With the launch of 5G in India, Airtel has already amassed over 65 million unique 5G customers on its network. The Airtel 5G Plus service is now accessible across districts nationwide and is poised to cover the entire country by March 2024.
“Ericsson is a long-standing partner of Airtel, and we are happy to partner with them in achieving this milestone of deploying 100,000 5G radios across 12 Airtel circles. We have over 65 million customers on our network who are now enjoying blazing-fast unlimited 5G data at no additional cost,” said Randeep Sekhon, Chief Technology Officer of Bharti Airtel.
In October 2023, Airtel and Ericsson collaborated on the successful testing of Ericsson’s pre-commercial Reduced Capability (RedCap) software on Airtel’s 5G network. The testing, conducted in partnership with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. utilizing its 5G RedCap test module, represented the first implementation and validation of RedCap technology in India.
