India is in world's top three 5G ecosystems in just a year: Vaishnaw

BSNL has started deploying 4G towers and the speed will pick up after Diwali. Once the 4G rollout stabilises, we will enable 5G on the BSNL network next year, said Vaishnaw

More than a year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the launch of 5G service in the country, the speed of the rollout, one of the fastest in the world, has helped India to be among the top in the global pecking order. In an interview on the phone with Surajeet Das Gupta, Communications Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw charts the government’s goals for the next 12 months for 5G. Edited excerpts.

So are you satisfied with the speed at which telcos have rolled out 5G in just one year since its launch?

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