Airtel launches 16 Mbps broadband
By IANSMonday, April 6, 2009
NEW DELHI - Bharti Airtel Monday launched 16 Mbps broadband, the fastest wireline broadband on digital subscriber loop(DSL) in the country, in select cities.
‘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,’ Airtel Telemedia Services joint president K. Srinivas said.
The service, powered by Airtel’s Carrier Ethernet Network, will be rolled out in Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai and Kolkata in the next phase, the company said in a statement.
Digital subscriber loop (DSL) is a technology that provides digital data transmission over the wires of a local telephone network.
Airtel, which is providing broadband services in 95 cities in the country, has offered two tariff plans for the 16 Mbps broadband at Rs.2,999 and Rs.4,999.
The data transfer limit under the Rs.2,999 plan is 20 GB, while that in the second plan is 50 GB.
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May 8, 2009: 1:30 pm
they should make this plan unlimited at this price or atleast start providing 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 |
Abhi