What Is 5G Will You Need To Pay More And 5 Other Common Questions Answered

What Is 5G, Will You Need To Pay More And 5 Other Common Questions Answered

With Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching 5G in India, people will soon start getting 5G on their devices, beginning with the metro cities. Both Reliance Jio and Airtel have

announced the rollout of their 5G services for later this month, and Vi is also set to roll out its 5G services soon. With 5G finally here, let us refresh your memory around what

exactly is a 5G network, what are its benefits, what users can expect, and some other frequently asked questions around the new network standard. Let’s take a look. WHAT IS 5G?

Now, 5G, in the most simple terms, is the latest network standard that offers faster than ever internet speed (multi-Gbps peak speed), ultra low-latency, more reliability, a large

network capacity, increased availability, and a more uniform user experience. 5G can be implemented in low-band, mid-band or high-band millimeter-wave 24 GHz up to 54 GHz. Now,

low-band 5G uses a similar frequency range as 4G between 600Mhz to 900Mhz, mid-band 5G uses mmWaves between 1.7GHz to 4.7 GHz, and high-band 5G uses frequencies of 24–47 GHz. In

India, a total of 72097.85 MHz of spectrum with a validity period of 20 years will be put to auction that will be held by the end of July. The auction will be held for spectrum in

various low, mid, and high (26 GHz) frequency bands. WHICH 5G BAND WILL BE USED IN INDIA? It is expected that the Mid and High band spectrum will be utilised by Telecom Service

Providers to roll-out of 5G technology-based services capable of providing speed and capacities, which would be about 10 times higher than what is possible through the current 4G

services. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 4G AND 5G? As compared to 4G, 5G is a more capable interface. While 4G offers speeds of up to 150mbps, 5G is capable of putting out up to

10Gbps download speeds, which is multi-fold more than what 4G is capable of. You will be able to download full-length HD movies within seconds with 5G. In terms of upload speeds,

5G networks can provide up to 1Gbps upload speeds, as compared to the 50Mbps upload speeds on 4G networks. Apart from this, 5G can connect to several more devices than 4G, and

while 4G was a great leap forward, allowing people to stream music and videos on the go, 5G is designed to connect many more types of devices than smartphones. WILL 5G BE MORE

EXPENSIVE THAN 4G IN INDIA? Now, while there is little to no information about how the pricing of 5G plans will be in India, it is expected to be slightly higher than what we are

paying for 4G in the country, but not a significant jump in costs. India has one of the cheapest internet in the world, and that is not expected to change with 5G rollout. Back in Find Out More