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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the 5G internet services in India. Addressing the event, industrialist Mukesh Ambani said Reliance Jio will provide pan-India 5G coverage by December 23, for which it will invest around Rs 2 lakh crore. Ambani was addressing the sixth Indian Mobile Congress in the presence of PM Modi and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav. He said by the said date, every village will experience the blazing speed of 5G internet.
Reliance Jio will roll out the 5G internet services in four cities by Diwali.
These cities are — Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai. He said Jio 5G services will connect everyone, every place, and everything at an affordable cost. Jio 5G will be the world’s largest and most advanced 5G network. He said Jio’s 5G will not be dependent on the 4G network at all, unlike other operators.
He said Jio5G will offer an unparalleled combination of coverage, capacity, quality, and affordability.
Meanwhile, Airtel said it would first launch 5G services in eight cities.
Cities Under The Initial 5G Zone
According to reports, Jio 5G service will accessible in Ahmedabad and Airtel 5G will debut in Varanasi today as part of the initial rollout plan. Only a small number of locations will initially provide 5G service, therefore it will initially only be available in a small portion of Varanasi and Ahmedabad. The service will ultimately be available throughout the entire city. In addition, a list of 13 cities that will receive 5G services initially has been disclosed by telecom operators. The cities are Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Jamnagar, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, and Pune.
5G plans and prices in India
The 5G tariff information has not been disclosed by the telecom operators, but according to Ashwini Vaishnav, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, it would be comparable to 4G tariff plans. Consumers will have 5G pricing plans similar to 4G plans after 5G is properly deployed across the country, although this will take time. Given the amount of capital telecom operators have invested in setting up 5G services, the two major operators Airtel and Jio might only offer 5G as a bundled service on their premium tariff plans, thereby targeting their premium customers at first.
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