10x faster 5G services by March 2023 in India, says union minister
Hindustan TimesIndia will get 5G services - 10 times faster than 4G - by March 2023, union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said, a day after the cabinet cleared the auction for the 5G spectrum. India has its own stack of 4G like radio, equipment and handset and similar goals are being eyed for the 5G technology," the minister of railways, communications and electronics and information technology told news agency ANI. The reforms include zero Spectrum Usage Charges on the spectrum acquired in the upcoming auction, providing a significant relief to the service providers in terms of the operating cost of telecom networks. "The time is not far away when India is going to emerge as a leading country in field of 5G technology and the upcoming 6G technology," the government statement highlighted.