New Delhi: Bharti Airtel Ltd, India’s largest telecom company, will move to voice over LTE (VoLTE) technology in key markets in the next 12-18 months, a top executive said in an investor call on Wednesday. Currently, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd is the only Indian telecom firm that offers VoLTE, with its entire network built around that technology.
“VoLTE will be very relevant in key markets/big cities in next 12-18 months and even as sub-GHz band is best in deploying voice, 1,800 Mhz band is also very good. We are future-proofing our network for VoLTE and looking at deploying equipment switch in key markets,” Gopal Vittal, chief executive at Airtel, said.
Reliance Jio impact: Airtel to switch to VoLTE in key markets - Livemint
“VoLTE will be very relevant in key markets/big cities in next 12-18 months and even as sub-GHz band is best in deploying voice, 1,800 Mhz band is also very good. We are future-proofing our network for VoLTE and looking at deploying equipment switch in key markets,” Gopal Vittal, chief executive at Airtel, said.
Reliance Jio impact: Airtel to switch to VoLTE in key markets - Livemint
