Ericsson, the Swedish telecom gear firm, on Thursday said
it has signed a 4G network deal (or LTE) with Bharti Airtel,
the country's largest mobile operator .
The company, however, refused to divulge additional
information on the deal including the financial and circle
details.
"Airtel has selected Ericsson for FDD-LTE network,"
Ericsson India Head Chris Houghton told reporters in the
national capital.
Houghton, however, refused to comment when asked which
circle the deal had been signed for.
Bharti Airtel won 1,800 MHz frequency band spectrum in 15
circles including metro cities Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.
The Sunil Bharti Mittal-promoted firm plans to launch 4G
network pan-India using 1,800 MHz.
4G mobile Internet technology provides download speeds of
around 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) on the move and it
can go up to 1 Gigabits per second (Gbps) at a fixed
location.
Airtel had also won broadband wireless access (BWA) or 4G
spectrum in 2,300 MHz frequency band in four telecom
services areas of Kolkata, Maharashtra, Punjab and
Karnataka in 2010.
It later acquired Qualcomm, which had 4G spectrum in New
Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala.
The company already offers 4G services using TDD LTE
technology on 2,300 Mhz band in Ludhiana, Mohali,
Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune, Chandigarh and Panchkula.
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