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Bharti Airtel is set to roll out broadband wireless access (BWA) services based on 4G technology in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Union Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal is expected to arrive here to launch the services. “We have requested Mr. Sibal to launch the services,” a senior executive of Bharti Airtel said.
With this launch, Bharti Airtel would become the first to launch this high-speed service. Airtel sources said that this would entail speed of 100 megabits per second when a subscriber is on the move and a far higher speed when at a fixed location.
The company, which had according to its website, a subscriber base of 22 million at the end of January 2012, had won the auctions for three other circles but Kolkata’s preparedness had made this launch possible, a company official said.
Bharti Airtel said that it has selected ZTE Corporation, a listed global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions to plan, design, supply and deploy its 4G network in Kolkata.
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