Bathinda, Punjab, March 27, 2015: Bharti Airtel Limited ("Bharti Airtel"), a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced the launch of its 4G services in Bathinda. With this, Bathinda has become the 12th town in the state to get Airtel 4G services following Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Phagwara, Kapurthala, Patiala and Moga.

Customers can now experience an all new 'electrifying' internet browsing experience with the Airtel's 4G home Wi-Fi. Customers will be able to connect to the fastest ever internet service and enjoy capabilities like high definition video streaming with zero buffering, download 10 movies in less than 30 minutes, upload full holiday albums in less than 5 minutes by uploading 2 high quality photos per second and connect multiple devices without any experience constraint.

Announcing the launch, Manu Sood, Hub CEO -Upper North, Bharti Airtel (India) said, "We are delighted to launch 4G in Bathinda and empower customers with a choice to upgrade to cutting edge 4G technology - the most advanced broadband experience available across the globe today. We invite our data savvy customers in the city to enjoy this world class data experience which we are offering at unbeatable prices."

Priced at Rs. 2500/-, the home Wi-Fi has been bundled with a host of affordable 4G packs/plans and are available across select Airtel retail outlets in Bathinda. Special demo zones and kiosks have been installed at the Airtel Store, near Power House Chowk, 100 ft Road, Bathinda for customers to experience LIVE demos and get started on 4G. Customers can also SMS 4G to 53636 or call 121 or log on to www.airtel.in/4G for more details.

About Bharti Airtel

Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 4 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high speed DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services and mobile commerce. Bharti Airtel had over 319 million customers across its operations at the end of February 2015.www.airtel.com

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