Bharti Airtel announces 5G ready network in Hyderabad

This demonstration has emphatically validated the 5G readiness of Airtel's network across all domains -- radio, core and transport.

Hyderabad: Bharti Airtel has become India’s first telecom operator to successfully demonstrate and orchestrate live fifth-generation (5G) service over a commercial network in Hyderabad. This has validated the 5G readiness of Airtel’s network across all domains- radio, core and transport.

The company said it did this over its existing liberalised spectrum in the 1,800 MHz band through the NSA (non-standalone) network technology. Using dynamic spectrum sharing, Airtel seamlessly operated 5G and 4G concurrently within the same spectrum block.

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Airtel 5G is capable of delivering 10x speeds, 10x latency and 100x concurrency when compared to existing technologies. Specifically, in Hyderabad, users were able to download a full-length movie in a matter of seconds on a 5G phone.

Airtel said the full impact of the 5G experience, however, will be available to customers when adequate spectrum is available and government approvals received.

“I am very proud of our engineers who have worked tirelessly to showcase this incredible capability in tech city, Hyderabad today. Every one of our investments is future-proofed as this game-changing test in Hyderabad proves,” said Gopal Vittal, MD and CEO, Bharti Airtel.

“With Airtel being the first operator to demonstrate this capability, we have shown again that we have always been the first in India to pioneer new technologies in our quest for empowering Indians everywhere. We believe India has the potential to become a global hub for 5G innovation,” added Vittal.

Avneet Singh Puri, CEO, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Bharti Airtel added, “Airtel has been a pioneer when it comes to introduction of new network technologies and today we are delighted to become the first in India to successfully demonstrate live 5G over a commercial network in Hyderabad. We did this demonstration on existing 5G-ready smartphones available in the market with existing applications. These devices were therefore able to download a full length movie in a matter of seconds underscoring the blazing fast and ultra-low latency experience that Airtel 5G will bring.”

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