The Hindu Business Line : Bharti launches mobile services in UP (East)

Announcing the launch of the service in Lucknow, Bharti said it plans to invest Rs 150 crore in the telecom circle during the current fiscal, with a view to expanding its operations in the region.

In the first phase, Airtel is launching its services in 88 towns of the region covering eight major highways including the key cities of Lucknow, Kanpur, Varanasi, Gorakhpur and Jhansi, a release said adding that services in Allahabad would begin shortly.

In the next phase, the company would launch its services in another 80 towns and cover four highways, it added.

Airtel will be operating on the 900 MHz spectrum band and is launching its services with over 225 cell sites, which is expected to be scaled up to 350 sites shortly. The mobile infrastructure has been deployed and would be managed by Ericsson. The Airtel network is already a 2.5G, and GPRS-ready network and Bharti is expected to launch EDGE services in the region shortly.

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