<p>Bharti airtel is the third private operator after Tata Teleservices and Reliance Communications to launch 3G services in the country. State-run BSNL and MTNL are also offering 3G services.<br /><br />"Today, as we introduce the airtel 3G promise in Chennai and Coimbatore –- we are delighted to bring the power of the mobile internet deeper south," Bharti airtel President Mobile Services Atul Bindal said in a statement.<br /><br />airtel had bagged 3G spectrum in 13 out of the 22 telecom circles through an auction held last year for Rs 12,295 crore.<br /><br />airtel would offer services like video call, live streaming of video, high speed internet, mobile TV entertainment and go video on social networking in Chennai and Coimbatore through 3G technology.<br /><br />airtel users can avail the services through existing sim cards. For laptop users airtel has also come up with 3G dongles.<br /><br />The company is offering different plans to woo the customers including Pay as you go, Sachet Plans, Standard Plans starting from Rs 101 for pre-paid and Rs 100 for postpaid and FlexiShield Plan, which is a combination of free data usage and a low inbuilt VBC rate.<br /><br />airtel also introduces an initiative to help customers manage their 3G data usage and prevent 'bill shock' – by offering proactive, personalised and timely data usage alerts to its customers. The company has also introduced a first of its kind 'internet usage calculator' that will help customers monitor and analyse their current internet data usage and choose an airtel 3G plan accordingly.<br /><br />Earlier, this week the company had launched its 3G services in Karnataka and had said that it plans to launch services across the other 13 circles by March this year.<br /><br />Bharti airtel, which had close to 150 million mobile customers in India at the end of December 2010, has given contracts to leading global vendors -- Ericsson India, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Huawei Technologies to set up infrastructure for providing 3G services in the country.</p>
<p>Bharti airtel is the third private operator after Tata Teleservices and Reliance Communications to launch 3G services in the country. State-run BSNL and MTNL are also offering 3G services.<br /><br />"Today, as we introduce the airtel 3G promise in Chennai and Coimbatore –- we are delighted to bring the power of the mobile internet deeper south," Bharti airtel President Mobile Services Atul Bindal said in a statement.<br /><br />airtel had bagged 3G spectrum in 13 out of the 22 telecom circles through an auction held last year for Rs 12,295 crore.<br /><br />airtel would offer services like video call, live streaming of video, high speed internet, mobile TV entertainment and go video on social networking in Chennai and Coimbatore through 3G technology.<br /><br />airtel users can avail the services through existing sim cards. For laptop users airtel has also come up with 3G dongles.<br /><br />The company is offering different plans to woo the customers including Pay as you go, Sachet Plans, Standard Plans starting from Rs 101 for pre-paid and Rs 100 for postpaid and FlexiShield Plan, which is a combination of free data usage and a low inbuilt VBC rate.<br /><br />airtel also introduces an initiative to help customers manage their 3G data usage and prevent 'bill shock' – by offering proactive, personalised and timely data usage alerts to its customers. The company has also introduced a first of its kind 'internet usage calculator' that will help customers monitor and analyse their current internet data usage and choose an airtel 3G plan accordingly.<br /><br />Earlier, this week the company had launched its 3G services in Karnataka and had said that it plans to launch services across the other 13 circles by March this year.<br /><br />Bharti airtel, which had close to 150 million mobile customers in India at the end of December 2010, has given contracts to leading global vendors -- Ericsson India, Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) and Huawei Technologies to set up infrastructure for providing 3G services in the country.</p>