Crossed 1 Million Customers Mark In 5G: Airtel

Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said it has surpassed 1 million unique 5G user mark on its network, even as it continues to ramp up deployment across the country.

The news of Airtel achieving the milestone comes within a month of the company announcing commercial rollout of its 5G services. 

Earlier this month, Airtel had announced the advent of its 5G services in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Siliguri, Nagpur and Varanasi. The services in these cities are getting rolled out in a phased manner as the company continues to construct its network and complete the roll out.

In a statement, Randeep Sekhon, CTO, Bharti Airtel, said “These are early days but the response from customers have been very encouraging. Our network is being built every day even as all 5G devices are now capable of working on the Airtel 5G Plus network barring a few exceptions which should also be done in the coming weeks. We will continue to advance our network with a vision to connect the entire country.”

Airtel initiated the 5G trials in 2021 and became the first operator to commercially launch 5G in the country. 

Airtel subscribers do not need to change the SIM as the existing Airtel 4G SIM is 5G enabled.