India to get 5G soon! 5G services will be rolled out in 13 cities in 2022

New Delhi, December 28: India will soon get a 5G network, as the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) announced that commercial 5G services will be rolled out in India next year. As per a press statement, 13 cities across the country will get 5G in the beginning.

 

In an official release, the Centre today notified, Indigenous 5G testbed project, funded by the telecom department, has reached the final stages and the project is likely to be completed by December 31, 2021.

 

Gurugram, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Delhi, Jamnagar, Ahmadabad, Chennai, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Pune, and Gandhi Nagar are among these cities."These metros and big cities would be the first places for the launch of 5G services in the country next year," the DoT said.

 

 

It should be noted that Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea are conducting 5G trials in the 700 MHz, 3.5 GHz, and 26 GHz bands. The companies have also demonstrated India-specific use cases in fields of education, enterprises, mobility, and security.

 

 

 

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has also produced a consultation paper to solicit input from the sector on a variety of spectrum auction concerns, including pricing, value, and rollout obligations. Last month, Ashwini Vaishnav, the minister of communications, announced that the 5G spectrum auction would take place in April-May 2022. However, because Trai is anticipated to present its recommendations only in March, the auction is likely to be postponed until July.

 

The actual deployment would be dependent on industry readiness, but the government has expressed interest in launching on Independence Day. Telecom service providers have asked the government to maintain 5G spectrum pricing low so that the industry can participate fully.

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