Sometime last month, there were reports about Bengaluru being the next Indian city (the second one), after Kolkata to receive Airtel’s 4G services. Although back then, the popular service provider in the country had not provided users with a definite date, it had mentioned that it would be roughly 30 days from then that the service would be launched in Bengaluru. Reports coming in now confirm that Airtel 4G services have been officially launched in Bengaluru today, following a launch event. Airtel 4G services in Bengaluru were inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Karnataka, D.V. Sadananda Gowda. Quoting Sanjay Kapoor, CEO – India & South Asia, Bharti Airtel at the event, a Biztech2 report states, “As seen the world over, the total data usage is exploding and is doubling each year to grow to nearly 3.6 hexabytes by 2014. With the launch of 4G, India will move from being a follower in technology to matching the world in this domain. Leading from the front, Airtel is now the only operator that gives citizens of the Information Technology capital of Bengaluru, access to entire spectrum of broadband services including 2G, 3G and now 4G - thereby giving the customers never seen before data experience.”
