Airtel Introduces 16 Mbps Broadband in India
IT News Online Staff
2009-04-06
Bharti Airtel Ltd. has introduced 16 Mbps broadband in India, the fastest wireline broadband on DSL in the country. This service, powered by Airtel's Carrier Ethernet Network, will be initially available in the cities of Delhi NCR, Chennai and Bangalore with phased roll-out to additional cities of Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai and Kolkata.
K. Srinivas, Joint President, Telemedia Services, Bharti Airtel, said, "Airtel has constantly strived to innovate and deliver high quality products to its broadband customers. 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% of the households in the three cities of Delhi NCR, Chennai and Bangalore," added Srinivas.
Airtel delivers its broadband service to customers through a fiber backbone of Carrier Ethernet Network with last mile delivery on copper using ADSL2+ technology. This technology enables ultra high-speed broadband which is scalable and affordable.
Airtel is the leading private broadband service provider in the country offering its services across 95 cities in the country with around 9.92 lakh broadband customers as on December 31, 2008.
Customers can gain access to 16 Mbps broadband by choosing from 2 Tariff Plans:
A. Speed Combo 2999 - receive 16 Mbps broadband speed with monthly data transfer limit of 20 GB along with a fixed line connection at Rs. 2,999/- per month
B. Speed Combo 4999 - receive 16 Mbps broadband speed with monthly data transfer limit of 50 GB along with a fixed line connection at Rs. 4,999/- per month
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