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Airtel intros fixed wireless phone in TN

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CHENNAI: Airtel

Monday announced the launch of "Airtel Mega—Fixed Wireless Phone" — services

in Chennai and the rest of Tamil Nadu.






V Balachandran, ADGP (Prisons) Chennai formally launched the product in the
presence of P Swaminathan, Chief Executive Officer of



Bharti Airtel (Mobility) i
n Tamil Nadu.






Speaking on the occasion, Swaminathan said that


Airtel Mega
"fulfills" the customer needs for an innovative home phone

service with the advantages of instant availability, feature-rich instruments

and mobility within the premises. “This service comes with the additional

benefit of a unique after-sales service model,” he said.






“The fixed line market in India is currently underserved especially in smaller
towns and villages, largely on account of inadequate infrastructure. Through

Airtel Mega, we intend to make available home phones to all customers within

'arms reach of desire.' While our mobile service endeavors to deliver an Airtel

in every hand, through Airtel Mega, we will now endeavor to deliver an Airtel in

every home,” he said adding that the FWP launch would help Airtel create a

special place in millions of homes across Tamil Nadu by offering a complete

package of services across the telecom spectrum.






With this launch of FWP service, Swaminathan claimed that


Airtel
completed its total telecom service portfolio for all segments.






Airtel Mega operates on
GSM network.

Available in post paid and prepaid tariff plans; it will be rolled out

progressively across the length and breadth of Airtel's wireless network in

Tamil Nadu, which spans almost the entire urban landscape plus over 10,000

villages in Tamil Nadu. Going beyond the conventional offerings of a fixed line,

Airtel Mega brings to customers special value added services including Hello

Tunes, SMS, Caller ID, and all other services.






For the launch of FWP, Airtel Tamil Nadu has also increased the number of towers
commensurate to the coverage anticipated, and has also in talks with other GSM

operators to place Radio frequency machines in the latter's towers.






However, with Airtel planning to enter into the 3G spectrums by offering other
data services including IPTV, the FWP do not support the new offerings of the

ICT era, it is learnt.

 













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