Reliance Jio has started preparations to start the 5G service. The company can start the service within 6 months of the auction of the 5G spectrum. That is, Geo can start 5G service for its users by 2020. Recently, the Central Government clarified that by the end of 2019, the 5G spectrum can auction, in which the speed of the internet will be 50 to 60 times more than the 4G service.
Geo issued a statement in a media and said that spectrum can start 5G service after 5 to 6 months of allocation. The main reason is that Geo has 5G Ready LTE network so the company will not have any problem in starting the 5G-LTE service. Apart from this, the company has already developed infrastructure for the optical fiber network required for 5G service.
The fiber-based network is essential for 5G, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are already working for it. Bharti Airtel has also given its signal through MIMO (Multiple Input-Multiple Output) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) as well as software defining networking (SDN). According to Geo, the 5G spectrum-bearing device and the ecosystem can be the biggest challenge.
Two big chipset manufacturing companies in the world, Qualcomm and MediaTek have started working on the 5G-based modem. Reliance Jio has started talking to native and foreign vendors for 5G Ready devices so that the device becomes available before the 5G roll-out.
At the same time, the Department of Telecom (DoT) has decided to give 5G spectrum free to Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) for a few months of the beginning. Its main reason is to develop an ecosystem of 5G in the country. TRAI (Indian Telecommunication Regulatory Authority) has advised to auction the 3300 Mhz-3600 Mhz band for the 5G service.
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