5G players get ready for a long road to seamless mobile network

Operators say it could take four to five years at least to build a reasonable sized pan-India 5G network with good coverage

So just how big will the 5G mobile market really be? Mobile operators are not too bullish about the initial numbers. They fear that lack of killer ‘use cases’, even globally, could stymie the speedy conversion of customers to the new service and also keep ARPUs stagnant, despite the large incremental investment required (about Rs 60,000 crore per player).  

They say 5G roll outs will be far slower than of 4G and will be limited to key cities and circles at most. Of course, 4G, will continue to remain the  backbone of revenue generation, as well as subscribers, for a