\"<p>Currently,
Currently, only two of the three major telecom operators in the country are providing 5G services in India. Airtel was the first to launch commercially, using non-standalone access (NSA) technology. By contrast, Jio has taken the 5G standalone access (SA) route and uses the 700 MHz band (5G low-band spectrum) that no other Indian operator currently has. As of December 8, Vodafone Idea is yet to launch commercial 5G services. <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: 5G download speeds<\/a> in India have been found to be 16.5 times faster at 242.1Mbps compared to 14.7Mbps seen with 4G, according to a report by Opensignal<\/a>.

“In peak download speeds — the average speed experienced by the top 2% of users — the uplift from 4G to
5G<\/a> is also remarkable. India's 5G peak download speed clocked in at 690.6 Mbps, 11.6 times faster than its 4G peak download speed,” said Hardik Khatri, Data Analyst, Opensignal.

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Users in India also enjoy significantly faster average upload speeds with 5G when compared to 4G services. With 21.2 Mbps on average, upload speeds on 5G were 5.4 times faster than on 4G, according to the analytics firm.

“However, the proportional uplift was lower than what was observed for download speeds,” Khatri said, adding that upload speeds are key to user experience, as sharing on social media or remote working activities, all benefit from fast upload speeds.

India’s top two telcos
Reliance Jio<\/a> and Bharti Airtel<\/a> started rolling out their 5G services from early October. Both telcos plan to cover the entire country with their fifth-generation mobile networks based on standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) architecture within 12-15 months timeline.

Union Minister of Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw has recently said that the telcos have expanded their 5G services to 50 towns since October 1.

While the services roll outs are at a nascent stage, the firm found that 5G is already delivering a strong uplift in user experience.

Users in India enjoy a ‘Very Good’ (65-75, on a 100-point scale) video streaming experience over 5G mobile connections. In contrast, the 4G video experience was rated ‘Fair’ (40-55).

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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Airtel,<\/a><\/figure>

Airtel, Facebook parent Meta to jointly work on OpenRAN, CPaaS<\/a><\/h2>

Airtel and Meta said the companies will jointly work to increase the operational efficiency of OpenRAN and facilitate energy management as well as automation in the radio network using advanced analytics and AI\/ML models.<\/p><\/div>

\"&lt;p&gt;Currently,
Currently, only two of the three major telecom operators in the country are providing 5G services in India. Airtel was the first to launch commercially, using non-standalone access (NSA) technology. By contrast, Jio has taken the 5G standalone access (SA) route and uses the 700 MHz band (5G low-band spectrum) that no other Indian operator currently has. As of December 8, Vodafone Idea is yet to launch commercial 5G services. <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: 5G download speeds<\/a> in India have been found to be 16.5 times faster at 242.1Mbps compared to 14.7Mbps seen with 4G, according to a report by Opensignal<\/a>.

“In peak download speeds — the average speed experienced by the top 2% of users — the uplift from 4G to
5G<\/a> is also remarkable. India's 5G peak download speed clocked in at 690.6 Mbps, 11.6 times faster than its 4G peak download speed,” said Hardik Khatri, Data Analyst, Opensignal.

\"\"
<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>
Users in India also enjoy significantly faster average upload speeds with 5G when compared to 4G services. With 21.2 Mbps on average, upload speeds on 5G were 5.4 times faster than on 4G, according to the analytics firm.

“However, the proportional uplift was lower than what was observed for download speeds,” Khatri said, adding that upload speeds are key to user experience, as sharing on social media or remote working activities, all benefit from fast upload speeds.

India’s top two telcos
Reliance Jio<\/a> and Bharti Airtel<\/a> started rolling out their 5G services from early October. Both telcos plan to cover the entire country with their fifth-generation mobile networks based on standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) architecture within 12-15 months timeline.

Union Minister of Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw has recently said that the telcos have expanded their 5G services to 50 towns since October 1.

While the services roll outs are at a nascent stage, the firm found that 5G is already delivering a strong uplift in user experience.

Users in India enjoy a ‘Very Good’ (65-75, on a 100-point scale) video streaming experience over 5G mobile connections. In contrast, the 4G video experience was rated ‘Fair’ (40-55).

\"\"
<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>
\"Airtel,<\/a><\/figure>

Airtel, Facebook parent Meta to jointly work on OpenRAN, CPaaS<\/a><\/h2>

Airtel and Meta said the companies will jointly work to increase the operational efficiency of OpenRAN and facilitate energy management as well as automation in the radio network using advanced analytics and AI\/ML models.<\/p><\/div>