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Facing user complaints, DoT considers launching 5G service quality test

Coverage reaches nearly 200 cities; telcos say they're continuously assessing situation

Jio announces largest-ever launch of 'True 5G' services across 50 cities

Reliance Jio on Tuesday announced the roll out of its 5G services across 50 cities, terming it the largest-ever launch of these services. According to Jio statement, these cities are spread across Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Puducherry, and Kerala. Other States include Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. With this, Jio users across 184 cities are now experiencing 5G services, the telco's statement said. "Reliance Jio today announced the largest-ever launch of its True 5G services across 50 cities," the company said. Jio users in these cities will be invited to the Jio Welcome Offer, to experience Unlimited Data at up to 1 Gbps plus speeds, at no additional cost, starting today. "We are thrilled to launch Jio True 5G services in 50 additional cities across 17 states and union territories, taking the total count to 184 cities. This is by far one of the largest rollouts of 5G serv

4G and 5G stacks can handle 10 mn simultaneous calls: Vaishnaw at B20 meet

Entire stack of indigenously built 4G & 5G will be offered to the world in 2024

New data protection law to straddle individual rights, innovation: Vaishnaw

Indigenously developed 5G, 4G telecom technology stack will be rolled out in the country this year

Indigenously-developed 5G, 4G tech roll out this year: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Indigenously-developed 5G and 4G telecom technology stack will be rolled out in the country this year and the platform will be offered to the world from next year, Union telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Monday. While speaking at The Business 20 (B20), the official G20 dialogue forum with the global business community, Vaishnaw said that only five countries in the world have end-to-end 4G-5G telecom technology stack but now with the public-private partnership, India has developed its own technology which has been tested to handle 10 million simultaneous calls. "Our private and public partnership approach has given us a solution where the core was developed, invested by the public sector, public funds, and everything else sitting on it comes from the private partners. In this entire 2023, we will be rolling it out on about 50,000 to 70,000, towers, sites and then in 2024 will be offering it to the world," Vaishnaw said. The minister also elaborated on four broad approaches ..

Jio's Q3 profit rises 28% on higher revenue and lower finance cost

Jio Platform's revenue from operations grew 20.9 per cent annually to Rs 24,892 crore in the third quarter

Adani Group has no plans to enter telecom sector: Chief financial officer

Adani Enterprises' unit Adani Data Networks purchased airwaves worth nearly $27 million in the country's 5G auction last year

Amazon announces Republic Day sale offers on 5G smartphones: Details here

The Amazon Great Republic Day Sale started on January 15 and it will be live until January 20. Here are some of the deals on 5G smartphones available on the e-commerce platform

India's 5G phone market set to expand over 70% by end of 2023: Report

The India 5G smartphone market is expected to expand by more than 70 per cent (on-year) by the end of CY2023, a report said on Tuesday

Bharti Airtel launches '5G Plus' services in five cities of Uttar Pradesh

The services are already live in Lucknow and Varanasi

5G on Pixel: How-to enrol for Android beta releases for Google smartphones

Google has rolled out a beta version of its Android 13 operating system, which enables 5G on the supported Pixel smartphones. Here is how-to enrol for the beta releases

Mobile calls may turn pricey, providers likely to hike 4G rates: Report

Inability to pay vendors and invest in business could hurt its operations, especially its ability to retain high ARPU postpaid customers, the report said

Reliance Jio rolls out 5G service in five cities across Tamil Nadu

Reliance Jio Infocomm has invested Rs 40,446 crore as it expanded the footprint in the Tamil Nadu with the unveiling of True 5G services in five cities, a top company official said on Wednesday. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd State Business head Hemanth Kumar Guruswamy said 45 people out of every 100 people were using Jio services in the State. The company today rolled out True 5G services in Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Salem, Hosur and Vellore in addition to the facility already being available in Chennai. Minister for Information Technology and Digital Srrvices T Mano Thangaraj launched the 5G services in the five cities at an event in the city. Kumar said the company would generate one lakh jobs directly and indirectly. According to him, over 20,000 towers were deployed across cities while optic fibre cables were laid in about 77,000 km across Tamil Nadu for the service. "The plan was to launch the 5G services in Coimbatore and Madurai today. But our colleagues ensured t

