Telecom operators may raise tariffs for 4G services to ensure 5G adoption

NEW DELHI: Telecom operators are expected to raise tariffs for 4G services in the second half of the current fiscal to ensure mass adoption of 5G services. As per the industry insiders, mass 5G rollout may happen only next fiscal as liberalisation (a pre-requisite for effective 5G deployment) is feeble now, and telcos are required to launch commercial services in at least one city of each circle by the end of the first year of acquiring the licence, as per rollout obligations.