New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch 5G services on Saturday while inaugurating the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) in the national capital.

The new technology will provide seamless coverage, high data rate, low latency and highly reliable communications.

It will increase energy, spectrum and network efficiency.

Meanwhile, the IMC 2022 will run from Saturday to October 4 under the theme of "New digital Universe".

Business tycoons Mukesh Ambani, Sunil Bharti Mittal and Kumar Mangalam Birla will be present when PM Modi launches the 5G services commercially.

The 5G services of Bharti Airtel and Jio will be the first to rollout.

The companies had bid aggressively during the 5G auctions in July-August 2022. They had bought airwaves in various 4G and 5G bands in bids that totalled Rs 1.5 lakh crore.

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The companies including Reliance Jio, Adani Enterprises, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone have paid upfront payments totalling Rs 17, 873 crores.