4G service launched in Kolkata

          Now the days have come when Kolkata will be able to watch hassle free 1080p HD videos online, download a blue ray movie in 5minutes & stream HD videos seamlessly. Being first in the country Airtel launched 4G services in Kolkata yesterday. It is a more better service than the current 3G. And airtel said that the speed of the 4G dongle will be in average 40Mbps for download, which can go to a maximum of 100Mbps & 20Mbps for uploads. There only a few circles in world where currently 4G services run (Us, Europe, China, Japan etc.). Till now 4G services will be available in USB Dongle & Wi-Fi network, not in voice processing (means mobile call & sms services is not included). Airtel was allocated to use 20 Mhz of BWA spectrum in 2.3 Ghz frequency band which is considered suitable for 4G services.

Airtel 4G Device

          The rate of 4G Multi mode dongle is around Rs. 7,999 & the wi-fi with CPE is Rs. 7,750. And the tariff is as below

Plan Name	RentalPer Month	Free usage
breakfree	Rs. 999	6GB
breakfree max	Rs. 1399	9GB
breakfree ultra	Rs. 1999	18GB

          Now this is the most shocking part we got. If you are having a speed of almost 40Mbps then your free usage (lets take for example 6Gb) will end within 2.30 minutes [only if you're downloading a 6GB movie]. So what's the use of this minimum free usage :-O . We think this minimum limit must be raised to at least 100GB. And one more thing, as we can see that 3G services is still not yet so much popular in India for its high price how could this 4G services will be a good investment decision. Kapil Sibal has pointed out this matter but at present there is no hope for the price to be slashed. But we must admit that this a indeed a good step forward in the cyber world of India.
#Update: It is now known that after your free usage gets finished you will be getting download speed of 128kbps. For more information visit Airtel's official 4G page here.