Do you have a 5G phone but don’t know when you will be able to use your phone in 5G network. But there is a good news for you as India could get 5G services as early as this year.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has confirm that 5G services will launch in India in 2022.
The DoT has also reveale that the 5G services will be made available in 13 Indian cities in the beginning.
After that It will be roll out in remaining cities.
DoT said in an official statement :
“Costing Rs 224 crore, the project is likely to be complete by 31st December, 2021, paving the way for end-to-end testing of 5G (/topic/5g) User Equipments (UEs) and network equipment by 5G (/topic/5g) stakeholders developing 5G (/topic/5g) products/services/use cases, including indigenous start-ups, SMEs, Academia and Industry in the country,”.
The telecommunications department said that the 13 cities that will get 5G services include Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Jamnagar, Kolkata, Chennai, Lucknow, Pune, Delhi, and Mumbai.
When will 5G Services be roll out in India?
The DoT had previously said that it would complete the 5G project by 31st December, 2021.
Telecom Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had announce that the government is expect to hold the auction of the 5G spectrum, including airwaves, in early June.
Post the auction, the government may finally start rolling out 5G services to people in the 13 cities in August and September 2022.
Which Telecom Operator will roll out 5G Services first?
The DoT has not reveale which telecom operator among Jio, Vodafone and Airtel will roll out the 5G services first.
All the three telecom operators are expect to launch their 5G services around the same time.
Jio, Airtel and even Vodafone have already set up their trial sites in the 13 cities that are expect to get 5G services.
Airtel and Jio have claim to be the first operators to roll out 5G services in India.
Airtel’s Bharti Mittal has confirm that the company’s 5G network is ready and it will roll out soon after the auction is complete.
Bharti Mittal Said :
“Yes, you’ll get faster speeds but they will be there. There is a desire of the government to start 5G soon, right? As soon as the recommendations come and auctions happen, within months I would say you will have early 5G networks coming up and Airtel has been getting ready for the same,”.
Jio said that it has complete 5G coverage planning for over 1000 top cities across India.
Jio Said :
“5G coverage planning has been completed for 1,000 top cities across the country. Jio has been doing trials on advanced use cases across Healthcare and Industrial Automation on its 5G network,”.
The telecom company has said that it plans to roll out 5G in India in phases.
