Airtel 4G LTE Services Launched in Pune

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Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile service operator today launches its 4G LTE – High Speed Wireless Broadband Service in Pune (Maharashtra). After Kolkata and Bangalore Pune becomes the 3rd city in India wherein 4G – LTE services available.

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There is no changes on the Airtel Pune 4G tariff plans and device cost. The cost of the 4G USIM will be Rs. 49 and 4G dongle and wireless router is to be priced for Rs 7999 and Rs 7750 respectively, limited period offer price is set for Rs 4999 of both devices. The monthly tariff plans are: 6GB for Rs 999, 9GB for Rs 1399, 18GB for Rs 1999 and 30GB for Rs 2999. All plans offers unlimited usage at 128kbps post-free usage on high speed. Subscribers can opt for Airtel’s SmartBytes for extra data. As part of an exciting introductory offer by Airtel, customers subscribing to 4G services will now be given a 100% cashback for the dongle – thus bringing device cost to customers zero and paving way for mass adoption of 4G services. Airtel also added a new plan with more usage – Break Free Ultimate for Rs 2999 offering 30 GB per month. Customers on Airtel 4G can choose from a catalog of over 35 high quality Bollywood movie titles and leverage the power of 4G to enjoy an unmatched video streaming experience. While 10 movie titles will be available free of cost for customers during the first month, movie buffs can pay a monthly subscription of INR 149 and watch unlimited movies. Airtel will be further adding to this list of movies in the catalog in weeks to come. As an Intro offer for postpaid 999 users will get discount of Rs. 167 per bill for 6 months and 1399 users will get discount of Rs. 466 per bill for 6 months. Being the latest platform of mobile communications 4G LTE can enable real mobile (wireless) broadband experience.With Airtel 4G LTE download speeds can reach up to 40 Mbps and upload speeds can reach up to 20 Mbps.
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[TD="width: 94"] Break free [/TD]
[TD="width: 85"] Break free max [/TD]
[TD="width: 76"] Break free ultra [/TD]
[TD="width: 85"] Break free ultimate [/TD]

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[TD="width: 94"] 999 [/TD]
[TD="width: 85"] 1399 [/TD]
[TD="width: 76"] 1999 [/TD]
[TD="width: 85"] 2999 [/TD]

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[TD="width: 94"] 6 [/TD]
[TD="width: 85"] 9 [/TD]
[TD="width: 76"] 18 [/TD]
[TD="width: 85"] 30 [/TD]

[TD="width: 177"] Charges after usage [/TD]
[TD="width: 94"] nil [/TD]
[TD="width: 85"] nil [/TD]
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[TD="width: 85"] nil [/TD]

[TD="width: 177"] Speed after quota [/TD]
[TD="width: 94"] 128 kbps [/TD]
[TD="width: 85"] 128 kbps [/TD]
[TD="width: 76"] 128 kbps [/TD]
[TD="width: 85"] 128 kbps [/TD]

[TD="width: 177"] Cashback offer [/TD]
[TD="width: 94"] 1 month rental over 6 months [/TD]
[TD="width: 85"] 2 months’ rental over 6 months [/TD]
[TD="width: 76"] Discount of Rs 7999 over 24 months [/TD]
[TD="width: 85"] Discount of Rs 7999 over 12 months [/TD]

[TD="width: 177"] Effective discount of rental [/TD]
[TD="width: 94"] Rs 167/month for 6 months [/TD]
[TD="width: 85"] Rs 466/month for 6 months [/TD]
[TD="width: 76"] Rs 333/month for 24 months [/TD]
[TD="width: 85"] Rs 667/month for 12 months [/TD]
Airtel also offering SmartBytes wherein Airtel 4G postpaid customers will get flexibility of adding data transfer limit and continue browsing at subscribed speed.
Details of Airtel 4G SmartByte Plans:
Smartbyte plans

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[TD="width: 130"] INR 600 [/TD]
[TD="width: 57"] 2 GB [/TD]
[TD="width: 113"] Rs 200/GB [/TD]

[TD="width: 130"] INR 875 [/TD]
[TD="width: 57"] 5 GB [/TD]
[TD="width: 113"] Rs 175/GB [/TD]

[TD="width: 130"] INR 1500 [/TD]
[TD="width: 57"] 10 GB [/TD]
[TD="width: 113"] Rs 150/GB [/TD]
For more details call Airtel’s exclusive 4G call center on 1800 103 0405.

Source - Airtel 4G LTE Services Launched in Pune
 
Will wait for others to launch the so called 4G. Don't want to be guinea pig for this Failtel.

Btw that Smartbyte plan, how does 600 INR for 2GB translate into 200/GB ?? It should be either 400 INR.

Speed after quota makes EDGE look far far better. 128 kbps...Seriously Failtel ??
 
So...

I had subscribed for Airtel's 4G in Pune way back when - during the earlier posts in this thread :) Worked great in my office and in another area but there was no signal at my home, so I cancelled it (kept the dongle).

Now after a gap of nearly 3 years I was visiting an Airtel store to change my regular mobile SIM from normal to nano and saw a flier about Airtel 4G plans and the guy offered to send a technician to my home for a demo/signal test - I was skeptical.

The guy came over the weekend and lo and behold there was decent signal level (3 out of 5 bars) and getting around 20 mbps speedtest result to both local and international servers, so I immediately signed up again for a new SIM and Rs. 750/- 5GB plan :D

Using the same ZTE MF880T dongle I had all those years back, along with an old Dovado TINY router which does automatic switchover between my BSNL connection and the 4G (if BSNL disconnects) so hopefully I'll have 24x7 internet instead of the hassle of BSNL's frequent disconnections!

Guy came for demo on Saturday and I signed up, and next day on Sunday it got activated! I downloaded Fedora 22 (1.3 GB) and got around 20 mbps speed from a Hong Kong mirror - finished in around 10 minutes :D
 
irfanlai said:
All plans offers unlimited usage at 128kbps post-free usage on high speed.
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This is an exageration.
Airtel has 2G/Edge presence (no 3G license) in Maharashtra, expecting 128 kbps from this network is actually very optimistic.
In reality I would say 56-64 kbps.
 
vishalrao said:
@ssslayer I recently enable 3G on my Airtel mobile SIM here in Pune and it works pretty well - at least at my home and office.
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Airtel uses Vodafone or Idea's network to provide 3G.
Therefore, when you take 4G service (for which Airtel has a license), and finish the data limit, you will plunge suddenly to the 2G network.

You are using 3G, therefore you will not face such issues.
 
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