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The company launched its 4G broadband services throughout India in September 2016. [20] It was slated to be released in December 2015 after some reports said that the company was waiting to receive final permits from the government. [ 19 ]
On 10 April 2012, Airtel launched 4G services through dongles and modems using TD-LTE technology in Kolkata, becoming the first company in India to offer 4G services. The Kolkata launch was followed by launches in Bangalore (7 May 2012), [20] Pune (18 October 2012), [21] and Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula (25 March 2013). [22]
In 2011, Argentina's Claro launched a pre-4G HSPA+ network in the country. In 2011, Thailand's Truemove-H launched a pre-4G HSPA+ network with nationwide availability. On March 17, 2011, the HTC Thunderbolt offered by Verizon in the U.S. was the second LTE smartphone to be sold commercially. [60] [61]
Sixteen years later 4G services were launched in Kolkata in 2012. [62] With a subscriber base of more than 1151.8 million (31 Oct 2020), [2] the mobile telecommunications system in India is the second-largest in the world and it was thrown open to private players in the 1990s. GSM was comfortably maintaining its position as the dominant mobile ...
India: April 2012 On 10 April 2012, Airtel launched 4G services through dongles and modems using TD-LTE technology in Kolkata, becoming the first company in India to offer 4G services. The Kolkata launch was followed by launches in Bangalore (7 May 2012), Pune (18 October 2012), and Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula (25 March 2013).
[17] [18] The telecom minister said that BSNL will launch its 4G services all over India on the 75th Independence Day of India along with various other projects. [19] BSNL is using 700 MHz and 2100 MHz bands to roll out the 4G services which can be upgraded to 5G in the future. BSNL has installed more than 40,000 plus 4G enabled and 5G ready ...
Jio soft-launched on 27 December 2015 with a beta for partners and employees [6] [7] [8] and became publicly available on 5 September 2016. It is the largest mobile network operator in India and the second largest mobile network operator in the world, with over 42.62 crore (426.2 million) subscribers. [9]
Vodafone Idea was created on 31 August 2018 by the merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular. [12] On 20 September 2020, the two separate brands Vodafone India and Idea Cellular rebranded as Vodafone Idea (Vi). [13] [14] [15]