Airtel Nokia 5G Expansion
Airtel users are going to get better superfast 5G connectivity soon. Sunil Bharti Mittal’s company is going to sign a multi-billion dollar deal with Finnish company Nokia for its 5G network expansion. According to the report, after Ericsson, Nokia can also work with Airtel to expand 5G network in India. Earlier, during the India Mobile Congress 2024, Sunil Mittal confirmed that Airtel has partnered with Swedish company Ericssion for 5G equipment.
Airtel will buy 5G equipment
According to Reuters report, telecom companies Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea are spending millions of dollars to upgrade 5G networks in the world’s second largest smartphone market. Indian telecom operators are mainly making deals with Nokia and Ericcsion for network upgrade. According to the report, Airtel’s deal with Nokia is for AirScale mobile radio equipment, which will upgrade the existing network to 5G advance with low energy consumption.
At present, no official announcement has been made by Nokia and Airtel regarding this deal. According to Reuters, some sources related to the industry have given this information. Another report is coming out, according to which, apart from Nokia and Ericsson, Airtel is also in talks with South Korean company Samsung to buy 5G equipment.
Better connectivity for Airtel users
Airtel, the country’s second largest telecom company, currently has 38 crore users. The company has extended 5G network to almost all the districts of the entire country. Along with 4G, Airtel is the first company to launch 5G service in the country. In October 2022, the company was the first to launch Airtel 5G Plus in 8 cities of the country. After this, Airtel’s 5G Plus service reached all the major cities of the country in the next 6 months. Apart from Jio, only Airtel is currently providing 5G service in the country.
– With Reuters inputs
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