At an investor presentation, Reliance Jio Infocomm's parent company RIL announced that the company has started trials on 4G LTE carrier aggregation technology, known as LTE-A. It aims to boost 4G speeds and provide better mobile data service by bringing together multiple 4G spectrums that it currently holds including the 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2300 MHz.
The new entrant into the market also said during the presentation that it aims to launch commercial 4G LTE services across India in the coming months.
The LTE-A carrier aggregation technology enables enhanced spectrum efficiency by combining capacities across multiple LTE spectrums within same or different bands to deliver a superior user experience and ultra-fast mobile data speeds.
The Operator is already using the LTE-A carrier aggregation technology in certain states across India such as Kerala and hopes to increase the availability of this technology to all the telecom circles of the country. Jio stated that it is currently operating in over 200,000 villages and 18,000 cities across the country supported by the 1800 MHz and 2300 MHz spectrum bands and plans to expand in 18 telecom circles on the 800 MHz band over the next two months.
At the same time, Reliance Jio is also looking at deploying the LTE-U technology to tap on unlicensed spectrum along with licensed LTE spectrum to increase bandwidth and offload traffic from its mobile network.
Bharti Airtel, the country's leading telco, had started LTE-A carrier aggregation trials early this year.
