Airtel to launch 4G LTE with ZTE hardware in Kolkatta.

Bharti Airtel has announced that it has partnered with ZTE corporation (for hardware) to launch 4G services in India.. Airtel the leading telecom company in India had acquired the Broadband Wireless Access license during auction in June 2010. The company had won the license for four circles which include Kolkatta, Maharashtra Punjab and Karnataka.

4G to be available in India by 2013.

Kapil Sibal, Union minister said that they intended to auction the 4G spectrum by the end of 2012. After a recent meeting about spectrum the empowered Group of Ministers asked the Information and Broadcasting ministry to vacate the 700 MHz bandwidth for 4G use.