Mumbai: The country’s largest telecom company Jio has completed planning for 5G coverage in top 1000 cities and conducted field trials of 5G telecom equipment developed in the country. Reliance Industries has stated this in its annual report. In the report, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) said that Jio has taken massive steps during the year 2021-22 to prepare for the launch of 5G with its 100 percent indigenous technology. The company was the highest bidder in the recently concluded 5G spectrum auction. India’s largest ever auction of telecom spectrum, which concluded on August 1, fetched a record bid of Rs 1.5 lakh crore. Of all the airwaves sold in this bid, Mukesh Ambani’s Jio got almost half of the airwaves.
- Jio has completed planning for 5G coverage in 1000 cities
- Jio has also joined hands with Finland’s Oulu University to accelerate research and standardization in 6G.
A report released on August 7 stated that Jio’s 5G coverage planning has been finalized in the top 1000 cities based on targeted customer usage and revenue potential. Reliance Jio was the top bidder and bid for 24,740 MHz airwaves in five bands capable of offering lag-free connectivity that is nearly 10 times faster than 4G. A total bid of 88,078 crores was placed. Jio can enable billions of connected devices to share real-time data through these airwaves. Jio has also acquired the coveted 700 MHz spectrum which can provide 6-10 km signal range with a single tower. It has built a strong base to provide 5G services in all 22 circles or zones of the country.
Jio has also joined hands with the University of Oulu in Finland, the leading institute for the world’s first major 6G research program, to accelerate research and standardization in 6G. The company has conducted active trials of 5G use cases ranging from augmented reality, virtual reality, low-latency cloud gaming, network slicing and video delivery, TV streaming, multi-tenancy for connected hospitals and industrial applications. According to the Department of Telecom, 5G technology is expected to offer 10 times better download speeds and three times more spectrum efficiency than 4G.