Ashwini Vaishnaw's big announcement on 5G services launch in India

PM Modi’s Independence Day speech from the ramparts of Red Fort heralded a new era for India as he announced that 5G services will be launched soon.

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the government is planning to roll out 5G services rapidly, with a launch by October 12th expected.

Once 5G is launched, it will be rapidly rolled out across the country. telecom operators are hard at work on this project & installations have already begun

The Department of Telecom has already issued spectrum assignment letters to the successful bidders on behalf of Government

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after they made upfront payments, according a news report by PTI.

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The Department of Telecom has received over ₹17,876 crore from service providers

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Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Adani Data Networks for spectrum they won in a recent auction.

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The country's biggest ever auction of telecom spectrum received a record ₹1.5 lakh crore worth bids

with Mukesh Ambani cornering nearly half the airwaves sold at an impressive rate over 87 thousand crores!

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During his Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that the 5G services will be launched in India soon.

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