Bharti Airtel Launches 4G LTE Service In Pune

Bharti Airtel, the country’s largest mobile carrier, today rolled out postpaid  fourth generation (4G services) in Pune, thus becoming the first telecom operator to bring the 4G experience in Maharashtra.Airtel 4G services for prepaid customers in Pune will be launched shortly. The city becomes the third in the country after Kolkata and Bengaluru to get 4G services from Airtel.

The cost of the 4G USIM will be Rs. 49 and 4G dongle and wireless router is to be priced for Rs 7999 and Rs 7750 respectively, limited period offer price is set for Rs 4999 of both devices.

The monthly tariff plans are: 6GB for Rs 999, 9GB for Rs 1399, 18GB for Rs 1999 and 30GB for Rs 2999. All plans offers unlimited usage at 128kbps post-free usage on high speed. Subscribers can opt for Airtel’s SmartBytes for extra data.With Airtel 4G LTE download speeds can reach up to 40 Mbps and upload speeds can reach up to 20 Mbps.

Plan	Break free	Break free max	Break free ultra	Break free ultimate
Rental (Rs)	999	1399	1999	2999
Usage (GB)	6	9	18	30
Charges after usage	nil	nil	nil	nil
Speed after quota	128 kbps	128 kbps	128 kbps	128 kbps
Cashback offer	1 month rental over 6 months	2 months’ rental over 6 months	Discount of Rs 7999 over 24 months	Discount of Rs 7999 over 12 months
Effective discount of rental	Rs 167/month for 6 months	Rs 466/month for 6 months	Rs 333/month for 24 months	Rs 667/month for 12 months

Airtel also offering SmartByte wherein Airtel 4G postpaid customers will get flexibility of adding data transfer limit and continue browsing at subscribed speed.

Details of Airtel 4G SmartByte Plans:

Smartbyte plans	Data	Effective cost
INR 600	2 GB	Rs 200/GB
INR 875	5 GB	Rs 175/GB
INR 1500	10 GB	Rs 150/GB