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Airtel Conducts Rural 5G Test !

Yashika Gupta

Oct 04,2024
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Telecom major Bharti Airtel, along with Ericsson, has conducted India’s first 5G network demonstration in a pastoral terrain.

The demonstration took place in Bhaipur Bramanan vill on the outskirts of Delhi-NCR using a 5G trial diapason allocated to Airtel by the Department of Telecom.

The telecom major said that the trial showcased the massive implicit offered by 5G towards bridging the digital peak by enabling access to high-speed broadband through results similar as ‘enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and ‘Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) services.

“The highlight of the trial was the demonstration of over 200 Mbps outturn on 3GPP-biddable 5G FWA device at a distance of over 10 km from the point. This restated into an inter-site (between two 5G spots) content of roughly 20 km, therefore offering the capability to give high-speed broadband content indeed in the outermost of topographies,” the telecom major said in a statement.

“As part of the trial, indeed a commercially available 3GPP- grounded 5G smartphone was suitable to connect to the 5G test network and record 100 Mbps pets at a distance of over 10 km from the point.”

As per the statement, the 5G point structure was powered by Ericsson’s 3GPP-biddable 5G radio.

“The trial was carried out by utilizing the allocated mid-band trial diapason in 3500 MHz bands and being FDD diapason band.”

“The results of the trial demonstrate Airtel’s capability to enable 5G for both capacity and content over its being civil 4G structure.”

Over the once many months, Bharti Airtel and Ericsson have partnered to demonstrate enhanced pets of further than 1 Gbps on a live 5G network set up at Cyber Hub in Gurugram using Bharti’s 3500 MHz trial diapason.

In January this time, the two companies also showcased Ericsson Spectrum Participating capabilities on a commercially stationed installed base of 1800 MHz liberalized frequentness in Hyderabad to give consumers their first experience of 5G from a live marketable network.