Bharti Airtel launches country’s first 4G service

[SpArK]

4G lt is not true 4G

Nope its like 5-1 G or say 7-3 G

 

[Filmmaker]

Nope its like 5-1 G or say 7-3 G

 

[Dr. NooB NinjA]

Less life time. You buy it , you go DODO.

Roflcopter..!!

 

[Lankan Ranger]

Sri Lanka Launches 4G Mobile Service & First in South Asia

Date - 05-09-2011

Sri Lanka’s premier telecom service provider, Dialog Axiata, announced the commencement of its 4th Generation LTE pilot Network in the City of Colombo. The pilot network will initially cover several key zones within the city and is billed to be the first exposition of a 4th Generation LTE network in the South Asian region.

Director General of the Telecommunications Regulator Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL) Anusha Pelpita officiated at a demonstration of 4G LTE network capabilities featuring the achievement of data speeds in excess of 100 MBps in indoor demonstration mode and 50 MBps in outdoor mobile usage scenarios within the city.

The DG-TRCSL Anusha Pelpita in congratulating Dialog on embarking on the bold initiative of setting up a Pilot LTE network said, “Sri Lanka has consistently been at the helm of technology introduction in the region.

The TRCSL is very proud to note the achievements of the mobile sector in delivering mobile voice and broadband services to a Sri Lankan consumers on a very affordable basis – this has driven penetration of voice service to close to 80% and broadband services are now enjoying rapid growth.

Dialog’s initiative to set up a Pilot LTE Network – introducing the next generation of broadband technology to the Sri Lankan market will no doubt add further impetus towards the achievement of the Government’s objective of making quality broadband services available to all citizens”.

Dialog’s Pilot LTE network has been built in partnership with Huawei Technologies of China.

Consumers are invited to experience the ultra-fast data speeds delivered via LTE technology at Dialog’s Future World.

The network also provides outdoor coverage across key zones across Colombo Fort, Colombo 2, 3 and 4 and Narahenpita.

Sri Lanka was the first to roll out a commercial 3G network in South Asia in 2006, and has since advanced its high speed mobile broadband services through the introduction of HSPA and HSPA+ technology evolutions delivering peak speeds of up to 42 MBps.

Dialog’s High Speed Mobile Broadband services are available across all key towns and cities in the country and have succeeded in empowering consumers from all provinces of Sri Lanka with affordable broadband services.

Commenting on the company’s initiative to implement a 4G Pilot Network, Dr Hans Wijayasuriya said, “Dialog is proud to have the opportunity of carrying out an 4G LTE in Colombo city. Technology life cycles are shrinking with each successive generation of technology and we are committed to make our network infrastructure compatible with the very latest technology and to provide our customers with network capability on par with the most developed markets in the world.

The progressive policies of the TRCSL have enabled Sri Lanka to lead the region in this respect. LTE implementations are still in a nascent stage in most markets with terminal (dongle) availability being significantly limited.

However, as we have seen in the case of 2G as well as 3G-HSPA, terminal availability cycles are accelerating and there is no doubt that 4G LTE will be a fore-runner among high speed broadband technologies in the years to come. Dialog will build on the learning from the pilot network, to leverage the strengths of LTE technology towards making 4th Generation broadband services available and affordable to our customers from across all parts of Sri Lanka”

http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-...nches-4g-mobile-service-leads-south-asia.html

 

[Xestan]

still 2G in pasktin for cell phone 3G used by wire less internet service providers

Pakistan already has the largest WiMAX (4G) network in the world.

 

[AstanoshKhan]

Congratulations India.

We still are sticking to 2.5G and the world is going ahead of us. Even Afghanistan has 3G in some part of their country. I wish if Musharraf had ruled for 1 more year and just like we were the ones to launch WiMax first in the world, we'd have had 4G long ago. Pakistan Khappay under Pee Pee Pee rule.

 

[tvsram1992]

Waiting for 4g in Hyd , thought would jump from 2nd gen to 4th gen directly like HAL

 

[The Great One]

Damn, I already got my 3G, and it leaks money like anything. But good speed though. I can see most of the vids without buffering.

 

[The_magnificent]

I still use 2.5g edge connection on mobile . So outdated I am

 

[shree835]

Airtel launches 4G services at Rs 999/month


Bharti Airtel, has launched India’s first 4G services in Kolkata today. Airtel , which had bagged BWA spectrum in four telecom circles -- Kolkata, Maharastra, Punjab and Karnataka -- for Rs.3,314.36 crore in 2010, selected Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE to manage its services in Kolkata. The services are priced between Rs 999 per month to Rs 1999 per month for with a free quota of 6- 9 GB.

"High speed wireless broadband has the potential to transform India, provide a robust platform for building the country’s digital economy and truly empower people. With one of the largest pools of young population in the world, India will see massive growth in consumption of data and content over mobile devices and proliferation of mobile commerce. I look forward to Airtel playing a pivotal role in shaping this exciting future for India," Bharti Airtel, Chairman Sunil Mittal said.

Airtel plans to launch its 4G services in Bangalore within 30 days. Bharti and its rivals paid a total 385.43 billion rupees to buy fourth-generation (4G) wireless broadband spectrum in a 2010 government auction, which saw bids at much higher prices than initially expected.

What is 4G?



4G is short for Fourth (4th) Generation Technology which is an extension on 3G and 2G connection. What 4G technology will basically bring is high speed internet (upto 5 times faster than 3G). Compared to the existing 3G services that allow downloads speeds of up to 21 mbps (mega bytes per second), 4G allows download speeds of “upto 100 mbps’

This basically translates into high definition video streaming and instant photo and video downloads. It will also facilitate quicker uploads.

This move will help in bridging the digital divide and add to economic growth in rural areas by enhancing the reach of e-governance, e-health and e-education services.


Airtel launches 4G services at Rs 999/month - Yahoo! India Finance

Pakistan already has the largest WiMAX (4G) network in the world.

In India WiMAX is a failure...even I was used to have WiMAX.

 

[HZR2011]

How many countries currently have active 4G network??

 

[Contract Killer]

Yaar 3G me to Movie online dekh sakte hai...... to kya 4G me bahar nikal aayenge sab??

 

[The Great One]

But 6-9GB is too damn less. Any cool game isn't smaller than 15GB nowadays.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

3G itself was not so successful as expected.

3G failure: Users shy away from services slated to revolutionise mobile experience

I guess 4G will targeted towards a specific bunch of customers or maybe Airtel wants to be early in the game.

 

[jha]

this means a movie of about 1 gb in 10 seconds!!!

hehehehe...Evil Mind...Piracy is a crime...