Bharti Airtel has expanded its 4G footprint.

After Kolkata, the operator has launched 4G services in Bengaluru. Bharti Airtel has also introduced the Smartbytes for 4G offer, which enable customers to purchase add-on packs to continue availing of these services even after their monthly data limit lapses.

Commenting on the occasion, Sanjay Kapoor, CEO, India & South Asia, Bharti Airtel said, ?As seen the world over, the total data usage is exploding and is doubling each year to grow to nearly 3.6 hexabytes by 2014. With the launch of 4G, India will move from being a follower in technology to matching the world in this domain. Leading from the front, Airtel is now the only operator that gives citizens of the Information Technology capital of Bengaluru, access to entire spectrum of broadband services including 2G, 3G and now 4G – thereby giving the customers never seen before data experience?.

Besides offering rich content, Airtel 4G will permit access to high definition (HD) video streaming, multiple chatting, instant uploading of photos, etc. The company has launched these services in a pack offering 30 GB of data priced at Rs 2,999.