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Bharti Airtel Starts VoLTE Roll Out in Mumbai

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Bharti Airtel has launch of its VoLTE services in Mumbai, offering for the first time HD quality voice calls along with faster call set up time.

The company plans to roll out VoLTE across the country over the next few months. At present, Reliance Jio Infocomm is the only operator in India offering VoLTE service across the country.

The VoLTE service allows Airtel customers to call any mobile, landline network from Airtel's 4G network and it will automatically fall back on 3G/2G network when users are out og 4G coverage.

There will be no additional data charges for VoLTE and calls will be billed as per existing plan or packs benefits. Some of the popular device models compatible with Airtel VoLTE – iPhone SE/6/6plus/ 6S / 6S plus/7/7plus; Samsung J700 / A800/J2 Pro/J2 2016 and Xiaomi MiMax Prime.

Airtel has also deployed 4G Advanced Carrier Aggregation technology in Mumbai that enables data speeds of up to 135 Mbps by combining spectrum capacities in 2300 Mhz (TD LTE) and 1800 Mhz (FD LTE).

Abhay Savargaonkar, Directo - Network, Bharti Airtel
This is a significant milestone in Airtel’s network transformation journey under Project Leap. Airtel has built a world-class 4G network across India and with the VoLTE compatible device ecosystem beginning to mature, we believe it’s the right time to enable VoLTE calling as part of our service portfolio. Over the next few months, we will rapidly accelerate the deployment of VoLTE to cover all key geographies to bring HD quality calling to our customers. 

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