KOLKATA: Sunil Bharti Mittal-led Bharti Airtel<\/a> is pumping in $1 billion ( 6,400 crore) in this financial year to ramp up pan-India 3G<\/a> coverage, expanding the network in new and existing circles to deploy data spectrum purchased in March.<\/p>\n \n\t\"Airtel will roll out 3G networks aggressively over the first six months (of this financial year) as it has acquired additional 3G airwaves in many circles to plug coverage gaps,\" a person familiar with the matter told ET.<\/p>\n India's No. 1 mobile carrier will take a call on injecting additional funds in 3G network expansion at the end of the first half ending September 30 after getting a fix on whether the targeted revenue growth has been generated, a second person said. \"We have no comments and as a policy do not give service-specific capex<\/a> details,\" an Airtel spokesman said in an emailed response to ET's queries on 3G-related spending.<\/p>\n \n\tBharti Airtel will aggressively roll out 3G networks over the first six months and \"would look at upfronting this capex in the first half\" itself, Gopal Vittal, managing director & CEO for India & South Asia, had said during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call. The proportion of the mobile phone operator's 3G sites increased to 33.3% of the total in the quarter ended March 2015, from 22.6% a year earlier, brokerage UBS wrote in a recent report.<\/p>\n \n\tAirtel's 3G drive comes as widespread adoption of 4G is still some time away. For Airtel, 3G services triggered an 84% growth in data consumption in FY15 from a year earlier. Less than 9% of its subscribers use 3G services after the telco spent billions of dollars buying high-speed data spectrum in the 2010 and subsequent auctions.<\/p>\n Airtel spent 30,000 crore on spectrum \" mainly 900 and 2100 MHz \" in the year ended March 31, which can be used for 3G services and it needs to recover its investment<\/a>. Following the auctions in March, Airtel has its own 3G bandwidth in 21 of the country's 22 circles, barring Kerala. Previously, it had the high-speed frequency in 13 circles and offered 3G services in other areas through agreements with other operators.<\/p>\n \n\tIndustry experts believe a key reason behind Airtel's 3G thrust is the creation of a robust, pan-India fallback data services option since 4G coverage is likely to be patchy over the next six months and more and confined to a few cities.<\/p>\n \n\tIn its report, UBS said Airtel's 4G rollout could play second fiddle to 3G in absence of compatible devices. \"We believe 3G will meet the mass market's data needs in India, given the wide gap between the 3G and 4G ecosystems,\" UBS said.<\/p>\n \n\tThere are some 1,960 3G device variants in India compared with 296 4G devices, the brokerage said.<\/p>\n For now, prevailing technology for mobile broadband will be 3G, according to Sandeep Girotra, the India head of telecom gear maker Nokia Networks<\/a>. \"There will be a sprinkling of 4G deployment in the networks, but only selective deployments among incumbents for about a year,\" he said.<\/p>\n\n<\/body>","next_sibling":[{"msid":47869794,"title":"Coimbatore international airport to go wifi by end of next month","entity_type":"ARTICLE","link":"\/news\/coimbatore-international-airport-to-go-wifi-by-end-of-next-month\/47869794","category_name":null,"category_name_seo":false}],"related_content":[],"msid":47869828,"entity_type":"ARTICLE","title":"Bharti Airtel to infuse Rs 6,400 crore in 3G services this fiscal","synopsis":"India's No. 1 mobile carrier will take a call on injecting additional funds in 3G network expansion at the end of the first half ending September 30 after getting a fix on whether the targeted revenue growth has been generated","titleseo":"bharti-airtel-to-infuse-rs-6400-crore-in-3g-services-this-fiscal","status":"ACTIVE","authors":[{"author_name":"Kalyan Parbat","author_link":"\/author\/4437\/kalyan-parbat","author_image":"https:\/\/etimg.etb2bimg.com\/authorthumb\/4437.cms?width=100&height=100","author_additional":{"thumbsize":true,"msid":4437,"author_name":"Kalyan Parbat","author_seo_name":"kalyan-parbat","designation":"Assistant Telecom Editor at the Level of Senior Assistant Editor","agency":false}}],"Alttitle":{"minfo":""},"artag":"ET Bureau","artdate":"2015-06-29 23:45:10","lastupd":"2015-06-29 23:45:10","breadcrumbTags":["3G\/4G","Airtel","3G","investment","capex","Nokia Networks"],"secinfo":{"seolocation":"bharti-airtel-to-infuse-rs-6400-crore-in-3g-services-this-fiscal"}}" data-authors="[" kalyan parbat"]" data-category-name="" data-category_id="" data-date="2015-06-29" data-index="article_1">
