The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has made it official that 5G will start rolling out in the country in 2022. 5G services will first be launched in 13 cities in the country and the rest will soon follow.
The 13 cities that will get the 5G services first in 2022 are Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Jamnagar, Kolkata, Chennai, Lucknow, Pune, Delhi, and Mumbai.
“Costing Rs 224 crore, the project is likely to be completed by December 31, 2021, paving the way for end-to-end testing of 5G (/topic/5g) User Equipments (UEs) and network equipment by 5G (/topic/5g) stakeholders developing 5G (/topic/5g) products/services/use cases, including indigenous start-ups, SMEs, Academia and Industry in the country,” DoT stated in a press release.
However, the DoT has not officially confirmed as to which telecom operator will be the first in the country to roll out 5G services commercially.
