Lok Sabha Question No. 2460 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: 5G Services
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Ravneet Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2460 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH  MARCH, 2023

## 5G SERVICES

## 2460.   SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total number of cities where the 5G services have been rolled out since its launch in October, 2022, State/UT-wise and especially in the State of Punjab;
- (b) whether the indigenous 4G/5G technology stack is now ready and is going to help the country to be a major tech exporter in the near future;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether population scale solutions are being tested on Indian stack, across platforms such as payments, healthcare and identity; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof in providing comprehensive and complete solutions?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) 5G services have been rolled out in 329 cities distributed across all Licensed Service Areas (LSAs) ( Annexure-I ). In the State of Punjab, 5G services have been rolled out in 8 cities.
- (b) & (c) Yes Sir. Center for Development of Telematics (C-DoT) and Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL) have developed indigenous 4G/5G technology stack. The Proof of Concept of C-DoT's 4G technology  stack  has  been  successfully  carried  out  in  BSNL  network.  RJIL's  stack  is  being extensively deployed in rolling out of its 5G network. These indigenous technology stacks may be exported to other countries in future.
- (d) & (e) Population scale solutions are being tested on Indian 4G/5G indigenous stacks across the platforms such as healthcare, agriculture, smart manufacturing, education, gaming, drones etc.

Annexure referred to in part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2460 to be answered on 15.03.2023

## List of cities where 5G services have been started as on 28.02.2023:

|   Sl no | State/UT                        |   No of Cities |
|---------|---------------------------------|----------------|
|       1 | Andhra Pradesh                  |             27 |
|       2 | Arunachal Pradesh               |              1 |
|       3 | Assam                           |             10 |
|       4 | Bihar                           |             16 |
|       5 | Chandigarh                      |              1 |
|       6 | Chhattisgarh                    |             10 |
|       7 | Daman & Diu Dadar Nagar &Haveli |              1 |
|       8 | Delhi                           |              1 |
|       9 | Goa                             |              2 |
|      10 | Gujarat                         |             37 |
|      11 | Haryana                         |             12 |
|      12 | Himachal Pradesh                |              6 |
|      13 | Jammu & Kashmir                 |              9 |
|      14 | Jharkhand                       |              8 |
|      15 | Karnataka                       |             24 |
|      16 | Kerala                          |             12 |
|      17 | Madhya Pradesh                  |             11 |
|      18 | Maharashtra                     |             23 |
|      19 | Manipur                         |              2 |
|      20 | Meghalaya                       |              1 |
|      21 | Mizoram                         |              1 |
|      22 | Nagaland                        |              2 |
|      23 | Odisha                          |             20 |
|      24 | Puducherry                      |              1 |
|      25 | Punjab                          |              8 |
|      26 | Rajasthan                       |             10 |
|      27 | Sikkim                          |              1 |
|      28 | Tamil Nadu                      |             20 |
|      29 | Telangana                       |             13 |
|      30 | Tripura                         |              1 |
|      31 | Uttar Pradesh                   |             20 |
|      32 | Uttarakhand                     |              9 |
|      33 | West Bengal                     |              9 |

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