PM Modi to officially launch ‘5G mobile service’ on 1 October 2022

Tags: place in news Economy/Finance Summits

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will officially launch the 5G (5th Generation) telecom mobile service in India on 1 October 2022. The commercial launch of the service is expected in Diwali.

The Prime Minister will inaugurate the service at the 6th Indian Mobile Congress being held in New Delhi from 1-4 October 2022.

The Theme of the 6th Indian Mobile Congress 2022: New digital Universe".

The top three telecom companies which have been granted 5g licenses; Jio, Airtel and Voda Idea will be present there. 

Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, Bharti Group chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, and Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla will be present at the ceremony and will represent their respective telecom companies.

Commercial Launch of the 5g Service

 Mukesh Ambani had announced at the 45th annual General Meeting of Reliance Industries Limited that its telecom company Jio will launch the 5g services in the four metros of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai by Diwali and the whole country would be covered by December 2023. 

Sunil Mittal owned Airtel plans to launch its services in October and extend them pan-India around the same time frame.

Birla owned Voda Idea has not yet announced its plan on 5g services 

Please Rate this article, so that we can improve the quality for you -

Date Wise Search

Test Your Learning

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

Go To Quiz