Bharti Airtel has announced that they’ve picked up a 49 percent stake in Qualcomm AP’s India entities that hold the BWA licenses. The deal means good news for Airtel consumers as the operator will soon launch its 4G LTE service in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala, expanding its LTE service to a total of 8 regions, including Kolkata, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra.
As for Qualcomm, they’ll provide technical assistance to Bharti with respect to network architecture and optimization, infrastructure and device testing.
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