Videocon Telecom to launch 4G in December

NEW DELHI: Videocon Telecommunications is planning to launch its 4G services using the FDD-LTE technology by December 2014 in the country.

The telco is looking at launching the services initially in Gujarat, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh.

We are planning to launch 4G-LTE service in December-January period.

"Our internal target is to launch services around December this year. Initially we are planning to do it in 10 towns. The launch would be in Gujarat, M.P CG, Haryana, UP West, UP east and Bihar," Videocon Telecom CEO Arvind Bali told ET telecom at the sidelines of 4G World India.

The executive also said that the company would be brining a whole range of services developed around 4G services, like live IPTV.

Bali added that the company was talking to equipment vendors to offer 4G services straight, where it hasn’t launched 2G services yet.

"We are doing studies around our 4G LTE network and the areas that we want to cover initially. We want to be the first operator in the country to launch 4G services using the FDD-LTE technology. We will be going by cluster by cluster, where demand is high for high-speed mobile broadband services and people are willing to pay for high-speed data services," Bali informed.

The company is also looking at spectrum trading and sharing to expand its operations in the country. "Once the policy is out, we will surely be looking at the option to expand our operations in India," Bali said.