Vodafone to expand 4G network across 8 additional circles by March 2017

MUMBAI: Vodafone India Thursday said that it will shortly launch 4G services across eight additional circles and 2,400 towns by March 2017.

Key circles of Maharashtra and Goa, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu (including Chennai), UP (W), Assam and North East will soon join Mumbai, Delhi and NCR, Kolkata, Karnataka, Kerala, Haryana, Gujarat, UP (East) and West Bengal in offering Vodafone 4G services, India's No. 2 telco said in a statement.

“We are actively working to expand 4G coverage in our circles across the country to offer our hundreds of million customers world-class data experience," Sunil Sood, MD and CEO, Vodafone India, said in a statement.

"We have enhanced our 4G roll out plans following the spectrum auction in which we emerged as the biggest winners. Our investments in creating a modern and scalable network and partnering with leading global technology infrastructure service providers is enabling aggressive network rollout in terms of pace and scale of deployment,” he added.