Airtel will start rolling out its 5G network in India later this month

03 August 2022
The carrier acquired bands in the sub-6GHz and mmWave spectrums and has partnered with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung to build out its network.

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Devil24, 09 Aug 2022On VI if the cell tower is positioned correctly or you’ve p... moreI had Vi, even had switched to unconditional Red X, but they are just not interested in providing service. either net fails or call fails.

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    Devil24, 09 Aug 2022On VI if the cell tower is positioned correctly or you’ve p... moreMay be your smartphone support 4way carrier aggregation

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      NotAFanB0Y, 04 Aug 2022How are you even getting such speeds.. Are you telling your... moreOn VI if the cell tower is positioned correctly or you’ve postpaid connection you will get such high speeds. I have tried and tested at multiple places around my area and even at peak time, the download speed is more than 70-80 mbps and that is at 7-8 pm in the evening in a metro and a highest speed of 160 mbps and then 140 mbps in morning 6-7 am (this is speed when I was away from the tower, if I had been at the locations where speeds are great I am sure it would have touched 200 mbps). Right now I am getting 60-70 mbps on VI.

      VI will offer true 5G speed in India though the spectrum is low, unlike jio and airtel it will only focus on key areas and will definitely rock.

      Jio with it’s 700 mhz spectrum may give you 5g signal even indoors with 3-4 bars but the speed won’t be higher than 40-50 mbps and so is for airtel.

        sorry guys... actually the page itself was not opening and i refreshed it several times.....

          Airtel's network is so fast that sometimes it is unable to load a page or play a mp3 song online and that too in a metro city....i don't know what's 5g is going to do...!!

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            you have to suffer, 04 Aug 2022if they still get 2mbps then 5g in india is useless. its ju... moreThat's what's going to happen, mark my words.

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              First, It is just Press Newz. We can't assure that Airtel will launch 5G in this month in India. Indian customers particularly villagers and remote or far off places from Town are getting 4Gs now only. Those will be getting 5G probably in 2024 or even after 24... Airtel is concerned for business. So they come with higher price value for 5G similarly there will be an increase in 4G tariff also.

                The Android Freak, 04 Aug 2022It works flawlessly. You need right device with CA and Vi o... moreHow are you even getting such speeds.. Are you telling your WiFi speeds or cellular mobile data speeds??

                I'm getting 32mbps Download (eqv to 4MBps), and 24mbps Upload (eqv to 3MBps) on my Jio Fiber Broadband WiFi connection...

                Maybe you have your data incorrect.. Maybe you are using some $tupid apps that are showing incorrect speeds on your phone.

                How the hell in India you can get such speeds on cellular mobile data that too on 4g.. It's not South Korea.. You know the difference between mbps and kbps, right??? I guess u mistakenly wrote mbps in place of kbps.

                Btw which devices you are using that you're referring these speeds from?? And what is source of these speeds, From where you are measuring the speeds??? Once again check the units, kbps or mbps

                  Asd, 04 Aug 2022I wish all this manufacturers think for the rest of the pla... moreThese private telcos wouldn't invest money in infrastructure in areas where they feel people wouldn't recharge their higher cost packages and thus only invest in highly populated towns/cities where more people are there and also with better financials..
                  Govt owned BSNL has taken the charge for this problem of yours and many others and recently govt has sanctioned Rs 1.5 Lakh Crores for BSNL ONLY!! which is the same amount all these three private players jio, airtel, vi spent in these 5g auctions.
                  The main aim of this package is to provide stable 4g connections in areas and places where 4g networks are not at all there of any private network or their speeds are not stable.. They have already recongnised these areas and made a list of such 20,000 plus villages and other places.. Other objective of this package is to provide bsnl 4g everywhere as on most places bsnl is having at best 3g only right now.. In 12-18 months, i guess they will fulfill these aims.. Also one more objective is to upgrade their core network with better architecture so to support more devices on single tower.

                  I have used bsnl 4g in Nagpur and it performed far better than my expectations.. I got easily 500+ kBps which is eqv. to 4 mbps and easily watched live TV on mobile in high quality without buffering. Only problem was on few occasions in a week for 30-40 mins the network seemed to be blacked out, i.e. in that duration you can text msgs but cannot watch any videos i.e. speeds drastically reduced at such instances.. Maybe they are doing maintenance stuffs in these times or their network got overloaded in such instances as they don't have the same capacity on their network like that of private players to support such overloaded situations which they aim to solve by this current govt. Package.

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                    Yilo, 04 Aug 2022I cant believe you are still using BSNLI'm using BSNL and JIO, BSNL with Rs 397 Plan with 200 days validity previously it was 300 days and 365 before that, and Jio with Rs 395(previously it was rs 329) for 84 days for 6GB data and unlimited calling. Since I've fiber broadband I didn't need daily data on mobile. So this is the cheapest I can recharge, so both sims can be active.

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                      The Android Freak, 04 Aug 2022Airtel will launch 5G on two bands mostly. N78 main band an... moreS20 FE 5g
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                        The Android Freak, 04 Aug 2022BSNL isn't cheap. It's almost asking same tariffs... moreIt's cost Rs 455 to do a bare minimum recharge on Airtel which includes 6gb data, 900 SMS, and 84 days of validity. Meanwhile on BSNL, you'll get 6gb, 90 days validity and 99 SMS, just for Rs 201, which is good enough for secondary sim that I only use to receive SMS and Calls.

                          The Android Freak, 04 Aug 2022 I doubt so. Just reverse time 20 years ago did you guys even have 2g in your country?

                          They are business men thats why they are not short sighted like average user who comment here. They wont spend Billions if they knew they buy dead bands.

                            salarx, 04 Aug 2022I'm using both BSNL and Airtel. Running Airtel and Jio... moreBSNL isn't cheap. It's almost asking same tariffs as that of Jio for shitty network.

                              salarx, 03 Aug 2022Airtel launching 5g and here I'm still waiting for Sta... moreSwitch to Vi and get fastest speeds on 4G and ask everyone to leave BSNL. It's not worth to stay on BSNL shitty network.

                                Hemedans, 03 Aug 2022Because they bough rights for 20 years? In 2 or 3 years eve... more I doubt so.

                                  Anonymous, 03 Aug 2022How to find which bands Airtel has for 5G? I want to check... moreAirtel will launch 5G on two bands mostly. N78 main band and n40 whenever load increases on n78.



                                  Tell me the model you are using. I will tell you which band its supported.

                                    Anonymous, 03 Aug 2022Why would they offer mmwave when most people buy redmi note... moreNobody should buy Redmi Note anymore if they want good stable speeds.

                                      Anonymous, 03 Aug 2022the 4G network barely works in big cities and now they want... moreIt works flawlessly. You need right device with CA and Vi on board. I am getting consistently 100Mbps plus speeds on Vi on 10K device. 200Mbps device on 17K device. Vi is beast. India needs Vi and Vi needs India to survive and stay afloat. Also, to avoid duopoly.

                                        Anonymous, 03 Aug 2022I don't believe 5G works in inside building.C Band will. But mostly you need empty network for it to work. But again 4G+ is enough if you have right device. I am getting 200-300Mbps plus on 10K device. So I will stay away away from Airtel and Jio and their 5G. I don't need it.

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