Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – Indian telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio aim to complete the nationwide 5G network rollout this year or a year after its launch.

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have invested billions of rupees for rolling out 5G services nationwide.

Randeep Sekhon, CTO of Bharti Airtel, said the coverage 5G Both operations have grown from one million users in October 2022 to 50 million today.

“The 5G network is available in 28 states and 8 union territories, and they will be able to provide 5G to all their customers by the end of this year,” said Randeep Sekhon, CTO, Bharti Airtel , quoted by thehindubusinesslin, Wednesday (4/10). /2023).

Meanwhile, Reliance Jio, the giant technology company owned by India’s Mukesh Ambani, commemorated the first launch of 5G services in New Delhi.

In the warning, Ambani said that 5G services will be available across India in December 2023. Although 5G services are available across the world, consumers are yet to see their true impact.

Meanwhile, Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal said the company is yet to make money from 5G. In fact, operators do not yet offer 5G packages with different prices.

Indian consumers are expecting new use cases for 5G after mobile operators Bharti Airtel and Jio introduced the latest technology last year.

Please note, Reliance Jio has just launched Jio Air Fiber, one of the first use cases of 5G, in early September. Improvements will only be known over time.

According to a 2022 Financial Times report, US telecom companies like Verizon are hungry to benefit from 5G services. The 5G rollout in the United States is much further along than India’s. Additionally, telecom companies are expected to spend billions of rupees on 5G deployment.

Meanwhile, Ookla® data shows improved LTE speeds for Jio and Airtel since the launch of 5G services, as all their investments in network modernization pay off.

5G download speeds are on average 25 times faster than 4G. 5G performance has improved among 5G early adopters in most telecom circles, Kolkata achieved the fastest median 5G download speed in January 2023, above 500 Mbps.

Jio experienced the highest average 5G download speed of 506.25 Mbps in Kolkata, while Airtel was 268.89 Mbps in Delhi.

Airtel and Jio have ambitious goals when it comes to 5G network deployment. Since the launch of 5G networks, 5G availability on 5G-enabled devices has continued to increase, reaching 8% for Airtel and 5.1% for Jio. (Afaani Fajrianti)

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