New Delhi: Telecom
operator, Aircel has 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 evolution) 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 20MHz of spectrum in the 2,300MHz 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% 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.
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