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Posted: 09 Apr 2012 02:55 AM PDT

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel is likely to launch broadband wireless access (BWA) services based on 4G technology in Kolkata tomorrow, expected to be inaugurated by Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal.

"The company has requested Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal to launch the service. He is expected to be there tomorrow," a source said.

The company had plans to launch this service in March but it got delayed because of the minister's busy schedule during Parliament session, sources said.

Airtel has roped in Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE to plan, design, supply and deploy its BWA network in Kolkata. It has potential to provide download speeds of around 100 Megabits per second when an user is on the move, and can go up to 1 Gigabits per second at a fixed location.

The telecom major has appointed Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) for building and operating network in the Maharashtra circle using TD-LTE -- one of the 4G technologies.

With the launch in Kolkata, Airtel will become the first company to start 4G wireless services in the country.

The company had won BWA spectrum in 2010 for four telecom circles -- Kolkata, Maharashtra, Punjab and Karnataka and had paid Rs 3,314.36 crore.

The company was allocated 20 Mhz of BWA spectrum in 2.3 Ghz frequency band which is considered suitable for transmitting signals for operating 4G services.

In the same auction, Reliance Infotel (then Infotel Broadband Services) had won a 20 Mhz slot pan-India BWA spectrum for Rs 12,847.71 crore but the company is yet to announce its plan for rolling out services.

Qualcomm, Tikona, Aircel and Augere have also won BWA spectrum in some circles.

Public sector companies BSNL and MTNL were allocated one slot of BWA spectrum in their respective circles on payment of amount equivalent to the highest bidder in the service area.

Kapil Sibal to inaugurate Bharti Airtel's 4G wireless services tomorrow - The Economic Times

Suggestion: Good Android phone under 15k?

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 02:54 AM PDT

Around 17.5-18 online. Maybe cheaper is some "bazaar" (Based on some discussions here). I would say wait for somebody on the forum from Delhi who may be able to recommend a good place to buy it from in Delhi for a lesser price than that.

ACT network in RS Palya, Kammanahalli area.

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 02:48 AM PDT

Hi,

Does anyone know if there's ACT network availability in RS Palya, Kammanahalli area?

Not getting promised speeds! :/

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 02:33 AM PDT

bsnl aunties dont know anything.
and not any plan exist as far as i know.

Yuvraj Singh diagnosed with cancer !!!

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 02:31 AM PDT

I would say he should not hurry up & come back only when he is fully fit.. Maybe another 6 months or so.

Best low budget tablet?

Posted: 09 Apr 2012 02:30 AM PDT

Based on the models given as current focus - I would say around 7k is the budget , right?

I see quite a few tablets in the 5-7k range - 7" - ICS coming up.

Micromax Funbook
Olivepad
Iberry Auxus
Domo Slate
Karbonn Smart
NXG
Zync
Wespro
Velocity

And there might be many many more selling at Homeshop18 & such sites.

Now coming to question as to which would be good - Well, Personally feel that all these companies (Atleast the Indian ones) are just approaching chinese companies who have a template like setup available to customize for which they do a mass production & these guys do a quality check of the supply & sell. So, I don't feel there will be a major difference in the performance.

Finally, for me it will come to down to trust. Which of these companies would I trust to have given reasonable specs & to have done some decent quality control checks & I can depend on the device to function as expected and also post-sales support is available.

Otherwise, except for 1000 rupees here or there. There is very less to choose between all of these ( Wont depend on 1 Ghz Vs 1.2 Ghz Vs 1.5 Ghz etc)

Also, do let us know whatever you buy & also do a review :D