Airtel: Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom provider in India, introduced its Airtel 5G + service on Thursday in eight cities.
According to a statement by the telco comapny, the firm continues to build its network and finish the roll out, customers in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Siliguri, Nagpur, and Varanasi will gradually be able to use the cutting-edge Airtel 5G Plus services.
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Up to a more extensive rollout, users of 5G smart phones will be able to use Airtel 5G Plus at fast speeds on their current data plans. The announcement comes a day after rival Reliance Jio Infocomm launched a beta test of its 5G service in four cities: Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Varanasi.
5G speeds are expected to be 20-30 times faster
In comparison to the current 4G service, Airtel’s 5G network is expected to offer speeds that are 20 to 30 times faster.
“Airtel has been at the forefront of India’s telecom revolution for the last 27 years. Today marks one more step in our journey as we build out the finest network to deliver the best experience for our customers…Our solution will therefore work on any 5G handset and the existing SIM that customers have,” says Gopal Vittal, managing director and chief executive officer, Bharti Airtel.
According to Airtel, its 5G Plus service would improve the company’s complete service offering. It will also enable incredibly rapid access to high definition video streaming, gaming, multiple chatting, immediate photo uploading, and more.
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“By December, we should have coverage in key metros. After that we will expand rapidly to cover the entire country. We expect to cover all of urban India by the end of 2023,” Vittal had said in September.
Jio will offer better inside coverage: Akash Ambani
Jio, which is run by Akash Ambani, asserts that it is the only provider of deep inside coverage thanks to its 700 MHz low-band spectrum. The company further asserts that its 5G network is completely independent of its current 4G network.
The two largest telecom companies in India have just soft-launched their 5G services. This comes after spectrum auctions in which 51,236 MHz was allotted to telecom service providers. By 2035, the government projects that India’s total economic benefits from 5G will amount to $450 billion.
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