<div>Telecom major Bharti Airtel today signed a deal with Nokia Networks to launch high-speed 4G services in six more telecom circles, comprising 11 states, starting from December this year.<br /><br />The new circles where Airtel will launch 4G services are- Andhra Pradesh, North East (7 states), Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, and Karnataka, sources said.<br /><br />Airtel has plans to launch 4G services in Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, North East and Punjab by December 2015, Karnataka by February 2016 and Rajasthan by April 2016, sources added.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel Chief Technology Officer Abhay Savargaonkar in a statement said: "Having already launched the high-speed 4G services across four circles of India, we are now looking at extending this enriching high-speed broadband experience to new circles on 1800 MHz band."<br /><br />The deployment in these circles will be on a different type of 4G technology called FDD-LTE.<br />"We are happy to expand our TD-LTE footprint with Bharti and partner with them to deploy India’s first FDD-LTE in six new circles," Nokia Networks Vice President and Head of India Region Sandeep Girotra said.<br /><br />Globally, there are 360 network providing 4G services and out of this 158 network use FDD-LTE technology, as per Global mobile Suppliers Association, implying better eco-system and availability of affordable devices for this technology.<br /><br />Indian firms, including Airtel, have so far launched 4G service on TDD LTE technology.<br />Nokia Networks, already a supplier of Bharti Airtel's TD-LTE network, will also deploy TD-LTE on the 2300 MHz in 2 other circles, the statement said. Sources said that these two circles are Mumbai and Kerala. </div>
<div>Telecom major Bharti Airtel today signed a deal with Nokia Networks to launch high-speed 4G services in six more telecom circles, comprising 11 states, starting from December this year.<br /><br />The new circles where Airtel will launch 4G services are- Andhra Pradesh, North East (7 states), Punjab, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, and Karnataka, sources said.<br /><br />Airtel has plans to launch 4G services in Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, North East and Punjab by December 2015, Karnataka by February 2016 and Rajasthan by April 2016, sources added.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Bharti Airtel Chief Technology Officer Abhay Savargaonkar in a statement said: "Having already launched the high-speed 4G services across four circles of India, we are now looking at extending this enriching high-speed broadband experience to new circles on 1800 MHz band."<br /><br />The deployment in these circles will be on a different type of 4G technology called FDD-LTE.<br />"We are happy to expand our TD-LTE footprint with Bharti and partner with them to deploy India’s first FDD-LTE in six new circles," Nokia Networks Vice President and Head of India Region Sandeep Girotra said.<br /><br />Globally, there are 360 network providing 4G services and out of this 158 network use FDD-LTE technology, as per Global mobile Suppliers Association, implying better eco-system and availability of affordable devices for this technology.<br /><br />Indian firms, including Airtel, have so far launched 4G service on TDD LTE technology.<br />Nokia Networks, already a supplier of Bharti Airtel's TD-LTE network, will also deploy TD-LTE on the 2300 MHz in 2 other circles, the statement said. Sources said that these two circles are Mumbai and Kerala. </div>