Is India doing 5G trials?

Despite the buzz around 5G, telecom companies, along with private players, are only conducting 5G trials in the country . Bharti Airtel has successfully conducted India’s first 5G trial in the 700 MHz band in partnership with Nokia, on the outskirts of Kolkata.

Vodafone provides 5G services commercially in 12 countries and will continue to expand that offering. At the same time, our 4G networks are being upgraded with technology that is bringing our customers some of the benefits of 5G sooner.

Vi plans 5G Vi, aka Vodafone Idea, is ready to launch 5G in India as soon as the spectrum is available at auction . The company has upgraded its 4G network with 5G architecture and other technologies such as dynamic spectrum refarming (DSR) and MIMO.