Airtel 3.5G and 3.75G Broadband and Coverage
Initially Airtel was offering cheapest Mobile broadband plans starting at 5GB for Rs.299/- but later it discontinued due lack of International bandwidth and financial loss it had incurred. In End of 2011, airtel announced its Unlimited Mobile broadband plan for Rs.1,499 and become the best unlimited data plan in mobile market in Sri Lanka.
airtel covers 30% of the population with 3G like Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Matara, Ampara Jaffna, Badulla, Bandarawela and airtel has covered Colombo and greater Colombo using the HSPA+ technology.
Airtel is improving their GSM coverage rapidly and they have 1600+ 2G base stations on operation island-wide and 650+ 3G base stations. Airtel started their service in Northern Sri Lanka on October 2010 and subsequently airtel broadband was available in August 2011 in Jaffna district.
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