Airtel 5G Demonstration Goes Live in Hyderabad Ahead of Commercial Rollout | Read
Airtel on Thursday announced that it had become the first telco to successfully demonstrate live 5G service over a commercial network in Hyderabad. Taking on Reliance Jio, the New Delhi-based telco stated that it operated 5G and 4G concurrently over the existing liberalised spectrum in the 1800MHz band through the Non-Standalone (NSA) network technology. Airtel 5G is touted to deliver 10 times the speed of existing network technologies - allowing users to download a full-length movie in a matter of seconds on a 5G phone.
