Big announcement by Department of Telecom, these 13 cities will get 5G connectivity first

Big news has come out about 5G network. The Department of Telecommunications says that in 022, the services of 5G network will start in 13 major cities of the country. These cities include from Delhi to Hyderabad.

Here is the symbolic file photo of the 5g phone

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has made a big announcement regarding 5G. According to the department, in 2022, the services of 5G network will be started in 13 cities of the country, which are Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Jamnagar, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Pune.

However, the DoT has not confirmed which telecom operator will be the first to commercially launch 5G. For your information, let us tell you that the country's major telecom companies Jio (Jio), Airtel (Airtel) and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have been testing 5G network in different states of the country for the last several months.

Work done with these eight agencies

The Department of Telecommunications worked closely with eight agencies in the year 2018 for the 5G project. These include IIT Bombay, Delhi, Hyderabad, Madras, Kanpur including Indian Institute of Science, Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research and Center of Excellence in Wireless Technology. Now this project is going to end on 31st December 2021 and its cost is Rs 224 crores.

5G spectrum auction may start from March

According to the media reports about 5G so far, the auction of 5G spectrum is expected to start between March and April. Only after this the 5G network will be rolled out. But till now no information has been received about the price of spectrum of 5G network.

Let us tell you that in the last several years, a large number of 5G smartphones have been launched in the Indian market. The number of these devices has increased a lot in the market. Now smartphone companies have reduced the launch of handsets with 4G connectivity in the Indian market.