Although deployment of fourth generation networks in India has been limited in the past, the entry of new supplier Reliance Jio--emphasizing its fourth generation network--has fueled a wave of 4G activations by the larger incumbent mobile service providers.
Vodafone India, the country's second largest telecom service provider, now says it will launch 4G services by end of 2015 with Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Kochi being the part of the first wave of the roll-out.
Separately, Bharti Airtel had announced it would launch 4G later in 2015.
Those deployments might largely be strategic in nature, as 2G remains the mass market standard, while deployment of 3G has yet to occur broadly, even if 3G adoption is expected to grow fast.
On the other hand, some might argue 4G now will eclipse 3G, in a sort of leapfrog manner.
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