AIRTEL 4G LTE: WHAT IS 4G LTE?

AIRTEL INDIA, has just announced the launch of 4G LTE Network in India. Airtel 4G LTE network had already been deployed in Kolkata on trial basis and recently, Airtel has made a public announcement that it will be rolling down the AIRTEL 4G LTE network to other major cities in the next 30 days, including Bangalore.

So what is this Airtel 4G LTE network?

LTE is a terminology in the telecom network that stands for Long Term Evolution [LTE]. LTE is a an advancement in the current GSM netowrk that helps in increasing the speed of data transfers by using the latest advancements in modulation technology (Modulation is a process by which the digital data is encrypted onto the available telecom network frequencies that can be then wireless transmitted to larger distances onto the terminated mobile device).

Is this Airtel 4G LTE superior and the future to current 3G network?

Definitely Airtel 4G LTE is superior to the current 3G network found in the Indian market. 4G LTE has better performance compared to the current 3G netowrks. However, there already is a dispute in the global telecom ccircles with respect to calling an LTE network as a 4G network. There are certain features that are missing in the current so called 4G LTE networks as specified by the telecom standards organisation ITU-Rbecause of which, most of them agree that this is just an evolution towards the 4G network and hence LTE is not the 4G network by itself!

Which devices are supported by the Airtel 4G LTE network?

In order to use an LTE network, your mobile device needs to be LTE ready device. Check with yoiur device manual to see if your device is already LTE enabled. Most of the gadgets in the current Indian market supports only 3G and not the LTE network itself.