With other Indian telcos such as Reliance Jio and Idea mulling launching 4G service in the country Airtel has already intensified the war for the next generation technology by bringing to Garden City Bangalore the 4G services on mobile in partnership with Apple.

Exclusively available to only Apple iPhone 5s or 5c users at the current 3G prices for a ‘FLYing’ internet browsing experience while on the move, the service will will enable the Airtel mobile customers both prepaid and postpaid  to experience high definition video streaming with zero buffering, download 10 movies in less than 30 minutes, upload full holiday albums in less than 5 minutes by uploading 2 high quality photos per second and connect multiple devices without any experience constraint.

“Customers have to just change their existing SIM to a 4G SIM to start enjoying 4G on mobile without any need to migrate from their existing data plan” Airtel said in a statement. 
 
 Customers on 2G/GPRS data plans/packs can also opt for any of the 3G plans/packs available and enjoy 4G speeds.
 
In addition to these  plans, for heavy data users, Airtel also announced the launch of a new 4G plan giving customers 10 GB 4G data for Rs. 1000/-. While data browsing will be on 4G network, voice calls will be routed on 2G/3G seamlessly with the CSFB (circuit switched fall back) technology.
 
Airtel was the first operator to introduce 4G to the country. It has already launched the service in Kolkata, Bangalore, Pune and Chandigarh and may soon extend it to remaining license circles. These are Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala. But these services were available through dongles.
 
Airtel, whose licenses in Delhi and Kolkatta was due to expire in November, won back 900 MHz in both these metros and added the same in Mumbai. It also won 1,800 MHz spectrum in 15 circles.
 
Other operators like Reliance Jio and Videcon and Idea are expected to launch 4G services in 2014 in the country.
 
Srini Gopalan, Director – Consumer Business, Bharti Airtel India said, “The Information Technology capital of India saw the advent of 4G last year and today we are proud to announce the launch of the much awaited Airtel 4G services on mobile in partnership with Apple. We will together give customers in Bengaluru the power to upgrade to cutting edge 4G LTE technology at no additional cost”.