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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Bharti Airtel to launch 3G services before the end of this year

Bharti Airtel which is the largest telecom company by users in the country has recently stated that the company will launch its 3G services before the end of this year, 2010. With this announcement, Airtel has become the 3rd private operator to make an announcement about its plan to launch the 3G services as Tata Teleservices and Vodafone Essar has already done so.
During the auction of the 3G services, Bharti Airtel was successful in winning the bid for 13 circles out of total of 22 and these included Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad. These metros accounts for21% of the total traffic of the data in the country.
High speed HSPA networks will be deployed by Bharti and these network services will be provided by Nokia Siemens, Ericsson and Huawei.  The 3G services will enable the users to enjoy multimedia capabilities on the mobile network. Bharti Airtel also stated that the service area of 3G will contribute 68% of the revenue to the company.

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