Bharti Airtel has completed rolling out 4G services in all of its circles except in Jammu & Kashmir, a spokesperson from the company told MediaNama. Airtel currently operates in 22 circles; its 4G LTE coverage is now present in 21 circles. This was first reported by the Economic Times. However the report had mistakenly claimed that Airtel has 4G presence in all 22 circles. In the past two months alone Airtel rolled out 4G in 6 circles, the spokesperson added. This week it deployed 4G in Assam circle with services going live cities including Dibrugarh & Tinsukia under the 2300 MHz and 1800 MHz spectrum bands. Last week it announced commencement of 4G operations in Bihar circle across 12 cities like Muzaffarpur, Samastipur, Purnia, Daudnagar & Ramnagar among others. Last month Airtel deployed 4G in Gujarat circles in key cities like Ahmedabad, Rajkot, among others under the 1800 MHz band, according to TelecomTalk. In the same month, Airtel 4G also went live in Uttar Pradesh starting with Lucknow, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Varanasi etc. under the 1800 MHz band. In September Airtel started rolling out 4G in Himachal Pradesh circle. Interestingly, Bharti Airtel had signed a network deployment deal with Nokia Networks in October to install and maintain 4G services in three new circles. Nokia’s networking arm already serves 4G services for Bharti Airtel in 6 circles in India since September 2015. The deal comes just weeks after Airtel had acquired 173.8 MHz of spectrum across the three different bands for a total amount of Rs 14,244…
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