Airtel 16 Mbps wireline broadband launched
Bharti Airtel has launched a 16 Mbps wireline broadband connection in the country.
The company plans to launch the Airtel 16Mbps wireline broadband in Delhi, Chennai, and Bangaluru in the first phase of the roll out. Later, it will extend the 16 Mbps wireline broadband to other cities like Pune, Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata.
Airtel claims that it is the fastest wireline broadband on digital subscriber loop (DSL) in India. The Digital Subscriber Loop (DSL) technology provides digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network.
The Airtel 16 Mbps broadband service is powered by Airtel’s carrier ethernet network. The last mile delivery is on copper using ADSL2+ technology.
Airtel has said that the technology enables ultra high-speed broadband that is scalable and affordable.
Airtel Telemedia Services joint president K. Srinivas said, “We are the leading private broadband service provider in the country and pioneered 8 Mbps broadband. It gives us great pleasure now to be able to introduce the fastest, wired broadband service on DSL.”
“We will be able to offer 16 Mbps broadband to 70 percent of the households in Delhi and NCR (national capital region), Chennai and Bangalore,” he added.
Currently, two tariff plans are being offered by the company for its 16 Mbps broadband at Rs 2,999 and Rs 4,999. The data transfer limit under the Speed Combo 2999 is 20 GB, while that in the Speed Combo 4999 is 50 GB.
The Speed Combo 2999 and Speed Combo 4999 plans offer a fixed line connection too.
Airtel provides broadband connections in over 95 cities across the country, and has nearly 9.92 lakh broadband customers as on December 31, 2008.
In March 2009, Tata Teleservices has announced a 100Mbps broadband access, priced at Rs 10000 per month.
Impatient Ones said on Friday, April 10, 2009, 17:39
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You could see more of the campaign on our website and micro sites.
There is also a speed test on the website to check the speed of one’s broadband connection.
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sadhu jignesh said on Thursday, April 16, 2009, 6:55
thats great new that airtel launched an 16mbps broad band
however its 2999/20gb i will take if it was 4999/20gb who seeing capicity now we have to see the speed
if any further schemes
pls inform me 9898103818
tt said on Monday, May 4, 2009, 8:51
they should make this plan unlimited at this price or atleast start giving 1,2 or 4 Mbps unlimited below 1000 Rs, limited data transfer plans r just a waste and r of no use to most of internet users, True broadband is only when there is no broadband cap and everything is unlimited, India still ranks 115th at internet speed and is far behind the developed world,shame on india, they should start giving high speed internet and stop giving limited plans,make it unlimited
i said on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 19:16
it sucks ………. 20 gb for 16 mbps will be completed in less than 3hours. A complete waste.we need no caps