The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) announced that 5G internet services will actually be launched in India in 2022. According to a press statement, 13 cities across the country will initially get 5G. These 13 cities are Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Jamnagar, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Pune.
However, the government has not confirmed which telecom operator will be the first to commercially launch 5G services. All three major telecom operators like Jio, Airtel and Vi (Vodafone Idea) have already set up test sites in these cities.
DoT Eight has partnered with eight agencies for an indigenous 5G (/topic/5g) test bed project that began in 2018 and is set to be completed by December 31, 2021. These agencies are Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Bangalore, Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER) and Center of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT).
“At a cost of Rs 224 crore, the project is likely to be completed by December 31, 2021, with 5G (/subject/5G) user equipment (UE) and end-to-end network equipment by 5G (/subject) paves the way for testing. /5g) stakeholders developing 5G (/subject/5g) products/services/use cases in the country including indigenous start-ups, SMEs, academia and industry,” the DoT said.
DoT also said that, in September, 2021, a reference has been sent to TRAI, regarding the reserve price, band plan, block size, quantum of spectrum, of spectrum identified for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT)/5G. Recommendations have been sought for auction. Terms of auction and auction in 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 bands for 5G public private 5G networks, To meet the spectrum requirements of captive 5G applications of the industry (Industry 4.0). The process of handing over the frequency to the TSP will be started at the earliest.
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