Govt OKs 13 applications for 5G trials; Chinese vendors kept out

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has cleared the much-delayed 5G trials, allowing Bharti Airtel NSE 1.43 %, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea NSE 0.61 %’s applications that seek to partner non-Chinese equipment vendors to work on developing use cases relevant for India on the next gen technology. The trials will initially be for six months.