Airtel introduces 16 Mbps broadband

06 April 2009

Mobile and WLL terlecom service provider Bharti Airtel has introduced 6 Mbps broadband speed, the fastest wireline broadband on DSL in the country.

This service will be initially available in Delhi NCR, Chennai and Bangalore, with phased roll-out to additional cities of Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai and Kolkata.

Airtel delivers its broadband service to customers through a fibre backbone of carrier ethernet network, with last mile delivery on copper using ADSL2+ technology. This technology enables ultra high-speed broadband which is scalable and affordable.

"We will be able to offer 16 Mbps broadband to 70 per cent of the households in the three cities of Delhi NCR, Chennai and Bangalore," said K Srinivas, joint president, Telemedia Services, Bharti Airtel, while announcing the launch of the service.

Airtel is the leading private broadband service provider in the country and offers its services across 95 cities in the country with approximately 9.92 lakh broadband customers as on 31 December 2008.

"We pioneered 8 Mbps broadband and now it gives us great pleasure now to be able to introduce the fastest, wired broadband service on DSL," said Srinivas.