RIL to invest Rs 2 lakh cr in 5G, eyes Diwali Metro launch – Times of India – India Times English News

Mumbai: Reliance Industries (RIL) will invest Rs 2 lakh crore ($25 billion) to start 5G Services across the country, its President Mukesh Ambani announced on Monday. company’s telecommunications unit live This Diwali (which falls in October) will launch the next generation of services in select cities and expand coverage across India by December 2023.
Earlier this month it had emerged as the country’s biggest spender 5G Spectrum Auction, winning airwaves worth Rs 88,078 crore ($11 billion). ,jio 5g The world’s largest and most advanced 5G network.” Ambani Told. This is because it will not be dependent on 4G network, he said. Instead, it will deploy a standalone 5G variant that will provide faster connectivity.
“Most operators are deploying a version of 5G, called non-standable 5G, which is essentially a 5G radio signal delivered over existing 4G infrastructure. This non-standable approach is a hasty way to nominally claim a 5G launch, but it will not deliver a significant improvement in performance and capacity with 5G,” Ambani said.
“Jio will deploy the latest version of 5G, called Standalone 5G, which has zero dependency on our 4G network. With standalone 5G, Jio can provide new and powerful services like low latency connectivity, massive machine-to-machine communication, 5G voice, edge computing and network slicing, and metaverse.
Ambani further said, ‘Digital freedom is the birthright of every Indian. Therefore, 5G cannot remain an exclusive service, available only to the privileged few, or only in our largest cities. Hence, Jio plans to increase the footprint of high-speed services every month, which will be the “fastest 5G rollout in the world”. By December 2023, we will bring Jio 5G to every city, every taluka and every tehsil in the country.
Ambani, however, did not disclose the tariff plans for the 5G services. The chairman also announced that Jio has partnered with Qualcomm to develop 5G solutions for the Indian market. Qualcomm is an investor in RIL’s telecom arm.