Lok Sabha Question No. 1291 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-14
Subject: Rolling out of 5G Network
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh, Devendra (Alias) Bhole Singh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1291 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## ROLLING OUT OF 5G NETWORK

## 1291.   SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the 5G network has been rolled out in select cities across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; State/UT-wise;
- (c) the names of the States in which the said services are proposed to be rolled out during the next financial year; and
- (d) the details of the ways in which the Government is trying to address the issue of infiltration equipment from neighbouring countries?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

(a) to (c) Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) have started providing 5G services in the country from 01.10.2022 onwards and as of 26.11.2022, 5G services have started in 50 towns distributed over 14 States/UTs. (Annexure)

As per the Notice Inviting Application (NIA) dated 15-06-2022 for auction of spectrum and the license conditions, the rollout obligations are required to be met over a period of five years, in a phased manner, from the date of allocation of spectrum. Further expansion of mobile networks beyond the mandatory rollout obligations, depends on the techno-commercial consideration of the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs).

(d) Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has notified the Indian Telegraph  (Amendment) Rules  2017  enabling  Mandatory  Testing  and  Certification  of  Telecommunication  Equipment (MTCTE), which  prescribes  that  any  telegraph  which  is  used  or  capable  of  being  used  with  any telegraph established, maintained or worked under the licence granted by the Central Government in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, shall have to undergo prior  mandatory  testing  and  certification  in  respect  of  parameters  as  determined  by  the  telegraph authority from time to time.

Further,  DoT  has  issued  amendment  in  Telecom  Licenses  on  10.03.2021,  wherein,  all Licensees have been directed to connect only Trusted Products in their telecom networks with effect from 15.06.2021. The amendment has been issued to implement the provisions of National Security Directive on Telecommunication Sector (NSDTS). It aims to establish a mechanism for sourcing of telecommunication equipment only from trusted sources to enhance the security of telecom networks and to address the national security concerns.

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Annexure referred to in part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1291 to be answered on 14.12.2022

## State/UT-wise list of towns where 5G services have started as on 26.11.2022:

| S.No.   | State/UT       | Town          |
|---------|----------------|---------------|
| 1       | Delhi          | Delhi         |
| 2       | Maharashtra    | Mumbai Nagpur |
| 2       | Maharashtra    | Pune          |
| 3       | West Bengal    | Kolkata       |
| 3       | West Bengal    | Siliguri      |
| 4       | Uttar Pradesh  | Varanasi      |
| 4       | Uttar Pradesh  | Lucknow       |
| 5       | Tamilnadu      | Chennai       |
| 6       | Karnataka      | Bangalore     |
| 7       | Telengana      | Hyderabad     |
| 8       | Rajasthan      | Jaipur        |
| 9       | Haryana        | Panipat       |
| 10      | Assam          | Guwahati      |
| 11      | Kerala         | Kochi         |
| 12      | Bihar          | Patna         |
| 13      | Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam |
| 14      |                | Ahmedabad     |
|         |                | Gandhinagar   |
|         |                | Bhavnagar     |
|         |                | Mehsana       |
|         |                | Rajkot        |
|         |                | Surat         |
|         |                | Vadodara      |
|         |                | Amreli        |
|         |                | Botad         |
|         |                | Junagadh      |
|         |                | Porbandar     |
|         |                | Veraval       |
|         |                | Himatnagar    |
|         |                | Modasa        |
|         |                | Palanpur      |
|         | Gujarat        | Patan         |
|         |                | Bhuj          |
|         |                | Jamnagar      |
|         |                | Khambhalia    |
|         |                | Morvi         |
|         |                | Wadhwan       |
|         |                | AHWA          |
|         |                | Bharuch       |
|         |                | Navsari       |
|         |                | Rajpipla      |
|         |                | Valsad        |
|         |                | Vyara         |
|         |                | Anand         |
|         |                | Chota Udaipur |
|         |                | Dohad         |
|         |                | Godhra        |
|         |                | Lunawada      |
|         |                | Nadiad        |

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