Bharti launches fixed wireless service

With the launch of this FWP service, Airtel completes its total telecom services portfolio for all segments.

Bharti Airtel on Thursday launched fixed wireless phone (FWP) services in the country and unveiled an offer for subscribers under which they need to pay only Rs 1.20 for a 3 minute call to all local and intra-circle mobiles.

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This tariff means that per minute cost for local as well as intra-circle (within a telecom circle) calls would be only Re 0.40, Sanjay Kapoor Joint president Mobility, Bharti Airtel said in New Delhi.

The service, called 'Airtel Mega', operates on GSM network, a technology on which Bharti Airtel's cellular services are provided.

With the launch of this FWP service, Airtel completes its total telecom services portfolio for all segments.

Airtel Mega would offer a lot of value-added services like hello tunes, SMS and caller ID.