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Making a giant leap in digital technology, Bharti Airtel on Thursday takes the internet to the next level, by announcing the first 5G service on a commercial network in Hyderabad.
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Making a giant leap in digital technology, Bharti Airtel on Thursday takes the internet to the next level, by announcing the first 5G service on a commercial network in Hyderabad.
5G is expected to deliver 10x speed, 10x latency, and 100x concurrency when compared to existing technologies and massive connectivity between machines.
It is running live for over 1800 bands on a commercial network in Hyderabad today. Airtel made it clear that this live test was on a limited commercial network and would not be available for general users for now. Airtel, with today’s announcement, made it clear that they were fully ready for the 5G services.
“The full power of 5G spectrum can be felt when the government expands the spectrum,” Gopal Vittal, MD and Chief Executive Officer of Bharti Airtel said.
However, Airtel users with 5G handset in Hyderabad will have to wait for now as today’s 5G test launch was in a commercial set up. “When we do launch 5G to customers, it must have the full power of spectrum.
We would need more spectrum in 3.5 Ghz band,” Gopal Vittal said in reply to a question. Airtel did this over its existing liberalised spectrum in the 1800 MHz band through the NSA (Non Stand Alone) network technology. Also Read - China Begins Using Anal Swabs to Test For Covid-19, Claims The Virus Survives Longer in The Anus
When will Airtel Customers Get To Use 5G Services?
If permitted by the authorities, in a matter of months, Airtel customers can start experiencing 5G.
Over 20 commercially available 5G smartphones in India will be ready for Airtel 5G.
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Elaborating more, Airtel also said that it seamlessly operated 5G and 4G concurrently within the same spectrum block.