After Jio’s confirmation that it will release 5G this Diwali, Bharti Airtel now has a timeline for us. Airtel’s Gopal Vittal has confirmed that Airtel 5G will start rolling out in India within a month. This means an October rollout timeline is expected.
Airtel has also revealed that by December it will release 5G in the key metro cities, which could be Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai. The telecom operator aims to deliver 5G services in the entire urban area by 2023. This will eventually be expanded to more regions.
Vittal has further talked about the benefits of 5G revealing that it will be around 20 to 30 times faster than 4G allowing for faster downloads and app boot-ups. Airtel will also use network slicing to provide better network quality for situations like gaming, the “work-from-home” setup, and more data-intensive tasks.
