Spectrum Auction 2021

[Nithishsaba]

I've checked every band, its still Huawei here and no signs of B8, only some tuning happened in the antennas it seems.

 

[Gaurav_add]

Airtel speeds in band 1 without CA and that to no addition of band 40 20 MHz purchased in recent auction to ease network traffic.

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Airtel does some black magic which is beyond my understanding.

 

[JamesHolden25]

@Gaurav_add

Less network load, as everyone is on Jio, so you're getting 50Mbps download.

 

[Gaurav_add]

@JamesHolden25 By the way jio is faster than Airtel

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[pillaicha]

@Gaurav_add can you post SIgnal power and sinr also from the devices being tested

 

[blueman24]

Airtel b40 earfcn in MH changed from 39050 to 39150

 

[Nithishsaba]

"Great news! AIRTEL 4G WITH INDOOR BOOST is here to make your network experience even better! Get ready to enjoy better indoor coverage & faster internet speeds.
Airtel - improving your network experience everyday"

Got this message from airtel TN circle, does that mean 900mhz is added here??

 

[Pankaj]

Mukesh Bhai said, they can add additional 200 MN subscriber with recently bought spectrum.
So now total 600 MN can use 2G speed on 4G network. Noice..

 

[devangpatel]

@blueman24 Hey, did Airtel deployed Band 5 in your area? I am not getting it yet.
Also what about Band 40 in your area, I am still getting 20 MHz only. Also I am not getting CA in my area.

Recently I visited Ratnagiri where I got Airtel band 5 in remote place like Ganpatipule.

 

[blueman24]

I have not seen any changes although not sure as I am not rooted rn and hence can't lock bands. Looks like airtel does not really care about speeds as long as everyone gets ~10mbps down.

Good to know about band 5 deployment in remote places. I guess that's nice.