The 3GPP has already agreed to integrate 5Gi into the Release 17 standard, expected sometime in March or June of this year. This will enable hardware to implement 5Gi capabilities as soon as 2023 —appropriate since India’s 5G launch won’t even begin until the second half of 2022.
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5G Network Deployment Challenges Due to the type of signal that some 5G cell towers transmit, their reach is severely limited to devices in proximity . Many networks are operating on 5G radio frequencies called millimeter waves that are capable of carrying lots of data.16 Ara 2021
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