Bharti Airtel launched 4G service in Bangalore & Kolkata. Bharti Airtel is the only company to start 4G data services in the country and Bangalore is the second city on its network. The company has selected telecom equipment company Huawei to deploy and manage the network in Bangalore. Airtel 4G has announced to offer service package of 30 GB priced at Rs 2,999. During the first month, Airtel will provide 10 movie titles free of cost for customers. It will subsequently offer unlimited movies package at a monthly subscription of Rs 149. The company has a spectrum of high-speed wireless broadband service in four telecom circles namely Kolkata, Maharashtra, Punjab and Karnataka and paid Rs 3,314.36 crore in 2010 for the broadband wireless access (BWA) airwaves.
The 4G services will enable customers to experience much faster internet speeds, especially for uninterrupted high definition (HD) video streaming, multiple chatting, instant uploads and downloads of photos and videos.