1G(No broadband), 2G(broadband followed, 3G(broadband followed) but in 4G a new chapter in India's telecom revolution begins. India got its first 4G service with the country's largest mobile services provider Bharti Airtel launching services Tuesday based on the TD-LTE(time division long term evolution) technology in the north-eastern city of Kolkata. Bharti is rolling out this service in four cities starting with Kolkata and said that it will be ready to launch 4G service in Bangalore in the next 30 days.
Airtel 4G LTE to put India on to the data superhighway. Lightning fast internet speed - HD video streaming, instant photo and video downloads and sharing will now be just a click away. 4G LTE services will contribute to Government's vision of Broadband on Demand and building India's digital economy. The network has been rolled out in partnership with Chinese equipment vendor ZTE and is theoretically capable of 100 megabits per second speeds.
India's telecom minister Kapil Sibal said at the launch that mobile operators had not lived up to the "challenge" of delivering the "appropriate devices" and the "innovations" required to make 3G's high bandwidth spectrum available to the aam admi, or the common man
Airtel 4G , besides offering rich content, will allow superfast access to High Definition (HD) video streaming, multiple chatting, instant uploading of photos and much more. It will also help in bridging the digital divide and add to economic growth in rural areas by enhancing the reach of e-governance, e-health and e-education services.
The company has announced 2 different USB dongles for accessing 4G service priced at Rs 7,750 and Rs 7,999 and three data plans ranging between Rs 999 and Rs 1,999. The lesser priced device is meant for indoor access of the service while the higher priced dongle is for using broadband on the move.
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