5G Development in India - News & Discussions

[Bapun]

Airtel deploys India’s first private 5G network at BOSCH facility

Airtel deploys India’s first private 5G network at BOSCH facility

www.airtel.in

 

[Sai Jai]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1551590831064510464

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1551590623710687233

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[Ashok Varma]

Govt allowed import of 5G equipment without spectrum allotment for faster rollout

 

[Esmail]

Govt allowed import of 5G equipment without spectrum allotment for faster rollout

It is going to be a race for the early mover advantage between Airtel and Jio, both of whom are trying to have a commercial launch in key metro cities as early as this month.

 

[Sai Jai]

It is going to be a race for the early mover advantage between Airtel and Jio, both of whom are trying to have a commercial launch in key metro cities as early as this month.

Jio will Launch 1st i guess 15th August

 

[Sayantan]

Few places in Kolkata .... airtel 5g live ....

 

[Esmail]

Few places in Kolkata .... airtel 5g live ....

Those would still be on test sites, the test network is operational for all operators currently but that's not a commercial network. Operators can't launch commercial network till they get the official spectrum allotment letter from DoT which is expected to come in a week from now once the fees are paid by the telcos. So the 15th September is still a doable timeframe if the operators already have the network infrastructure and the sim card logistics in place.

 

[Sai Jai]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1555191841066213378

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[Maheswar]

Meanwhile, Airtel has also announced that they are launching their 5G services in this month itself.

Airtel to commence 5G Deployment from August 2022, signs 5G network agreements with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung

Airtel to commence 5G Deployment from August 2022, signs 5G network agreements with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung

www.airtel.in

 

[Ashok Varma]

Those would still be on test sites, the test network is operational for all operators currently but that's not a commercial network. Operators can't launch commercial network till they get the official spectrum allotment letter from DoT which is expected to come in a week from now once the fees are paid by the telcos. So the 15th September is still a doable timeframe if the operators already have the network infrastructure and the sim card logistics in place.

No SIM swap needed for 5G NSA. Airtel will launch 5G NSA with b1+C band or b3+C band. Jio might follow same route with b3+C band in initial stage and later they will launch 5G SA with band28+C band.