Airtel announces its largest-ever 5G rollout in 125 cities at once

Airtel 5G Plus services are now available in nearly 265 cities nationwide.

Telecommunications service provider, Bharti Airtel today announced its “largest ever” 5G roll out in India with the launch of its 5G Plus services in 125 cities and added that it aims to cover all towns and key rural areas by March 2024.

Airtel 5G Plus was first launched in the country in October, 2022 at IMC when PM Modi officially introduced 5G in India. The latest launch of Airtel’s 5G services was in 4 cities of Jammu and Kashmir taking the total number of cities with Airtel’s 5G Plus to 141 and with this launch in 125 cities together, claimed to be Airtel’s largest-ever, the total number of cities that now have Airtel’s 5G Plus services in the country rose to 265 nationwide.

Airtel is deploying its 5G on Non-standalone (NSA) infrastructure whereas Reliance Jio is deploying its network on Standalone(SA)5G network and has introduced its services in nearly 300 cities nationwide so far.

Bharti Airtel, the second largest telecom company in India, recently declared that the number of unique users on its 5G network has topped 10 million. Airtel acquired 1 million distinct 5G users on its network in November last year, making it the country’s singular operator to do so.

Airtel also took the initiative to make the new technology easier to understand for users and enable them to fully appreciate the benefits of 5G by setting up 5G experience zones in all of the 1000+ stores that will have specially trained executives who will not only demonstrate use cases but will also answer any concerns about 5G in addition to discussing Airtel’s own offers.

Airtel was the first in the country to offer 5G services in October 2022, and today’s mega launch is our promise to connect every Airtel customer in the country with ultra-fast Airtel 5G Plus. Our 5G rollout is on track to cover all towns and key rural areas by March 2024."

“Airtel is now offering its 5G services in every major city from the upper northern city of Jammu and Kashmir to the Southern tip of Kanyakumari," Airtel added.