After Kerala, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Sikkim, Airtel has deployed 4G Advanced technology (carrier aggregation across TD LTE and LTE FDD) in Tamil Nadu. This offers superior 4G experience offering faster data speeds and better coverage – indoors and outdoors and offers 4G data speeds of up to 135 Mbps.
Airtel 4G Advanced is now available to customers in Chennai, Madurai, Hosur, Vellore, Pondy, Trichy, Coimbatore, Salem & Tiruppur and will roll out across the state in coming months.
Airtel launched its 4G services in Tamil Nadu starting from Chennai in May 2015 on the 1800 MHz band using the FDD LTE standard and recently added capacity on the 2300 MHz band using TD LTE. Airtel said that Tamil Nadu is among the few places globally to have high speed data services over 4G Advanced.
Commenting on the launch, George Mathen, Hub CEO – Kerala & Tamil Nadu, Bharti Airtel, said:
As a leader in the telecommunication space it is our endeavour at Airtel to consistently innovate and provide best in the class mobile experience to the customers. We launched Tamil Nadu’s first 4G network in 2015 and with the deployment of 4G advanced we are all set to deliver a superior mobile broadband experience to our customers. With 4G Advanced, customers in the state can look forward to considerably improved data speeds and better coverage. We will extend the deployment of 4G Advanced across identified towns in Tamil Nadu in the coming months.