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Airtel had about 5.4 million 3G customers of which 4 million are 3G data customers as of September 2012. Airtel has 3G licence in all 22 circles. [15] In October 2017, Bharti Airtel announced its acquisition of Tata Docomo having roughly 40 million subscribers. [16] In June 2019, Airtel closed their 3G network in Kolkata.
The 'airtel' brand is operated by Bharti Hexacom Limited in Rajasthan and North-East India. Bharti Airtel owns 70% of Bharti Hexacom, while TCIL (Government of India) owns the remaining 30%. [4] Subscriber count and active users include Bharti Hexacom. BSNL Mobile (2000) BSNL 92.26 55.67 4G, 3G, 2G Government of India (100%)
The number of internet users is 895.832 million, out of whom 34.36 million are narrowband subscribers and 861.472 million are broadband subscribers. [3] The following table shows the top 5 ISPs in India by total subscriber base as of 30 June 2023. [The last two rows of the table need explanation.]
Tata Docomo was an Indian mobile network operator, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Teleservices deriving its name from NTT Docomo who invested in the company in 2008. In October 2017, Bharti Airtel announced a merger deal with Tata Teleservices and the acquisition of Tata Docomo. [3]
Airtel had also rolled out its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) technology across all Indian telecom circles. [6] It is the second largest mobile network operator in India and the second largest mobile network operator in the world. [4] Airtel was named India's 2nd most valuable brand in the first ever Brandz ranking by Millward Brown and WPP plc. [7]
Aircel Ltd. was an Indian mobile network operator headquartered in Mumbai that offered voice and 2G and 3G data services. Maxis Communications held a 74% stake and Sindya Securities and Investments held the remaining 26%. [4]
According to the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), internet traffic in India increased by 30% during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. A study by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) found that the number of Indians using the internet for education increased by 50% during the pandemic.
The LTE wireless interface is incompatible with 2G and 3G networks, so that it must be operated on a separate radio spectrum. The idea of LTE was first proposed in 1998, with the use of the COFDM radio access technique to replace the CDMA and studying its Terrestrial use in the L band at 1428 MHz (TE) In 2004 by Japan's NTT Docomo , with ...