Department of telecom to push for 5G smartphones

Top officials of the department of telecom (DoT) and the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) have called smartphone makers for a meeting on Wednesday in an effort to persuade them to make sure that their devices are 5G compatible.

India formally launched 5G services last week, joining close to 70 other nations that have already done so.

But there has been one sticking point: none of the Apple iPhone models, and close to 18 Samsung devices do not support 5G services as yet. All of them are waiting for software upgrades.