Airtel launches 'V-Fiber' to deliver superfast broadband to 'Digital Homes'

‘V-Fiber’ is based on Vectorization - Europe’s No. 1 fixed broadband technology –and will deliver speeds of upto 100 Mbps onAirtel’s fixed broadband footprint in 87 cities.

Airtel is the first operator in India to deploy Vectorization. The offering is live in Chennai starting on Thursday and will be rolled out across Airtel’s national broadband networking the coming weeks.

With ‘V-Fiber’,Airtel has brought fiber closer to homes by deploying additional capacity up to colonies and neighbourhoods and has also upgraded its local exchanges with equipment to handle fiber speeds.

"‘V-Fiber’ will transform the home broadband for Airtel customers with consistently superfast data speeds and enable HD video streaming, heavy file downloads and uploads in a multi-device environment (over Wi-Fi). More importantly, there is no new wiring, drilling etc. required at an existing customer’s premises.One simply needs to upgrade to a new modem to experience ‘V-Fiber’ speeds," a company statement said.
 
Ajai Puri, Director – Operations, Bharti Airtel said, “India is witnessing an explosive growth in data usage and a lot of in-home data consumption is happening over fixed broadband that offers consistent speeds. Airtel has always innovated ahead of the curve and offered its customers best-in-class broadband technology and experience. With ‘V-Fiber’and our national optic fiber backbone, we are all set to offer a future ready network for tomorrow’s digitally connected homes."

"This solution, besides reducing our carbon footprint, offers a very quick and convenient upgrade to the customer. We are also delighted to launch our innovative myHome Rewards and unlimited free voice calling facility for our customers,” Puri added.