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Airtel 5G Announced in Hyderabad, Country’s First Telecom Operator to Successfully Demonstrate Live 5G Service

Posted on the 28 January 2021 by Mayankgupta
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Airtel 5G announced, On Thursday, the telecom firm declared that it has become the country’s first telecom operator which successfully demonstrate and organize live 5G service. The company claims that its 5G network will be capable of providing 10x speeds, 10x latency and 100x concurrency as compared to the previous technologies.

Airtel 5G uses existing liberalized spectrum

Airtel 5GGopal Vittal, MD & CEO, Bharti Airtel
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Airtel becomes the first telecom network of India that successfully demonstrate and organize live 5G service over a commercial network in Hyderabad city. The company has used NSA (non-standalone) network technology over its existing liberalized spectrum in the 1800 MHz band to successfully operate the 5G connectivity. Further, The telecom company also noted that it utilized a “first of its kind, dynamic spectrum sharing to operate 5G and 4G concurrently within the same spectrum block.” Additionally, This demonstration has strongly validated the 5G readiness of Airtel’s network across all domains – Radio, Core and Transport.


Through Airtel 5G network, Hyderabad Users were able to download a full-length movie in just a couple of seconds on a 5G smartphone. Gopal Vittal, MD & CEO, Bharti Airtel said, “I am very proud of our engineers who have worked tirelessly to showcase this incredible capability in Tech City, Hyderabad today. Every one of our investments is future-proofed as this game-changing test in Hyderabad proves. With Airtel being the first operator to demonstrate this capability, we have shown again that we have always been the first in India to pioneer new technologies in our quest for empowering Indians everywhere.”


“We believe India has the potential to become a global hub for 5G innovation. To make that happen we need the ecosystem to come together with applications, devices and network innovation. We are more than ready to do our bit,” he added. Airtel users will be able to enjoy the full speed of 5G across all over India after the adequate spectrum is available and government approvals received.

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