Bharti Airtel said its 5G service is now accessible across all districts and union territories in India
Indian operator Bharti Airtel said its 5G service, dubbed “Airtel 5G Plus,” is now available across all districts in the states of Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Odisha, Karnataka, Gujarat and the Union Territories of Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman, and Diu within just 12 months of the launch.
This announcement means that Airtel’s 5G service is now accessible across all districts and union territories in India.
In Tamil Nadu, Bharti Airtel said its 5G service reaches all 38 districts. Additionally, Airtel announced that within one year of the launch of 5G technology, it has over 4.2 million unique 5G customers in the state.
In Punjab, the Indian carrier noted that its 5G network now extends to all 24 districts. Additionally, Airtel said it has over 2 million unique 5G customers within one year of the launch of Airtel 5G Plus.
Meanwhile, in Odisha, Bharti Airtel now covers the state’s 30 districts with 5G technology. The telco currently has over 1.4 million unique 5G customers in Odisha.
In the Karnataka, Airtel has over 5.1 million unique 5G subscribers. Airtel said it has extensively rolled out its network across the state, making its services available across all the 31 districts in the state.
Airtel also said its 5G coverage is available in all 33 districts of Gujarat and the Union Territory of Dadra, Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu.
Bharti Airtel previously said it had reached 50 million unique 5G customers on its network in September. The company’s head Sunil Bharti Mittal, recently announced that Airtel has rolled out 5G services in 5,000 towns and 20,000 villages across India and is on track to cover the entire country with this technology by March 2024.
Airtel is currently using equipment from Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung to provide 5G services. The Indian operator had secured a total of 19,800 megahertz of spectrum in the 900 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 2.1 GHz, 3.3 GHz and 26 GHz bands in a previous auction carried out by the Indian government.
