Debt-ridden telecom operator Vodafone Idea on Sunday claimed to possess recorded a peak speed of three .7 gigabit per second (gbps), highest by any operator in India, during 5G trials in Pune.
The company also claimed to possess recorded 1.5 gbps download speed within the mid-band spectrum in Gandhinagar and Pune Vi (Vodafone Idea) has been allocated high-frequency bands like 26 gigahertz (Ghz) by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), along side the normal 3.5 GHz spectrum band, for 5G network trials.
“In Pune city, Vi has deployed its 5G trial during a lab set-up of an end-to-end captive network of Cloud Core, new generation Transport and Radio Access Network In this trial, Vi has achieved a peak speed in more than 3.7 Gbps with very low latency on the mmWave (millimetre wave) spectrum band,” Vi said within the statement.
The DoT had approved applications of Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone in May, and MTNL later. The permission has been granted for six-month trials with telecom gear makers Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung and C-DOT Jio had revealed in June to possess recorded a peak speed of 1 gbps and Airtel is additionally said to possess recorded an equivalent level of peak speed in July.
Reliance Jio is using its own technology also for 5G trials.
All the private players are providing 4G services across the country at the present and gearing up for 5G. State-owned BSNL is yet to roll out 4G across India Vodafone Idea Chief Technology Officer Jagbir Singh said, “We are pleased with the speed and latency leads to the initial stages of the 5G trials on the govt allocated 5G spectrum bands.” He added that having established a strong 4G network across India, delivering the fastest 4G speeds and a 5G-ready network, Vi is now testing the next-gen 5G technology to be ready to bring a very digital experience for enterprises and consumers in India, within the future.