--- title: "Airtel Urged Users to Purchase 5G Smartphones after the Launch of 5G Services" description: "Gopal Vittal the Airtel CEO has urged users to take a look for a 5G-enabled smartphone once they purchase a brand new device." author: "Siddhi Shaw" published: 2022-09-09 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1971/airtel-urged-users-to-purchase-5g-smartphones-after-the-launch-of-5g-services category: "4g and 5g network" tags: ["smartphones", "5g technology"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Airtel Urged Users to Purchase 5G Smartphones after the Launch of 5G Services **Gopal Vittal the Airtel CEO** has urged users to take a look for a **5G-enabled smartphone** once they purchase a [brand new device](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/109842/how-to-switch-microsoft-365-subscription-to-a-brand-new-device). In a the company chief had announced that the users would soon be able to check if their location supports **Airtel's 5G services** with the **Airtel Thanks app**. Earlier telco had mentioned that it might roll out [5G services](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1900/for-5g-spectrum-dot-was-asked-to-collect-rs-17-876-crore-from-operators) within the country by **October** that to even before **Diwali**. Its biggest contender, **Reliance Jio** would soon roll out its fast-internet [services in India](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/92649/any-one-need-ppc-services-in-india) during the same time. ``` HIGHLIGHTS Reliance Jio would soon roll out its fast-internet services in India Airtel's 5G network was built keeping in customers' smartphones was a NSA Airtel 5G delivers 'dramatically higher speeds' as compared to the 4G network ``` In a letter to customers, Vittal wrote that '**We would expect to launch our 5G services in a month. By December, we shall be having coverage within the key metros. After that, we were going to expand quickly to cover up the whole country. We would expect to cover up all of urban India by the end of 2023**.' The letter claimed that Airtel's [5G network](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/333101/challenges-and-best-practices-for-5g-network-operators) was constructed keeping in customers' smartphones, which was a **non-standalone (NSA)**. NSA was widely used in other countries because it was constructed on an existing 4G network. This would remove the trouble of obtaining a brand new **SIM card** or maybe giving out fresh infrastructure. He even added that '**This implies that all [5G smartphones](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81626/blackberry-coming-back-with-5g-smartphones) in India can work on the Airtel network without any kind of glitch. This may be true even once you would travel abroad with your Airtel 5G-enabled phone. In [alternative](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2324/what-is-the-alternative-to-the-mvc) [technologies](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11429/tools-and-technologies-to-learn-in-2017), it was likely [as many as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34839/at-its-peak-there-were-as-many-as-20-citrus-packing-houses-in-the-city-of-redlands-how-many-are-left-today) four out of 10 5G phones do not support 5G**.' Vittal had claimed that [Airtel](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1846/airtel-witnessed-an-increase-in-mobile-data-consumption-by-16-6-percent) 5G would deliver '**dramatically higher speeds**' as compared to the **4G network**. In a post, the telco had mentioned that 5G is a 100 times quicker than 4G. It has mentioned that low-band 5G would provide speeds between **50 - 250 Mbps**, whereas mid-band 5G provides a speed between **100-900 Mbps**. The high band was 5G in **gigabit**. Presently it has been tested as high as **1.8Gbps**. In order to provide an idea, India's average fixed broadband in **July 2022** was **72.3 Mbps**. Also Read: [In 5G Spectrum Auction Reliance Jio, Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Adani Bid around Rs. 1.45 Lakh Crore](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1803/in-5g-spectrum-auction-reliance-jio-airtel-vodafone-idea-and-adani-bid-around-rs-1-45-lakh-crore) --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/news/1971/airtel-urged-users-to-purchase-5g-smartphones-after-the-launch-of-5g-services Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.