5G to roll out soon! Centre requests telecom operators to prepare for launch

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Aug
18:
The
Government
has
issued
spectrum
allocation
letters
to
telecom
service
providers
while
asking
them
to
prepare
for
the
rollout
of
5G
services
in
the
country.

“5G
update:
Spectrum
assignment
letter
issued.
Requesting
TSPs
to
prepare
for
5G
launch,”
Union
Minister
for
Communications,
Electronics
and
Information
Technology,
Ashwini
Vaishnaw
said
in
a
post
on
local-microblogging
site
Koo.

With
this
spectrum
allotment,
India
is
in
the
final
stage
of
rolling
out
high-speed
5G
telecom
services.

India
to
soon
get
5G
services:
PM
Modi

Sunil
Bharti
Mittal,
the
founder
and
chairman
of
Bharti
Enterprises,
said
that
Bharti
Airtel
received
the
letter
allocating
its
share
of
the
spectrum
just
hours
after
paying
the
Department
of
Telecom
in
advance.

This
is
the
first
time
ever
that
the
Department
of
Telecom
(DoT)
has
handed
out
a
spectrum
allocation
letter
on
the
day
of
making
an
upfront
payment.

“Airtel
paid
₹
8,312.4
crore
towards
spectrum
dues
and
was
provided
with
the
allocation
letter
for
the
designated
frequency
bands
within
hours.
E
band
allocation
was
given
along
with
spectrum
as
promised.
No
Fuss,
No
Follow
Up,
No
running
around
the
corridors
and
No
tall
claims.
This
is
the
ease
of
doing
business
at
work
in
its
full
glory,”
Mittal
said
in
a
statement.

Earlier,
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
during
his
address
to
the
nation
from
the
ramparts
of
the
Red
Fort
on
Independence
Day
said
India’s
‘techade’ is
here
as
the
government
is
focusing
on
technologies
such
as
5G,
semiconductor
manufacturing
and
optical
fibre
cables.

5G
mobile
services
likely
to
be
rolled
out
in
about
a
month

These
technologies,
PM
Modi
said,
will
bring
about
a
revolution
at
the
grassroots
level.

“India’s
techade
is
here!
With
5G,
semiconductor
manufacturing
and
OFCs
in
villages,
we
are
bringing
a
revolution
through
Digital
India
to
the
grassroots
level,”
he
said
at
Red
Fort.