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Download Solution PDFIn which year was the 5G telecommunications technology launched in India?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 2022.
Key Points
- 5G telecommunications technology was launched in India in 2022.
- The government of India successfully concluded the 5G spectrum auction on August 1, 2022, and the fifth-generation telecom services were rolled out in India on October 1, 2022 to the first 13 cities, which include Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Pune, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Jamshedpur, and Visakhapatnam.
- The 5G spectrum auction was conducted in two phases.
- In the first phase, 72.205 MHz of spectrum in the 3.3-3.67 GHz band was auctioned, and in the second phase, 28.250 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band was auctioned.
- The total auction revenue was around Rs. 4.3 lakh crore.
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