India’s indigenously developed 4G network by BSNL is set to be upgraded to 5G within the next six to eight months, Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced on Sunday. Speaking at the Kautilya Economic Enclave 2025, he said the upgrade will provide end-to-end 5G connectivity across the country, according to a … Read More
5G as a service has become pretty common in India now. The 5G BTS (Base Transceiver Station) count in India, at the end of September 2025 reached 504,588. This data was published by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on its official website. At the end of August 2025, this figure … Read More
India added over 6,400 new 5G base stations (BTS) in September 2025, a figure higher than the more than 5,600 BTS rolled out in August 2025. This brings the total BTS count to over 504,000 nationwide.Vodafone Idea (Vi) launched 5G services most recently in Dehradun, while BSNL has launched what … Read More
5G just might be killing your phone’s battery. Don’t believe us? Here’s what you should know. To be precise on the lanugage, 5G isn’t killing the battery literally, but it is draining it faster, requiring you to charge it more frequently in shorter intervals. This increases the charge cycles of … Read More
The top executives of Indian telecom operators Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have expressed their opinions, calling on the government to treat telecom as an “essential service” and to provide affordable airwaves. Executives from these companies, including Department of Telecommunications Secretary Neeraj Mittal, addressed the audience at the second edition … Read More
Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecom operator, has given its views/opinion on the 2G users in India. The company has said that India doesn’t have digital divide, it has a mobile tech generational gap. To put emphasis on this point, Shyam P Mardikar, president and group CTO, mobility at Reliance Jio … Read More
While 5G has reached many areas of India, with some telcos such as Jio even offering it in rural areas, there’s more that needs to be done for its adoption. The adoption here doesn’t mean only by the regular consumers with 5G phones. Adoption of 5G in a real sense … Read More
Indian IT services company Tech Mahindra reportedly said its private 5G strategy involves collaborating with enterprises and telecom operators, with the goal of accelerating Industry 4.0 adoption across sectors such as manufacturing, logistics, and healthcare. Tech Mahindra’s Private 5G Vision The Pune-headquartered IT services firm said it has already executed … Read More
India added over 5,600 new 5G base stations (BTS) in August 2025, a figure broadly in line with the more than 6,000 BTS rolled out in July 2025. Vodafone Idea (Vi) claims to be in the process of deploying 5G across 17 priority circles—where the telco has acquired spectrum—by August … Read More
The total number of 5G subscribers in India has grown to 365 million at the end of Q1 FY26 (June 2025 end). This is because of the growth of 5G penetration in the country. Telcos have invested thousands of crores into rolling out 5G. Earlier, it was just Airtel and … Read More
Indian telecom operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) has announced the launch of its 5G services in Lucknow starting Tuesday, September 9, 2025. This follows the rollout of 5G services in Kolkata on September 5, 2025. After the launch of Vi 5G services in Siliguri a few days ago, Kolkata became the … Read More
Indian telecom operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) has announced the launch of its 5G services in Indore starting Wednesday, September 3, 2025. This follows the launch of 5G services in Siliguri on August 25, 2025. With this, Indore becomes the first city in Madhya Pradesh to receive Vi 5G, while Siliguri … Read More
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