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Airtel pioneers 8 Mbps braodband in India
By siliconindia
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Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 19:30 IST
Bangalore: For the first time in India, Airtel launches 8 mbps broadband internet access for its customers. Currently, the speeds on offer range from 256 kbps to 4 mbps.
According to Atul Bindal, President, Broadband and Telephone services, Bharti Airtel India, with 8 mbps speed, Airtel network will also be IPTV ready. For instance, the customers will no longer have to wait for a video to get buffered while streaming videos. They would be able to download a 5 MB music file in five seconds as copared to 160 seconds on a 256 kbps connection.
Airtel?s 8 mbps broadband service will be initially available in Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata, Delhi and the NCR with a subsequent rollout in Mumbai and Hyderabad, in a few weeks.
The company has already invested in the back end infrastructure to deliver these speeds have a Carrier Ethernet Network (CEN) operational in Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai. In the next phase, Mumbai will be upgraded to a CEN. CEN allows not only provisioning of high speed plans to broadband customers but also deliver 4 and 8 mbps speeds. This investment is a part of Airtel?s ongoing commitment to customer in order to ensure the best consumer broadband experience.
The company has tied up with several content providers such as India Games and Soundbuzz to provide unlimited gaming, music downloads education, and communication services.