Today, Telecom operator Aircel launched its 4G services in Tamil Nadu and Jammu & Kashmir. Notably, this company became the only private telecom operator to offer all the three existing technologies of 2G, 3G, and 4G in these states.
“We are delighted to now bring highest speed 4G LTE (long term evolution) services in Tamil Nadu and Jammu & Kashmir. This launch comes within a month of our recent 4G LTE deployment in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, and Odisha,” Aircel’s Chief Marketing Officer Anupam Vasudev said in a statement.
Aircel holds 20MHz of spectrum in the 2,300MHz band across eight circles of India, namely: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam, and North East, and Jammu & Kashmir.
Aircel is the second company in India, after Airtel, to launch 4G services using LTE technology.
As per rules, 2015 was the last year for all companies who won the BWA spectrum to roll out services in at least 90% of the service areas, failing which the Department of Telecom will have the right to withdraw the radio waves.
The licensee will have to ensure that at least half the areas under rural telecom exchanges get the required street-level coverage.
Other holders of this spectrum include the Reliance Jio Infocomm, Tikona Digital, and Augere, who are yet to start their services.
