Vodafone to roll out 4G services in Delhi, Mumbai by March

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 06 2016 | 1:42 PM IST
Telecom operator Vodafone India will roll out its 4G services in top cities including Delhi and Mumbai by March.
"Vodafone has already launched its high speed 4G services in Kerala. The intensity of its roll-out will continue with major metros like Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Delhi to be launched by March 2016," the company said in a statement.
The second largest telecom operators in the country has started issuing 4G-ready SIMs in Mumbai.
"We want our customers to be 4G-ready so that they can start experiencing the benefits of high-speed mobile Internet services as soon as they are launched commercially. Hence, this facility to upgrade to 4G-ready SIMs in advance," Vodafone India Business Head Mumbai Ishmeet Singh said.
He said the company is "fully geared up to launch" 4G services in 1800 Mhz band in Mumbai very soon.
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Further, the telecom operator announced roll out of its high speed 4G network in Kozhikode also.
"We are proud and delighted to bring 4G services to Kozhikode. 4G services has the potential to revolutionise the mobile experience through powerful innovation that impacts how we work and live," Vodafone Business Head (Kerala Division) Abhijit Kishore said.
The company had recently launched the service in Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.
"Kerala is a significant growth market for Vodafone India with data revenue growing over 75 per cent annunally, which is well above the national average and with this launch our 4G footprint in Kerala has increased to 14 towns", Kishore said.
Over the last 18 months, the company has invested more than Rs 700 crore in Kerala towards network expansion and modernisation to build a technology and energy efficient network architecture to support the volumes and need for speed from the customers.
He also informed testing of 4G services has already commenced and the company has partnered with leading global technology service providers for the network roll-out, he added.
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First Published: Jan 06 2016 | 1:42 PM IST

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