Telecom major Bharti Airtel plans to completely acquire US firm Qualcomm's Indian 4G venture, Wireless Business Services, by end of next year.
Wireless Business Services (WBS) has won BWA spectrum, that can be used for 4G
Airtel holds 51 per cent stake in the company, which was initially launched by chip maker Qualcomm.
Bharti Airtel also has 4G spectrum in four service areas of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kolkata and Punjab. However, it is providing only high-speed 4G mobile Internet services in Kolkata, Bangalore, Pune and Chandigarh.
WBS has approached the Department of Telecommunications for allocation of mobile numbers to start testing of voice call services on 4G network in four service areas. It has requested DoT to allocate 25,000 numbers in each service area for testing of voice service.
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