a. We have made great strides in making our telecom and IT network 5G ready. Our network transformation journey began 3 years ago with our integration, when we started deploying 5G ready technologies.
b. We have been deploying equipment which is 5G ready on both radio and core. We have the advantage of having the latest 4G equipment and technologies, which are capable of upgrade to 5G, at our disposal.
c. We have made substantial progress in deploying several 5G ready technologies such as, Massive MIMO, DSR, Cloudification of core and more, and they are central to our strategy for future growth. We are already using many 5G technologies and our customers have been enjoying those technologies on our network today.
d. We have also executed the largest edge cloud deployment in the country.
e. Recently, we tested dynamic spectrum sharing as a feature between the 4G and 5G, on our existing 4G spectrum.
f. We have also initiated 5G trials with our major Network partners Nokia & Ericsson on the freshly allocated 5G spectrum in 2 cities - Pune and Gandhinagar.
g. Our 5G test beds are now ready. The next few quarters will see trials of 5G and India-specific use cases.
h. Post March 2021’s spectrum auction, our overall spectrum holding is 1,768.4 MHz across different frequency bands, out of which 1,738.4 MHz spectrum is liberalised and can be used towards the deployment of any technology (2G, 3G, 4G or 5G).
i. We can also leverage technological innovation & global best practices from our parent company, the Vodafone group, which has deployed 5G in many global markets.