India to be ready for 5G in 2-3 years, says Sunil Mittal

NEW DELHI : Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Mittal on Tuesday said India will be ready for rollout of 5G technology in the next two-three years, even as rival Mukesh Ambani claimed his company would launch the fifth-generation wireless service in the second half of 2021.

“I think India, to my mind, in two or three years’ time will be ready to receive the benefit of the investment that the globe would have made onto the 5G standard and 5G ecosystem,” Mittal said at the fourth edition of the India Mobile Congress.

Ambani, who was also speaking at India Mobile Congress, said the country requires policy developments for early implementation of 5G services. His telecom company Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd has developed an indigenous 5G solution, he added.