Telecom operator Idea Cellular has expanded its 4G network to 9 towns in Assam, by launching 4G services in Guwahati.
Idea Cellular’s 4G network is already available in Guwahati, Bongaigaon, Nagaon, Tezpur, Jorhat and Lumding in Assam. Idea Cellular on Thursday said it aims to expand its 4G network to 13 towns in Assam by June 2017.
Idea Cellular started offering 4G services in North East last year. Idea has expanded its 4G footprint in North East Circle to cover 55 towns including all the 6 state capitals – Shillong, Imphal, Kohima, Agartala, Aizwal and Itanagar.
Idea Cellular has over 13.3 lakh customers in Assam circle.
Over the last one year, Idea Cellular has more than doubled its mobile broadband network on 4G / 3G platform, which now covers over 50 percent of India’s population.
Idea’s mobile broadband data services are currently available to nearly 500 million Indians across nearly 100,000 towns and villages.
“4G services in North East Circle were launched in March 2016. We have now expanded 40 percent of our total sites there to offer 4G network covering a population of 2.6 million in the North-East region,” said Pradip Chanda – circle head, Assam & NESA, Idea Cellular.