Electric poles, traffic lights, bus terminals, bus shelters, and government buildings are among the sites that are being monitored to be used as 5G carriers
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Sources say that Airtel is planning a similar launch of 5G in most of the same cities from October onwards
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Mittal family buys 96 million shares in Airtel from Singtel
Mukesh Ambani on Monday announced that RIL will invest Rs 2 trillion to launch 5G mobile internet services in India's key metro cities by Diwali
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Analysts at Jefferies said Jio's approach to 5G has striking similarities to its approach to 4G with the company investing aggressively-potentially ahead of time-to create a state of art network
5G, new energy, O2C, retail, FMCG among growth engines for company, says Ambani
Will be one of the world's largest players in this space once live
Jio is working with Google to develop an affordable 5G-enabled phone and also tied up with Qualcomm to build solutions and infrastructure for 5G services in India and abroad
On 5G, RIL may provide a timeline on rollout of its 5G services in 13 cities; Analysts believe the firm may revive plans for an O2C demerger which was shelved last year
May defer offering specific timelines on listing of retail and telecom businesses; clarity on succession planning could come later
The government on Thursday said it expects 5G services to be rolled out in the country by October 12, and the Centre will make sure that the prices are affordable for the consumers
The high-speed 5G services, which will be available in most part of the country in two-three years, are expected to remain affordable, telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. The minister, while launching a 5G right of way application portal to facilitate expeditious roll-out of telecom infrastructure, said that mobile services in India are one of the most affordable in the world and he expects the trend to continue for 5G services as well. "We expect investment of around Rs 2.5-3 lakh crore to come into the industry. Rs 3 lakh crore is a big investment. This is also leading to good employment generation. Our estimate is 5G will reach almost all parts of the country in the next 2-3 years," Vaishnaw said. He said that telecom companies are busy laying infrastructure and 5G services should be launched by October and then scaled up at a very rapid pace. The government has also notified new Right of Way Rules which clarifies charges to be levied on laying of telecom cables,
Investment in fiberisation of towers etc could hit anything between Rs 5 trn-Rs 7 trn by 2025, says an industry body
BEML will soon list its land holding company on the exchanges after receiving the corporate ministry's approval
"In fact, detailed network rollout plans for 5,000 towns in India are completely in place. This will be one of the biggest rollouts in our history," Vittal said during the company's earning call.
India is likely to deploy indigenously developed and manufactured 5G telecom gears by end of this year