Airtel tests 5G trial network in Gurugram, offers over 1Gbps speed in testing phase

New Delhi, June 15: In the major development, Sunil Mittal-led telecom behemoth Bharti Airtel has kick-started its 5G trial network in Gurugram. Airtel is running the test in partnership with Swedish equipment maker Ericsson.

According to the reports, the 5G network of Bharti Airtel was able to deliver a throughput of over 1 Gbps speed. The company is presently working with companies like Oppo, OnePlus, Vivo, Realme, and Apple to test its 5G trial network. Following the initial trial, the company is now planning to test 5G in Mumbai soon.

 

 

 

In January this year, Airtel announced a 5G-ready network and successfully demonstrated the 5G service commercially in Hyderabad. Airtel achieved this feat by expanding the existing spectrum in the 1800 MHz band through NSA (Non-Stand Alone) network technology.

 

The development comes shortly after the move by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to allocate 5G trial spectrum in the 700 Mhz, 3.5 GHz, and 26 GHz bands to Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) to develop India-relevant use cases on the next-gen fast wireless broadband technology. For conducting the 5G trials, DoT has allocated spectrum to Bharti Airtel in 3500 MHz, 28 GHz, and 700 MHz in Delhi/NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Bengaluru.

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