Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel to Lead 5G Revolution In India, Vi and BSNL Could Follow

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Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are the two top telecom operators in India in terms of subscribers’ market share. While these two operators are gaining market share both in terms of revenues and subscribers, Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) are doing what they can to survive. 5G is not far away from here, and the telcos are already in the testing process of their 5G solutions. These trials will help them in understanding the use cases of the technology and also enable an efficient rollout without any errors.

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Looking at the market predictions by all the analysts and just how things have unfolded, it isn’t hard to assume that Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel will be the key players in the telecom industry. Look, I am not ruling out Vodafone Idea and BSNL’s future yet. Both the telcos can still run their operations on 4G, and it wouldn’t be a big problem since 4G isn’t going from India anytime soon. But when it comes to 5G, there’s hardly any conviction that BSNL and Vi offer to the market.

While Vi is already testing its 5G solutions, the telco doesn’t have the kind of money it is required to invest in the 5G spectrum. But there’s one thing that Vi can manage to do when it comes to 5G. Vodafone Idea can repurpose its 4G network and core for offering 5G services with the help of Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) technology which Bharti Airtel has already done.