Airtel to provide seamless global roaming on 3G handsets

Mumbai: Airtel, India's leading mobile service provider today announced seamless roaming services on 3G networks across the world including Japan and Korea. This latest initiative is set to benefit more than 25.65 million Airtel mobile customers while roaming to any of the 3G networks worldwide.

This would benefit customers visiting Japan and Korea who, till now had to change their handsets upon arriving in these two countries to stay connected. Now with a 3G handset they can use international GSM roaming services.

Korea and Japan have 3G networks based on WCDMA technology, which allows GSM subscribers to connect to their networks on roaming.

Airtel has been the first to seize this opportunity and has carried out extensive network testing in Korea and Japan to ensure seamless connectivity. As a result, Airtel customers traveling to these countries will be the first to benefit from this initiative. Any Airtel  customer on 3G-compatible handset will be able to experience seamless connectivity whether on voice or data, while on roaming on WCDMA network and this includes Korea and Japan. Presently Airtel offers roaming facilities on more than 365 mobile networks across 154 countries.