Vodafone Idea to rollout 5G March 2024 in Delhi Mumbai says CTO Jagbir Singh

Today, the fastest network is the 5G network, which has eased the difficulties and provided fast connectivity to the people. As of now, Jio and Airtel have become the two telecom companies providing 5G networks in many areas in India. However, Vodafone Idea and BSNL are a little behind in this in the country. Recently, government-owned telecom company BSNL has also revealed plans to launch 4G and 5G. And now the third largest telecom company Vodafone Idea is also preparing to launch 5G. Let us know in detail about the 5G connectivity plan of Vodafone Idea.

According to Jagbir Singh, Chief Technology Officer, Vodafone Idea, Vodafone Idea will initially start offering commercial 5G service from Delhi and Mumbai. India’s third largest telecom service provider will offer this facility by March 2025. Vi will be the third telecom company in the country to bring this facility. Vi is set to launch 5G commercial services in 17 circles next year and aims to reach at least 90 percent of India.

He told that we are going a little slow in terms of 5G, but we will first introduce 5G in Delhi and Mumbai and will definitely make it available in all the metros and major cities of 17 states. Today about 1.03 billion people are covered with about 77 percent 4G coverage. Let us tell you that Vi has raised equity funding of Rs 24 thousand crore including Rs 18 thousand crore from follow-on public offer as a revival plan. The telecom operator has said that most of the funding will be used to expand 4G coverage and roll out 5G. This will help the company to compete with Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, along with this the company will try to stop the decline in the number of its customers.