![]() When 4G services are launched for voice applications, it would also need a new SIM - called USIM (Universal Subsriber Identification Module) - for the cellphones. 3G enabled smartphones cannot be used for this service. Significantly, when 4G services are launched in the voice area new handsets would be required. It would not be available in the voice segment in other words the technology is not yet ready for application on our cellphone handsets. However, 4G services would be available in only on data services - wireless dongle and wi-fi systems. The rentals are priced between Rs 999 and Rs 1999. The 4G dongles would cost Rs 7999 and the wi-fi systems 7750. Next in line are Pune and Chandigarh, though Airtel authorities did not specify the time frame for the launch in these two cities. While the 4G services would be up and running for the Kolkata circle that has a population of 20-22 million, the services would rolled out in Bengaluru in April. In the summer of 1995, the country's first cellphone service was laucnhed by now extinct Modi Telstra from this city. Kolkata has always featured in the telecom world prominently. Out of these a couple of circles are in the US, a few in Europe, China, Japan and Korea," said K Srinivas, president, consumer business, Bharti Airtel. "There are only about 15 to 20 circles in the world where 4G services are offered right now. ![]() However, the maximum speed of 4G services can go up to 100 mbps. ![]() "While the maximum speed of 2G dongles is 128 kbps, the ones being offered would have 40 mbps," said Bharti Airtel chairman and managing director Sunil Mittal. Downloading Titanic? Tired of the over six hours needed with your old 2G wireless dongle to get the movie on your desktop? From Wednesday you can download the movie in just over a minute, thanks to 4G data services launched by Bharti Airtel in Kolkata.Ī new era of lightening speed was unleashed from Wednesday when the first 4G services of the country was launched by Airtel, improving data transfer speeds by 10 times of 3G services and about 320 times the speed of 2G services.Ĭompared to 2G services that are widely in use now, the services would be 800 times faster.
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