Vodafone Idea demonstrates around 4 Gbps 5G data speed during trial
Telecom operator Vodafone Idea Ltd
(VIL) on Friday said it has achieved around 4 gigabit per second speed during
the ongoing 5G trials.
The speed was achieved in the 26 gigahertz spectrum band, or the
millimeter band, which is proposed to be put for sale in the future auction.
"We have been able to achieve up to 4.2 Gbps speed in
millimeter band during the trial," VIL chief technology officer Jagbir
Singh said here.
The company has been running 5G trial in Gandhinagar with Nokia
and in Pune with Ericsson.
Singh said the government has extended 5G trials by six months,
and it will go on till May 2022 or till spectrum auction result, whichever is
earlier.
Chief regulatory and corporate officer P Balaji said the trial has
been extended till May but the government has not shared any timeline for
spectrum auction yet.
VIL demonstrated 5G use case of remote medical diagnostics, cloud
gaming, public safety, emergency services using drones etc.
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