Mobile service provider Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced that it made investment in 4G LTE network to launch in 4G services in Salem, Tamil Nadu.
Airtel 4G is already available in Chennai, Pondy, Vellore, Trichy, Madurai, Coimbatore, Tirupur and Tirunelveli.
The company is offering Airtel 4G on smart devices including mobile phones, dongles, 4G hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles – at 3G prices. Samsung, Xiaomi, Motorola, Lenovo, Asus and Huawei are selling 4G smartphones in India.
“We recently launched Project Leap, our national network transformation drive, and look forward to augmenting our 4G LTE presence to more regions like Salem and deliver a compelling network experience for our customers,” said George Mathen, Hub CEO – Kerala & Tamil Nadu, Bharti Airtel.
Airtel 4G network is currently available in more than 330 towns after going live in Kolkata in April 2012. Reliance Jio Infocomm, Vodafone and Idea Cellular will be launching / expanding their 4G presence in 2016.
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