Telecom Sector Skill Council to place over 125,000 youth with focus on 5G

The Council said that the new training labs and CoEs will be set up at the ITIs and premier universities in a "hub and spoke model"

Reliance Jio announces launch of its 5G services in 10 more cities

Telecom operator Reliance Jio on Monday announced the launch of its 5G services in 10 more cities. These include Agra, Kanpur, Meerut, Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), Tirupati, Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), Kozhikode, Thrissur (Kerala), Nagpur, Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), according to a Jio statement. Jio users in these cities will be invited to the Jio Welcome Offer to experience unlimited data at up to 1 Gbps-plus speeds, at no additional cost, starting Monday. With the latest announcement, Jio's 5G services are now live in 85 cities. "We are proud to roll-out Jio True 5G services in these 10 cities across 4 states. We have stepped up the speed and intensity of True 5G roll-out across the nation because we want every Jio user to enjoy the transformational benefits of Jio True 5G technology in the new year 2023," the company spokesperson said. These cities are important tourism and commerce destinations as well as key education hubs of the country. "With the launch of Jio's True 5G service

Reliance Jio rolls out 5G internet services in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur

Private telecom company Reliance Jio launched 5G internet service in Jaipur, Jodhpur and Udaipur on Saturday. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot formally launched Jio's 5G internet services in these cities. During the inaugural event, the chief minister said that this service is a revolutionary step in the field of information technology and telecommunication. With this, the state government's goal of sensitive, transparent and accountable good governance will be further strengthened, he said. Gehlot also launched Jio Glass and Community Clinic products at the event. Reliance Industries Rajasthan President Umesh Bhandari said that this service full of endless possibilities is a revolution in the telecom sector. The company will start 5G service in Kota this month, and in Bikaner and Ajmer in February, he added.

Reliance Jio rolls out 5G services in Gwalior, Jabalpur, Ludhiana, Siliguri

Reliance Jio has launched 5G services in Gwalior, Jabalpur, Ludhiana and Siliguri, taking the total number of cities to 72. Jio has announced plans to launch its "True 5G" services in every town, taluka of India by the end of December 2023. "The launch strengthens Jio True 5G coverage in Madhya Pradesh, close to unveiling of coveted events like Pravasi Bharatiya Divas and Invest MP - Global Investor Summit at Indore. With the launch, Reliance Jio has now become the first and the only operator in MP to launch 5G services across all prominent large cities of MP, including the capital city, Bhopal, and Indore," the company said in a statement. It is the first and the only operator to launch 5G services in Gwalior, Jabalpur and Ludhiana. At present, Jio is offering unlimited access to 5G data to select customers in the city where it has rolled out its 5G services. "The Jio True 5G launch reaffirms Jio's commitment and provides advanced technology support for the upcoming 17th edition

Centre must improve tele-density; 5G should not be publicity stunt: BJD

Noting that the launching of 5G services in Odisha should not be reduced to a publicity stunt, the BJD said the Centre must work on improving tele-density in the state, which is lower than the national average. Union IT and Communication Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and his cabinet colleague Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday launched 5G services of Jio and Airtel in Odisha. Vaishnaw had committed to launch 5G services in the state before January 26. Within hours of the launch, BJD spokesperson Amar Patnaik held a press conference and said, "Launching of 5G services should not be reduced to a publicity stunt. The Centre must improve tele-density in the state, which at 75 per cent is lower than the national average of 85 per cent. The tele-density in rural Odisha is much lower at 62 per cent." The BJD MP claimed that as many as 6,278 villages in Odisha remain unconnected by both mobile and internet services. "While we welcome the launch of 5G services in Odisha, at the same time, we also

Govt rolls out high-speed 5G telecom services in Odisha; Rs 5,600-cr outlay

It means by August 2024, all the villages of Odisha will have telecom connectivity

Jio Platforms inks pact with SOA University to set up 5G lab in Bhubaneswar

Digital services company Jio Platforms on Thursday said it has signed an agreement with SOA University to set up a 5G lab in Bhubaneswar. The proposed lab will help in meeting the growing requirements of research and training in the latest 5G standards, including 5G standalone (SA), Jio Platforms said in a statement. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) also includes facilitation for the development of use-cases on the 5G platform as well as other associated technology domains such as Beyond 5G (B5G) and optical fiber, it added. Jio Platforms is a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL).