Breaking Airtel is 1st Telco to launch 5G in 8 cities from 1st Oct

[saketk11]

The company plans to expand the 5G network to cover the top tier cities by Decem ..

Read more at:
Airtel to finalise 5G tariffs soon, may not charge a premium now - ET Telecom

 

[Esmail]

Where did u get the info?

"There is no need to take service separately, and no SIM change is required for consumers, and by providing an option they will be automatically upgraded to 5G," the executive said.

Reliance Jio's tariff to remain affordable, existing subscribers to get opt-in 5G - ET Telecom

"We will always remain affordable. This is Jio's lifetime stand, and will offer more value to customers," a top Jio executive who does not wish to be ..

telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com

 

[RummaanKhan]

Yo what???
Have been to KR Puram station quite a few times in these past few months, never got 5G there..

Even in the KR Puram actual bus stand, I never got 5G signal there..

This site has 5G but 5G info not updated in Tarang Sanchar

 

[hike]

Finally an official confirmation from Jio clarified that a sim change won't be needed for 5G and existing subscribers will be given an option to just opt in to start using 5G.

Told you already 😙🤗

I talk to Jio they ask sim already supported 5G.

Actually in starting when we used to get Jio sim the packet itself used to came with user manual with clearly mentioning 5G compatible. That's why I've so much confidence about no sim replacement.

Bro It's big relief BTW thank you for confirmation.

 

[TheCapedCrusader]

Offtopic. Net velocity app UI updated now. It's now showing 0-1000mbps range for testing 5G speeds. Earlier it was 0-100mbps

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[RummaanKhan]

Offtopic. Net velocity app UI updated now. It's now showing 0-1000mbps range for testing 5G speeds. Earlier it was 0-100mbps

They're launching 5G for 4 cities Tmrw. Seems Varanasi is gonna be a new metro instead of Chennai Hyderabad Bengaluru

 

[TheCapedCrusader]

Seems Jio devloped their own 5G core and other RAN hardwares. All of it are O-RAN

Reliance Jio 5G - Largest 5G network in India

End-to-end 5G network technology of Jio, across radio, core, & automation platforms together with OSS/BSS Solutions enables operators to evolve to new 5G capabilities.

www.jio.com

 

[San_jay]

Today I visited tnagar in chennai and my mobile picked up 5g signal, but the internet speed ranging between 2-6mbps and also the call quality was very bad.

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[TheCapedCrusader]

Today I visited tnagar in chennai and my mobile picked up 5g signal, but the internet speed ranging between 2-6mbps and also the call quality was very bad.

Ranganathan street ? Airtel or Jio ?

 

[San_jay]

Ranganathan street ? Airtel or Jio ?

No. On Sir thyagaraya road, near post office.. Airtel.