India: Airtel launches 4G trials in Hyderabad and Vizag

Indian Telecoms giant Bharati Airtel has said in a statement that, it has launched 4G trials in Hyderabad city of Telangana and Visakhapatnam city of Andhra pradesh state.

In its statement Airtel said ” we have successfully implemented 4G trials in the two cities and the existing 3G customers will automatically upgrade to 4G services freely in the trial period”.  Airtel CEO of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Bharti Airtel (India) said that the company has been investing significantly over development of 4G services in India.

“We want our existing customers to be the first ones to enjoy the Airtel 4G experience and are offering them a free upgrade to Airtel 4G at the same price as 3G. We look forward to our customers’ valuable feedback towards delivering a truly world-class 4G experience for customers in both these cities”, Vijayraghavan said.

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Airtel in a bid to further improve its business in 4G services, engaged in a partnership with Samsung and Flipkart to provide 4G sims and free data bundles along with the 4G handsets. Airtel is the first telecom to operate 4G service in India starting in kolkata,2012. Airtel’s 4G services are now available across India, including Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune, Chandigarh and Amritsar, the NDTV reports.