5G rollout likely in a month: Centre

Story by  ATV | Posted by  Nakul Shivani • 1 Years ago
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New Delhi

The country is likely to witness the roll out of the much-awaited high speed 5G mobile services in about a month's time.

5G is the 5th generation technology for mobile telephony.

"In about a month, 5G mobile services will roll out in the country, which will have multiplier effects on the development of all sectors,” said Devusinh Chauhan, Minister of State for Communications, while addressing the inaugural event of International Telecommunication Union's Regional Standardisation Forum (RSF) for Asia and Oceania region on Monday.

He said that the government is promoting the indigenously designed, developed and manufactured advanced telecom technology, and as a result, India today has a strong home-grown 5G mobile communications ecosystem.

"By the end of this year, we are likely to see indigenously developed, and manufactured 5G stack, getting deployed, in rolling out 5G network in India. Our engineers have developed a set of 5G standards, which will facilitate the spread of the 5G network in rural areas," he said.

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The recently concluded auction for the 5G spectrum saw bids to the tune of 1.5 lakh crore from all the key players in the telecom sector.