Aircel Launches 4G LTE Everywhere ; God knows when it will be available in Reality?

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Aircel has officially announced 4G LTE services in India, becoming the second operator in the country to do so. The operator will be launching 4G services in 4 circles i.e Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Odisha initially. However, there is no word on Pricing.

Aircel bought 20MHz of spectrum in the 2300 MHz band across eight circles in a government held auction in May 2010. The rollout obligation deadline for the purchased airwaves ends in 2015. The company pips the much anticipated similar launch from Reliance Industries' Jio Infocomm.

“Our existing technological leadership position further lends to providing a promising and reliable 4G LTE service to our customers. The wireless broadband services offered will help customers transform their workplaces and homes into ‘smarter’ entities,” says Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer, Aircel.

Aircel is having 20MHz of spectrum in the 4G LTE 2300 MHz band in Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, and North East and Jammu and Kashmir.



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Telecom operator Aircel on Monday launched 4G services in Tamil Nadu and Jammu & Kashmir, claiming to become the only private telecom operator to offer all the three existing technologies of 2G, 3G and 4G in these markets.

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North east guy here. When they cannot even provide a proper 2G network. Screw 4G. They should be arrested for publishing false news. :@
 
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Aircel 4G Plans and Pricing:

  • 4G super home 10GB- Monthly rental Rs.999 provides 10GB data at LTE speeds after which speed is throttled to 512Kbps for additional 1GB beyond which speed is throttled to 256Kbps.
  • 4G super home 15GB- Monthly rental Rs.1349 provides 15GB data at LTE speeds after which speed is throttled to 512Kbps for additional 1.5GB beyond which speed is throttled to 256Kbps.
  • 4G super home 25GB- Monthly rental Rs.1999 provides 25GB at LTE speeds after which speed is throttled to 1Mbps for additional 2.5GB beyond which speed is throttled to 512Kbps.
  • 4G super home 50GB-Monthly rental Rs.2999 provides 50GB at LTE speeds after which speed is throttled to 1Mbps for additional 5GB beyond which speed is throttled to 512 Kbps.
  • 4G super home 100GB- Monthly rental Rs.4799 provides 100GB at LTE speeds after which speed is throttled to 1Mbps for additional 10GB beyond which speed is throttled to 512Kbps.
http://telecomtalk.info/aircel-4g-plan-details-wifi-router-rs999/130857/
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Aircel to wait for mass market 4G; says first aims to exploit 3G market
Mobile phone operator Aircel wants to fully make use of its 3G spectrum before pushing fourth-generation (4G) services, which currently have not attracted much demand, a top company official said.

"We want to first exploit our 3G spectrum. We have almost about 2.5 million subscribers on 3G," Sameer Dave, Aircel's chief technology officer, told ET.

Aircel's strategy for 4G differs from what other companies do. "We are first pushing 4G through the enterprise segment and then want to migrate from the enterprise business to consumers, which will be a very small change," Dave said.

http://telecom.economictimes.indiat...says-first-aims-to-exploit-3g-market/46623919
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Mobile phone operator Aircel wants to fully make use of its 3G spectrum before pushing fourth-generation (4G) services, which currently have not attracted much demand, a top company official said.
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3g is subject to congestion which can be managed better with 4g. problem with 4g is coverage not to mention very few devices currently support it and people who own them are even less.

airtel charges same for 4g as it does 3g. nice if you can get it. but you can watch hd vids on 3g just ignore the 10MB per minute that gets gobbled up. 3g is fine for most other mobile web browsing otherwise.
 
The 100GB doesn't sound so bad. I wouldn't mind using it if they can provided "uninterrupted" service.
 
Actually what is important is the actual 3g and 4G download speeds we get . If the network provider did not throttle 3g the need for 4G might not have been urgent in India . Even with 4G I'm sure speeds will be throttled making it like 3g where advertised speed and actual speed is very different .
 
Bharti Hexacom have entered into definitive agreements with Aircel and its subsidiaries, Dishnet Wireless html acquired rights to use 20 MHz of 2300 Band 4G spectrum for eight circles – Tamil Nadu (including Chennai), Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal, Assam, North East, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa for an aggregate consideration of Rs. 3,500 crore.



http://www.fonearena.com/blog/18145...-spectrum-in-8-circles-for-rs-3500-crore.html



Jio vs A-VO-ID!!!
 
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Gone are the days when Aircel network and services in the North East were one of the best. Now even their towers are just corroding metal junk. They seriously need to revamp their organization from the base. Idea and in some cases even Airtel is kicking their ass.
 
There are conflicting media headlines. One says Airtel bought spectrum completely and the other one says they've got right to use

At least Aircel is launching 4G, Forget about its performance. We need competition.
 
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