Telecom
operator Aircel today launched 4G services in Tamil Nadu and Jammu
& Kashmir, becoming the only private telecom operator to offer all
the three existing technologies of 2G, 3G and 4G in these markets.
“We are delighted to now bring highest speed 4G LTE (long term evaluation) services to 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 20 MHz of spectrum in the 2,300 MHz band, called broadband
wireless access (BWA) spectrum, across eight circles – Andhra Pradesh,
Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam and North East and Jammu
& Kashmir.
This
spectrum can be used for 4G services. Aircel is the second company in
India, after Airtel, to launch 4G services using LTE technology.
Aircel now is left with two service areas — West Bengal and North East — where it has to start services using BWA spectrum.
As
per rules, 2015 is the last year for all companies who won BWA spectrum
to roll out services in at least 90 per cent of the service areas,
failing which the Department of Telecom will have the right to withdraw
the radiowaves.
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 Reliance Jio Infocomm, Tikona Digital and
Augere, who are yet to start their services.
Posted by : Gizmeon
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