India’s 5G rollout has reached a major milestone, with Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) deploying next-generation mobile services across all States and Union Territories (UTs). 5G services are available in 99.9 percent of districts, supported by the installation of lakhs of 5G Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) across the country. Also Read: … Read More
India added more than 6,000 new 5G base stations (BTS) in November 2025 — an increase from the over 4,100 5G BTS rolled out in October 2025. This brings the total BTS count nationwide to over 514,742, according to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Also Read: BSNL Installs Over 97,000 … Read More
Finland-based network equipment vendor Nokia announced a collaboration with India-based Bharti Airtel to make the operator’s network capabilities available to third-party developers through Nokia’s Network as Code platform with a developer portal. “This strategic partnership will provide developers and enterprises alike access to Airtel’s extensive pan-India network assets, creating new … Read More
State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has installed 97,068 indigenously developed 4G sites, with 93,511 already operational as of October 31, the government informed Parliament on Wednesday. The rollout is part of the Centre’s Atmanirbhar Bharat push, with the supply of domestic 4G equipment commencing in September 2023. … Read More
Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecom operator, has added more 5G FWA (fixed-wireless access) users than Airtel during October 2025. Jio is the only operator to also offer UBR (unlicensed band radio) services. Thus, there’s naturally no competition in the arena for Jio for this. Airtel on the other hand is … Read More
Higher component costs are threatening to slow the rapid expansion of India’s entry-level 5G smartphone market, raising concerns about affordability and subscriber growth, industry executives and analysts said, according to a report by The Economic Times dated November 25, 2025. Also Read: Tariff Hike 2025: BSNL Shortens Validity of Its … Read More
T-Mobile US has said its recent nationwide deployment of 5G Advanced could offer important learnings for Indian telecom operators as they look to enhance 5G capabilities and monetisation. The company also noted that non-terrestrial networks (NTN) will remain complementary to terrestrial mobile infrastructure, especially in markets with challenging geographies. Also … Read More
India’s robust 5G networks, combined with capabilities in the AI and data center sectors, could drive local innovations and create business opportunities, according to Ericsson’s CTO. “India has probably the best opportunity in the world because it has a history of being the leader in IT and services on data … Read More
5G adoption in India is growing rapidly. The expansion of 5G networks, availability of affordable 5G FWA customer premises equipment (CPE) and high data consumption from FWA users is fueling the data traffic growth in India, according Ericsson’s Mobility Report (EMR) 2025. The report noted that 5G FWA allows for … Read More
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in India, will be taking a slow approach towards 5G SA (standalone architecture). The company’s staggered approach will be there because it doesn’t see an immediate need to invest in the SA, said S&P Global Ratings. Much recently, the research agency had upgraded its … Read More
Bharti Airtel’s Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Gopal Vittal, has shared his views on the 5G hype. According to him, 5G has not lived up to expectations or delivered the transformative impact it was marketed to achieve. The technology has neither disrupted business models nor boosted revenues—outcomes that telecom operators … Read More
India now has several hundred million 5G users, all thanks to the rapid expansion of the technology by Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio. Now even Vodafone Idea (Vi) has joined the league and is looking to deploy 5G in all parts of its 17 priority circles. According to the latest … Read More
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