5G now available in India, How to check your eligibility.

 
5G is here. Both Reliance Jio and Airtel have launched their 5G services in some parts of the country. Airtel 5G is already available in 8 cities starting last week and beginning today Jio 5G service is rolling out in 4 cities. Now, it should be noted that not all smartphone will be able to support Airtel or Jio 5G.Only smartphones with 5G network will be able to support 5G service from Jio and Airtel. In simple words, people who are on 2G, 3G or 4G smartphone right now will not be able to enjoy the high speed 5G service. So, does your smartphone support 5G? Not sure? Well, there's a way to find out if your existing smartphone supports 5G or not.

How to find out if your phone supports 5G

Step 1: On your phone, head to the Settings app
Step 2: Click on the option 'Wi-Fi & Network'
Step 3: Click on 'SIM & Network' option
Step 4: You will be able to see a list of all technologies under the 'Preferred network type' option.
Step 5: If your phone supports 5G, it will be listed as 2G/3G/4G/5G.

If you are living in city where Airtel or Jio are rolling out 5G services, then you can simply click on the 2G/3G/4G/5G option to try out high speed internet.

So, if you want to run 5G, you will need to buy a 5G phone first. There are several smartphone companies offering 5G smartphones across various price points. 

In fact, brands like Realme and Lava have confirmed to launch 5G phone for under Rs 10,000.

Starting today, Reliance Jio is rolling out 5G service as a beat trial in 4 cities including - Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Varanasi. Airtel, on the other hand, is offering 5G services in 8 cities including -- Delhi, Varanasi, Nagpur, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai and Siliguri. Airtel CEO recently confirmed that pan India rollout of 5G services will happen by March 2024, whereas, Jio 5G will be available for everyone by December 2023.

What is UMTS - Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

 

What does UMTS mean?

UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) is a third generation mobile cellular technology for networks based on the GSM standard. 

What is universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS)?

Discussion The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), based on the GSM standards, is a mobile cellular system of third generation that is maintained by 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project). It specifies a complete network system and the technology described in it is popularly referred as Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access (FOMA). 

What is UMTS migration in Telecom?

UMTS – Universal Mobile Telecommunication System is a 3G migration path for 2G GSM networks. Even though UMTS is based on the access technology WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), it has nothing to do with the other CDMA-based networks IS-95 and CDMA2000.