Bharti Airtel, the largest telecom operator in India, has just announced the launch of its 3G services in the eastern state of Odisha. The company has made it clear that it currently has 8.5 million subscribers in the said region, and all of them will be able to take advantage of the fast data connectivity offered by the new release.
Airtel 3G will be available to customers residing in the state’s capital Bhubaneswar as well as other cities like Cuttack, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Brahmapur, Keonjhar, Jajpur Road, Jajpur Town and Paradip. According to The Economic Times, The company said in a statement that subscribers will be able to take advantage of 3G speeds for buffer-free video streaming, high speed downloads, file sharing, file transfers, online gaming and more while on the go.
A variety of simple and affordable data plans have been planned by the telecom operator for Odisha, with the cheapest one among them having been priced at just Rs 27. Airtel’s announcement comes right on the heels of Vodafone’s release of its 3G services in the same Indian state late in November.
It is currently offering its high-speed Internet to both postpaid as well as prepaid customers. While the postpaid plans on Vodafone start from monthly rentals of Rs 150 for 50MB, they go up to Rs 850 for 5GB of data. The least expensive plan offered by the carrier is priced at Rs 27, just like Airtel’s cheapest plan, and it offers 90MB data for three days.
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Recently, Airtel announced its foray into the 4G LTE space in the continent of Africa, and a similar launch in India is definitely not far away now. Let’s see how the intense competition shapes up as we lead into the new 4G phase in India.