Airtel Completes PAN-India 4G Footprint with 4G Services in Assam

[Rewati Baruah]

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom network operator has extended its 4G footprint to Assam and thereby completed PAN-India 4G roll out. Starting with the towns of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia, Airtel has announced its extension of 4G services to the state in North-eastern India.

Airtel’s Look East Policy:

As per the statement, the telecom network operator has now rolled out 4G services in Assam using TD-LTE technology in the 2300 MHz band but will set up FD-LTE technology in 1800MHz spectrum band in the upcoming weeks. With this high-speed mobile broadband, the Airtel subscribers can enjoy seamless HD video streaming experience across multiple devices including smartphones, Mi-Fi dongles, and 4G hotspots.

Addressing the launch of 4G services in Assam, Mr. Sameer Anjaria, CEO, Airtel North Eastern States and Assam, Bharti Airtel, said: “With the launch, customers can also look forward to exciting data offers, and choose from a host of affordable tariff plans that offer great value.”

Bharti Airtel 4G Offers:

The company has offered free SIM upgrade to 4G and launched a host of 4G offers to enjoy the seamless streaming experience on the Airtel 4G network. The subscribers with a new 4G enabled handset can avail 10GB of 4G data at just ₹249. While the ₹249 recharge will give an instant credit of 1GB of 4G data and the remaining 9GB 4G data needs to be claimed through MyAirtel app. It is to remind the users that they can avail a maximum of 3 recharges within 90 days of the offer period. This recharge effectively offers 1GB of 4G data at just a throwaway price of ₹25.

As stated earlier, Bharti Airtel’s 4G footprints now match Reliance Jio in the presence and is committed to improving the network quality through Project Leap for which the telco is investing ₹60,000 crore over the next three years.