Airtel today announced that it has crossed the 2 million 5G customers mark in Mumbai since its launch in October last year. The company added that Mumbai is also the first city in the country to have 5G coverage in all its towns and talukas. Continue reading “Airtel surpasses 2 million 5G users in Mumbai”
Telecom operators are seeking relaxation in the rollout obligations for the 26 GHz band, also known as millimeter (mmWave) due to lack of a device ecosystem for these airwaves, according to the latest report from ET Telecom. Continue reading “Airtel, Jio, and other telcos to request relaxations in mmWave 5G roll out rules”
Reliance Jio has launched its 5G services in Chardham temple premises in Uttarakhand. This will let piligrims visiting Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunotri and Gangotri dhams to latch on to Jio’s 5G network. Continue reading “Jio 5G rolls out in Chardham temple premises in Uttarakhand”
Airtel has announced that its 5G service is now available to customers in 3000 cities and towns in the country. The company said that all the key urban and rural parts of the country from Katra in Jammu to Kannur in Kerala, Patna in Bihar to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh to the Union territory of Daman and Diu now have Airtel 5G. Continue reading “Airtel 5G now available in 3000 cities and towns across India”
Airtel has announced the launch of its 5G services in the Union Territory of Ladakh. Districts of Leh and Kargil get Airtel 5G Plus services. The company launched 5G in 7 cities in Jammu and Kashmir earlier this year. Continue reading “Airtel rolls out its 5G services in Ladakh”
Xiaomi India has announced a partnership with Vodafone Idea (Vi) to provide 5G on a range of Xiaomi and Redmi smartphone once Vi 5G services are launched by the operator. Last month, Vi partnered with motorola for 5G support on several moto phones. Continue reading “Xiaomi India and Vi partner to offer 5G on a range of phones”
Airtel has announced the launch of its 5G services in Port Blair, making it the first operator to bring the power of 5G to the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The company recently rolled out its 5G Plus services in 235 cities, expanding the total availability to over 500 cities. Continue reading “Airtel launches 5G services in Port Blair”
Airtel has announced that its 5G Plus services are available to customers in 500 cities in the country. The company has added 235 cities to its network, making it one of the largest roll-outs to date. Continue reading “Airtel 5G rolls out in 235 more cities, now live in 500 cities”
Reliance Jio today announced the launch of its True 5G services in 41 new cities in 16 States / Union Territories across the country, after rolling it out in 34 new cities last week. Continue reading “Jio 5G rolls out in 41 more cities, now live in 406 cities”
After adding 5G support for Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro users on Airtel and Jio in India with the March Pixel feature drop last week, 5G support is now available for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro users in India, even though the phones have not launched in India officially.
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To compete with Reliance Jio, Airtel has launched unlimited 5G data for its customers. The company said that this move is to encourage its customers to experience the power of the Airtel 5G Plus network. Continue reading “Airtel launches introductory ‘Unlimited 5G data’ offer”
Reliance Jio today announced the launch of its True 5G services in 34 new cities in 10 States / Union Territories across the country, after rolling it out in 27 new cities last week. Continue reading “Jio 5G rolls out in 34 more cities, now live in 365 cities”
Reliance Jio today announced the launch of its True 5G services in 27 cities across the country, after rolling it out in 25 new cities last week. With this launch, Jio said that it is the first telecom operator to bring 5G services to most of these cities. Jio 5G is now available across 331 cities, said the company. Continue reading “Jio 5G rolls out in 27 more cities, now live in 331 cities”
Airtel today announced the launch of its 5G services across 125 cities across multiple states in India. This is the company’s largest multi-state launch of 5G services since its first 5G roll-out in October 2022. Continue reading “Airtel 5G rolls out in 125 cities, now live in 265 cities”
India’s mobile speeds have increased by 115%, as revealed by Ookla’s data. This improvement is largely due to the launch of 5G services, resulting in India rising 49 places in the Speedtest Global Index, from 118th in September 2022 to 69th in January 2023. The investments of both Jio and Airtel in network modernization have certainly paid off, said Ookla. Continue reading “India’s 5G launch boosts Mobile Internet Speeds by 115%: Ookla”
