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5G services to go live on Samsung devices, iPhones in November-December

But despite having one of the most diversified product ranges of 5G smartphones, most Samsung devices are yet to catch 5G signals

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More than 50 million 5G-enabled smartphones were shipped in India until June 2022, according to data from Counterpoint research

Subhayan Chakraborty New Delhi
Samsung will send the necessary over-the-air (OTA) software updates for all its 5G-enabled smartphones in India by mid-November, beating Apple, which will release those upgrades in December. 

These OTA updates shall enable users of the 5G smartphones of these two companies to finally access the super-fast service.

These two and other mobile handset makers have promised to provide software support for their in-use 5G smartphones by the year-end. This was communicated during a meeting -- called by The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and chaired by both telecom secretary and MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) secretary -- between device

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