- The 5G services will be launched in a phased manner across the country.
- In phase I, it will be launched across 13 cities in India: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Gurugram, Bengaluru, Lucknow, and Pune.
- Major metropoliton cities viz. New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata will be the first to receive the 5G telephony services.
- Reliance Jio announced to roll out 5G telephony services by Diwali this year with an aim to spread the 5G technology across India by December 2023.
- The 5th generation telephony services (5G) is a wireless standard across the world that provides 10 times faster speed than its predecessor, the 4G network. The 5G network has a maximum speed of 10 Gbps and offers an ultra-low latency of fewer than 1 milliseconds.
- IMC is a networking event in India’s technology sector that is jointly organized by the Government of India’s Telecom Department and the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). The theme of IMC 2022 is, “New digital Universe”.
Question:
Q.1 The 5G telephony services were rolled out by?a. Droupadi Murmu
b. Narendra Modi
c. Dharmendra Pradhan
d. Mansukh Mandviya