ANS: Airtel has launched 5G services in eight cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, and Bengaluru, while Reliance Jio is planning to launch it by Diwali. These cities include Bengaluru and Varanasi. In the not-too-distant future, Vodafone Idea will also start rolling out 5G.
People will be able to experience internet speeds that are ten times quicker than those offered by 4G after 5G has been rolled out. The telecom operator has pledged to bring 5G connectivity to every nook and cranny of India by the end of 2023. Price information for 5G plans should become available over the next several weeks from Airtel, Jio, and Vodafone Idea.
Notably, PM unveiled 5G services at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi on Saturday. 5G technology will offer a wide range of benefits to the common people. It will help in providing seamless coverage, high data rate, low latency, and highly reliable communications. Also, It will increase energy efficiency, spectrum efficiency and network efficiency.
5G technology will help in connecting billions of Internet of Things devices; will allow higher quality video services with mobility at high speed, and delivery of critical services such as telesurgery and autonomous cars among others. 5G will help in real-time monitoring of disasters, precision agriculture, and minimising the role of humans in dangerous industrial operations such as in deep mines, offshore activities.
Unlike existing mobile communication networks, 5G networks will allow tailoring of requirements for each of these different use cases within the same network