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Airtel 3G plans

Those who have Airtel 2G and wish to migrate to 3G have to wait till Deepawali 2010. Yes, Airtel who has launched 3G on experimental basis in Bangalore this year would be launching the 3G in full swing in major metros and other areas by around October 2010. Airtel has not announced any tariff plans for postpaid and prepaid connections but they are targeting to put forward tariffs lower than BSNL or MTNL to grab a great share of the market.

And with their launch there won’t be any sort of super connection of sort from the Airtel 3G. If the government delays auction of the 3G there is possibility that the launch of Airtel 3G would be delayed and everything that would be unfolded would be delayed. Airtel has already delayed the iPhone 3G in its fold and it would be really good deal to have such deals with their 3G connectivity.

What are the conditions of using the Airtel iPhone 3G?

* This phone can only be used with an Airtel connection. All your benefits/warranties are null and void if one unlocks the phone before 12 months.

* Free 500 MB of data download/month for 12 months. Charges after free usage are Re. 0.60 / 100 KB. This offer is not valid if used on any other phone.

* To activate this Data Plan, you need to request the helpdesk at any Airtel store.

Few days back the Economic Times of India has reported that the Airtel has actually launched their Airtel 3G services on test basis in cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Sanjay Kapoor, Bharti Airtel President (Mobility) told PTI, “We have tested 3G applications at three places – Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore – on a trial indoor spectrum given to us,”

Since the announcement was made by the Department of Telecommunications to allocate the 3G spectrum by auctioning, the major players have geared up to provide 3G access to its subscribers in the cities. Airtel has actually refused on a press meet to give details regarding their network vendors and they only said that they would be dealing with more than one network companies for the spectrum of 3G.



On putting the question whether Airtel has the right technology for 3G services in the cities or not, Kapoor replied, “We as an operator have 3G services in Seychelles. Our license for Sri Lanka is for 3G services as well and by the time 3G services are launched in India we will have enough experience. Moreover, we have SingTel as our partner who has wide experience of offering 3G services,”

The 3G seems to be of great buzz to country like India but there are operators in countries like China who are testing 4G services. China has already decided to move to 4G bypassing the 3G completely. So we need to move really fast in this segment and make a mark.

India is in a position yet to complete the auction of licenses for the 3G spectrum. Though in telecommunication the 3G services are still waiting, Airtel has already provided 3G wireless USB broadband services to its customers. The USB modem is available for just Rs 3,499 for both post paid and prepaid options. With the 3G USB broadband data card one can access the web with a speed of nearly 3.6 Mbps which is amazing. You can get the 3G USB modem through Airtel Relationship Centers in India.

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No doubt Airtel's network coverage is pretty good although I personally believe BSNL/MTNL have a better and wider national coverage.

The problem with Airtel is that their customer service is just too bad. I have had two instances where they just havent resolved an issue when it was all black and white and both the issues resulted in me loosing money just because Airtel decided to keep it for something they never provided.

Airtel's customer service is the worst I have seen from any company recently.
Have a read through the Airtel prepaid complaint I wrote and am still waiting for a resolution after so many months.

gaggan4392

Bad experience......
I am too using Airtel from last 1 year, no complaint nothing, working fine for me.

merc782

get out of the cities, you will notice that only BSNL has the best coverage

gaggan4392

But even with good coverage, no good speed.
Punjab me best is Airtel over BSNL in network coverage..........

panchabhut

Sunil Mittal belongs to Ludhiyana. Punjab should have the best Airtel service.

mickey

lol what a comment i appreciate..

gaggan4392

I too live in Punjab, Patiala. Network for Airtel is amazing, always full...............