aizawl, Imphal, Kohima, Mokokchung, Senapati and Tura, in addition to Dimapur, where it was launched earlier this year. With the rapid expansion in a fairly short span of time, Idea’s 4G services are now available to over 1.7 million people in the North East, the company said in a press release. Customers in Tura, Senapati and Mokokchung will have their...

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecommunications services provider, today announced the launch of its high speed 4G services in Chalakudy. With this, Airtel 4G is now available across 200 towns in the state. Airtel customers in Chalakudy can now enjoy uninterrupted HD video streaming, superfast uploading and downloading of movies, music and images. Airtel 4G is available to customers across a wide range of smart devices including mobile phones, 4G hotspots and dongles. George Mathen, Hub CEO – Kerala & Tamil Nadu, Bharti Airtel said, “We introduced Kerala to 4G with...

India, undoubtedly has emerged as the next smartphone destination worldwide, but the real growth of smartphone business lies in the rapidly developing Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities and towns. Rapid adoption of smatphones and expanding internet reach in small cities and towns are set to spearhead the next wave of growth for the smartphone market. Acknowledging the next big growth market after Tier one cities, smartphone makers as well as E-Commerce players are spreading their network in smaller cities and towns. According to the latest report from IDC, 25 major...