Telecom network operator Vodafone India announced the availability of 4G SIMs at all Vodafone stores, Vodafone mini stores and 4,000 multi brand outlets across Haryana.

Vodafone India is offering 4G SIMs free of cost. Vodafone customers will need 4G smartphones to access 4G services.

Bharti Airtel has already launched 4G services in towns such as Ambala, Panipat, Hisar, Rohtak, Karnal, Yamunanagar and Sonipat in Haryana. Airtel 4G is available to customers across a range of smart devices including dongles, 4G hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles.

All Vodafone customers in Haryana can exchange their existing SIM to a 4G ready SIM. Vodafone’s 4G services in Haryana will be available soon. Vodafone, which has 5.3 million customers in Haryana, is launching 4G services on the 1800 MHz band.

Vodafone said the new 4G ready SIM enables customers to access mobile internet as per their existing plans and will be automatically upgraded to 4G as soon as the services are launched commercially in Haryana.

Mohit Narru, business head – Haryana, Vodafone India, said, “We want customers to be 4G ready so that they can start experiencing the benefits of high speed mobile internet services as soon as they are launched commercially.”

Vodafone’s 4G services are already available in Kerala, Kolkata, Karnataka, Delhi and Mumbai. The 4G service will be available in states like Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (East), West Bengal (ROB) by August 2016.