Airtel 5G service ready to launch, demo goes live in Hyderabad
By News Desk| Updated: 28th January 2021 5:13 pm IST
Hyderabad/New Delhi: Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced that it has become the country’s first telco to successfully demonstrate and orchestrate live 5G service over a commercial network in Hyderabad city.
The company stated that it did this over its existing liberalised spectrum in the 1800 MHz band through the NSA (Non Stand Alone) network technology.
It further said that Airtel 5G is capable of delivering 10x speeds, 10x latency and 100x concurrency when compared to existing technologies, adding that users specifically, in Hyderabad, were able to download a full length movie in a matter of seconds on a 5G phone.
Airtel is now a 5G-ready network and the telecom operator is waiting for adequate spectrum allocation to rollout 5G services in the country, said Gopal Vittal, MD & CEO, Bharti Airtel on Thursday. Recently, the company demonstrated live 5G over a commercial network in Hyderabad city and said that its network is 5G ready. Airtel did this over its existing liberalised spectrum in the 1800 MHz band through the Non Stand Alone network technology. Using the dynamic spectrum sharing, Airtel operated 5G and 4G concurrently within the same spectrum block. “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,”
Airtel successfully tests 5G network in Hyderabad city
Airtel successfully tests 5G network in Hyderabad city
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Bharti Airtel has announced that it has become the country’s first telco to successfully demonstrate & orchestrate LIVE 5G service over a commercial network in Hyderabad city.
Airtel did this over its existing liberalised spectrum in the 1800 MHz band through the NSA (Non Stand Alone) network technology. Using a first of its kind, dynamic spectrum sharing, Airtel seamlessly operated 5G and 4G concurrently within the same spectrum block. This demonstration has emphatically validated the 5G readiness of Airtel’s network across all domains - Radio, Core and Transport.
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