Samsung ready to launch 5G in India within 6 months after spectrum auction

As the buzz around 5G gains momentum with quite a few countries launching commercial services, India will not be much behind. As per South Korean major Samsung, it can launch the latest generation of telecom services in 3-6 months in India after the government conducts spectrum auctions.

“5G in India happens 3-6 months after the spectrum auctions…we are trying to bring all the use cases that happen around the globe and trying to understand what are the relevant use cases for India,” Srinivasan Sundararajan, head of network business at Samsung India, said during the Mobile World Congress (MWC).

Samsung, which has rolled out the state-of-the-art 4G network of Reliance Jio, said it expects to bring out a similar technology for 5G also. The company has already launched 5G commercial services in countries like the US, South Korea, etc. Asked if Samsung is in talks with mobile operators for 5G rollout, Sundararajan said it’s too early to do that as first spectrum auctions have to happen and there should be a device ecosystem.