Nokia and Bharti Airtel expand 4G deployment across nine circles in India to meet increased capacity demands
October 17 2016 - 5:40AM
- Access to news sites, video content, online gaming and social
media fuelling an increase in mobile data usage
- Agreement between Nokia and Bharti Airtel will enhance coverage
and access in urban, suburban and rural areas within nine circles
in India
DELHI, India, Oct. 17, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nokia
and Bharti Airtel are to expand the deployment of 4G
technology across nine circles in India as the country prepares
itself for the next boom in mobile data demand.
In the 2016 MBiT Index1 Nokia reported an eightfold
increase in India's 4G LTE device ecosystem for 2015, while other
statistics show that access to news, video content, gaming and
social media accounts for 60 percent of India's total mobile data
traffic - and it is rising.
To address this growth, Bharti Airtel has acquired more mobile
broadband spectrum. The new agreement with Nokia will see it expand
the deployment of 4G technology in three new circles in addition to
six circles it already serves, enabling launch of new services that
started in September. Bharti Airtel will be able to provide
improved coverage and faster mobile Internet access, while laying
the foundation for the delivery of enhanced video services and
other on-demand applications.
About the deployment:
- Nokia will deploy its 4G FDD-LTE & TD-LTE technology across
nine of Bharti Airtel's circles in India including the regions of
Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Rest of Bengal, Odisha, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, Kerala and UP East, serving major cities such as
Lucknow, Ahmendabad, Patna and Siliguri
- Nokia will also expand the operator's 3G network in eight of
the territories as part of this rollout and modernization of legacy
2G BTS
- The rollout uses Nokia's radio access with Single RAN
technology for FDD-LTE and TD-LTE
- Nokia will provide professional services including network
integration and network planning and optimization
Bharti Airtel said in a statement: "We are pleased to
continue to leverage Nokia's leading radio access technology and
services expertise to expand 4G capacity and coverage and further
increase the quality of service for subscribers."
Sanjay Malik, head of India Market at Nokia, said: "We
have a long history of working with Bharti Airtel and with this
latest agreement we have become the largest supplier of 4G for the
company. This network expansion will provide the capacity, coverage
and speeds the company needs to meet the next wave of data demand
in India."
Resources
- Press Release: Bharti Airtel, Nokia to launch ultrafast 4G
services in India's first FDD-LTE on 1800 MHz
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1 Nokia's MBiT Index is a report on mobile broadband
performance in India and based on Nokia's analysis of data obtained
from multiple sources included input an analysis from Analysys
Mason.
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