印度的第一大移动运营商将呼吁注入额外资金在3 g网络扩张的上半年结束后9月30日修复目标收入增长是否已经生成 加尔各答:Sunil Bharti Mittal-led Bharti附近的旅馆注入10亿美元(合6400卢比)在这个财政年度增加pan-India吗3 g报道,扩大网络在新的和现有的圈子里部署数据频谱在3月购买了。 “Airtel将推出3 g网络积极的前六个月(本财政年度),因为它已经获得了额外的3 g无线电波在许多圆形插头覆盖缺口,”一位知情人士告诉等。 印度的第一大移动运营商将呼吁注入额外资金在3 g网络扩张的上半年结束后9月30日修复目标收入增长已经生成,是否一个人说。“我们没有意见和政策不给特定于服务的资本支出细节,”旅馆的一位发言人称,在电子邮件回复等的查询3 g相关支出。 Bharti Airtel将积极推出3 g网络在前六个月,“会看前期资本支出今年上半年”本身,Gopal Vittal,总裁和首席执行官对印度和南亚,公司第四季度的财报电话会议中说。移动电话运营商的3 g的比例增加到网站截至2015年3月当季总数的33.3%,从一年前的22.6%,券商瑞银(UBS)在最近的一份报告中写道。 Airtel的3 g驱动之际,广泛采用4 g仍然是一段时间。Airtel, 3 g服务引发了84% FY15同比数据消费的增长。不到9%的用户使用电信后3 g服务花费了数十亿美元购买高速数据光谱在2010年和随后的拍卖。 Airtel花费30000卢比的光谱“主要是900和2100兆赫”截至今年3月31日可以用于3 g服务,它需要恢复投资。3月拍卖后,旅馆有自己的3 g带宽在21个国家的22圈,除非喀拉拉邦。以前,它提供的高速频率在13个圈和3 g服务在其它领域与其他运营商通过协议。 业内专家认为关键原因Airtel的3 g推力是创建一个健壮的、pan-India回退数据服务选项自4 g覆盖在未来六个月可能是不完整的,仅限于少数城市。 在报告中,瑞银称Airtel的4 g推出可能的副手在没有3 g设备兼容。“我们认为3 g将满足大众市场的数据需要在印度,由于3 g和4 g的生态系统之间的差距,”瑞银表示。 在印度有1960 3 g设备变异与296年相比4 g设备,经纪公司说。 现在,流行的移动宽带技术将3 g,根据Sandeep Girotra,印度的电信设备制造商诺基亚网络。“会有少量4 g网络的部署,但只有选择部署在现有大约一年的时间,”他说。
Bharti Airtel注入6400卢比在3 g服务的财政
KOLKATA: Sunil Bharti Mittal-led Bharti Airtel<\/a> is pumping in $1 billion ( 6,400 crore) in this financial year to ramp up pan-India 3G<\/a> coverage, expanding the network in new and existing circles to deploy data spectrum purchased in March.<\/p>\n \n\t\"Airtel will roll out 3G networks aggressively over the first six months (of this financial year) as it has acquired additional 3G airwaves in many circles to plug coverage gaps,\" a person familiar with the matter told ET.<\/p>\n India's No. 1 mobile carrier will take a call on injecting additional funds in 3G network expansion at the end of the first half ending September 30 after getting a fix on whether the targeted revenue growth has been generated, a second person said. \"We have no comments and as a policy do not give service-specific capex<\/a> details,\" an Airtel spokesman said in an emailed response to ET's queries on 3G-related spending.<\/p>\n \n\tBharti Airtel will aggressively roll out 3G networks over the first six months and \"would look at upfronting this capex in the first half\" itself, Gopal Vittal, managing director & CEO for India & South Asia, had said during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call. The proportion of the mobile phone operator's 3G sites increased to 33.3% of the total in the quarter ended March 2015, from 22.6% a year earlier, brokerage UBS wrote in a recent report.<\/p>\n \n\tAirtel's 3G drive comes as widespread adoption of 4G is still some time away. For Airtel, 3G services triggered an 84% growth in data consumption in FY15 from a year earlier. Less than 9% of its subscribers use 3G services after the telco spent billions of dollars buying high-speed data spectrum in the 2010 and subsequent auctions.<\/p>\n Airtel spent 30,000 crore on spectrum \" mainly 900 and 2100 MHz \" in the year ended March 31, which can be used for 3G services and it needs to recover its investment<\/a>. Following the auctions in March, Airtel has its own 3G bandwidth in 21 of the country's 22 circles, barring Kerala. Previously, it had the high-speed frequency in 13 circles and offered 3G services in other areas through agreements with other operators.<\/p>\n \n\tIndustry experts believe a key reason behind Airtel's 3G thrust is the creation of a robust, pan-India fallback data services option since 4G coverage is likely to be patchy over the next six months and more and confined to a few cities.<\/p>\n \n\tIn its report, UBS said Airtel's 4G rollout could play second fiddle to 3G in absence of compatible devices. \"We believe 3G will meet the mass market's data needs in India, given the wide gap between the 3G and 4G ecosystems,\" UBS said.<\/p>\n \n\tThere are some 1,960 3G device variants in India compared with 296 4G devices, the brokerage said.<\/p>\n
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