Vodafone-India showcases 5G health, education solutions; to expand trials

Is carrying out 5G trials in Gandhinagar and Pune with tech partners Nokia and Ericsson using 3.5 Ghz and 26 Ghz spectrum; plans to expand trials to automotive, healthcare and IoT

A man walks into a rural health care centre with a swollen arm. A sonography is needed but the centre does not have a doctor who can perform it. In the normal course, the patient would have to travel to a city for treatment.

A 5G service will make remote diagnostics possible allowing a city doctor to conduct a sonography with the aid of haptic gloves. This and such other 5G use cases in education, mobility and security were demonstrated by Vodafone Idea (Vi) at an event in Pune on Friday.

In May, the department of telecommunications allotted 5G trial