"The FTTH (Fibre-To-the-Home) based plan (300 mbps download speed) comes at a monthly rental of Rs 2,199 and offers 1,200GB of ultra-high speed data along with unlimited STD and local calling benefits," Airtel said in a statement.
Customers opting for the plan also get free subscription to Airtel's OTT apps - Wynk Music and Airtel TV.
Following the resounding success of our V-Fiber home broadband offering, we are delighted to introduce the new FTTH based plans for customers looking for higher speeds," George Mathen, CEO Homes, Bharti Airtel said
He further said that Airtel will plan to expand FTTH offerings over the coming days and provide customers the choice of home broadband plans across a wide range of price points and speeds.
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Airtel offers home broadband and fixed line services in 89 cities across India and is the second largest broadband service provider in the country after Reliance Jio.
The announcement comes barely a week after Reliance Jio commercially rolled out its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) service "JioFiber" across 1,600 cities in India where the users will have an integrated experience of broadband, on-demand entertainment, free HD voice calling, TV video calling and unlimited data, among others.
Besides "unlimited" broadband at 1Gbps speed, Airtel Xstream Fibre also offers "unlimited landline calls" to any network in India along with benefits such as three months Netflix subscription gift, one year Amazon Prime membership and access to premium content from ZEE5 and Airtel Xstream app, the company said.
Starting Wednesday, Airtel Xstream Fibre is available for users in in Delhi, Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida, Ghaziabad, Mumbai, Pune Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Indore, Jaipur and Ahmedabad.
The service will be rolled out in more markets over the coming months, Airtel said.
"With growing proliferation of 4K HD content, high end online gaming and IoT, we have introduced the 1Gbps Airtel Xstream Fibre for connected homes and premises where multiple users and devices are online concurrently," said Sameer Batra, CEO -- Broadband, Bharti Airtel.
"Along with Airtel Xstream devices and applications, our latest Fibre offering will deliver end-to-end experience to customers with blazing fast speeds and all the content you need on a single platform," Batra added.
As part of the Airtel Xstream device portfolio, Airtel launched an Android based over-the-top (OTT) smart stick and an Android based 4k Hybrid Smart Box that brings satellite TV and OTT content together onto the TV screen with the convenience of a single device, making any regular TV a smart TV.
Airtel Xstream Fibre offers unlimited* broadband at 1Gbps for just Rs 3999/month. It also offers Unlimited Landline Calls to any network in India along with exclusive #AirtelThanks benefits such as three months Netflix subscription gift, one year Amazon Prime membership and access to premium content from ZEE5 and Airtel Xstream app.
Starting today, Airtel Xstream Fibre is available to Homes, SOHO and small commercial establishments in Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida, Ghaziabad, Mumbai, Pune Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Indore, Jaipur and Ahmedabad. Over the coming months Airtel Xstream Fibre will be rolled out in more markets. For more details visit airtel.in/broadband.
Sameer Batra, CEO – Broadband, Bharti Airtel said: “With growing proliferation of 4K HD content, high end online gaming and IoT, we have introduced the 1Gbps Airtel Xstream Fibre for connected homes and premises where multiple users and devices are online concurrently. Along with Airtel Xstream devices and applications our latest Fibre offering will deliver end-to-end experience to customers with blazing fast speeds and all the content you need on a single platform.”
Airtel recently launched its converged digital entertainment play: Airtel Xstream as part of its vision of building a world-class digital entertainment ecosystem and make it accessible to customers through innovative devices and exciting applications.
As part of the Airtel Xstream device portfolio, Airtel has launched an Android based OTT smart stick and an Android based 4k Hybrid Smart Box that brings satellite TV and OTT content together onto the TV screen with the convenience of a single device, making any regular TV a smart TV.
Airtel Xstream brings hundreds of satellite TV channels, tens of thousands of movies and shows in English, Hindi and multiple Indian languages, millions of songs, plus access to all the popular OTT entertainment apps on one platform. It enables customers to access all this content across the screen of their choice – TV, PC, and Smartphone with a unified User Interface. Airtel Xstream devices will come with capabilities beyond world-class entertainment and will be the IoT gateway for enabling a range of solutions for connected homes.