Videocon to offer 4G mobile Internet services

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Videocon Telecom, a telecom operator said it will offer 4G mobile internet services at existing 2G and 3G prices. Videocon Telecom director and chief executive officer Arvind Bali said: "We will be offering 4G at 2G, 3G rates."

Videocon at present has permit to operate in seven service areas but it has operations in four circles only. The company has plans to launch 4G services by the end of current financial year.

"It will take us 3-4 months to deploy technology from the date we place purchase order. We will start from 10 cities initially by end of this fiscal and we will scale as the business grows," Bali said.

"Further 4G network comes with an advantage of low cost per bit compared to 2G and 3G networks. The advantage of the 4G experience will be the fact that users will be able to download the same amount of data in much lesser time and hence allowing us to accommodate more data download on our network," he added.