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What is the news?
Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has recently announced that India’s major metros will have 5G services from next year.
What is 5G?
Read about 5G here.
India has been planning to start 5G services since 2018, but lack of flow of cash and adequate capital with at some of the telecom companies have been one of the roadblock.
What has been the global progress on 5G?
China and USA– Some of the companies have rolled out the commercial services for users.
South Korean– Samsung is the leader in building the hardware for 5G networks.
Source: This post is based on the article “What is 5G in telecom, and how will this tech work in India” published in The Indian express on 27th Dec 2021.