Reliance Industries’ (RELI.NS) Jio, rivals Bharti Airtel (BRTI.NS) and Vodafone Idea (VODA.NS), as well as billionaire Gautam Adani’s Adani Enterprises Ltd (ADEL.NS) were all among the bidders for 5G airwaves.
Vaishnaw said he expects the rollout of 5G – which government says can provide data speeds about 10 times faster than 4G – by October this year.
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