Looks like the wait for 5G networks in India has finally come to end. Yes, now Govt of India has just announced the list of metro cities in India that will surely get the 5G services by next year. This year we got various reports about the auction for 5G telecom has been delayed for next year. We also saw a chip shortage which has met a massive decline in the production of new devices.
Now DoT has released the list of Metro cities that will surely get 5G networks by 2022. As per the report, the list includes 13 Metro cities that will get the 5G services by 2022. The list includes Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Jamnagar, Kolkata, Chennai, Lucknow, Pune, Delhi, and Mumbai.
“Costing Rs 224 crore, the project is likely to be completed by December 31, 2021, paving the way for end-to-end testing of 5G (/topic/5g) User Equipment (UEs) and network equipment by 5G (/topic/5g) stakeholders developing 5G (/topic/5g) products/services/use cases, including indigenous start-ups, SMEs, Academia and Industry in the country,” a statement from the press release read.
Further, DoT also revealed the list of bands that will be auctioned (526-698 MHZ, 700 MHZ, 800 MHZ, 900 MHZ, 1800 MHZ, 2100 MHZ, 2300 MHZ, 2500 MHZ, 3300-3670 MHZ, and 24.25-28.5 GHZ).
