The service will be able to support streaming of
High Definition (HD) videos, and other services that work on high speed
networks. However unlike Pune, where the company has announced support for
voice services, in rest of the circles including Chandigarh no such
announcement has been made.
Airtel is offering discounts with all these
plans. For instance, in the Rs 999 plan, you will get Rs 147 back every month
for six months. Similarly, Rs1,399 plan gives Rs 466 off for 6 months, Rs 312
iswaived off every month for 12 months in the Rs 1,999 plan. In the other two
plans, you will get Rs 417 off every month for 12 months.
Airtel is also offering Smartbytes, which
basically allows you to buy extra high speed data quota. These are priced at Rs
600, Rs 875 and Rs 1500 offering 3 GB, 5 GB and 10 GB extra data.
The plans are not very expensive when you
compare these with 3G services, and since all the plans are unlimited you will
not even get a bill shock. However, currently there are no tablets or
smartphones in the market which are compatibleto use the 4G services, so you
can only make use of the 4G network with your laptops or as a home/office
broadband network.
Airtel is currently the only player to offer 4G
services in the country. However once players likeReliance Industries (RIL)
launches their service we will see more competition and a steep drop in4G data
tariffs.
The company has said that it is currently
working towards rolling out state-of-the-art networks in remaining license
circles. And we know from our sources that Delhi and Mumbai circles are next in
line for the launch.
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