Bhubaneswar: Airtel’s ultra-fast 5G service is now available in 29 cities of Odisha.
On Friday, Bharti Airtel Limited announced one of the largest roll-outs of 5G. With the inclusion of 235 cities to its network, the total number of cities in the country went up to 500.
The Odisha cities covered by the telecom operator till date are — Kendrapada, Jajpur Road, Bolangir, Talcher, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Puri, Angul, Sambalpur, Balasore, Berhampur, Bhawanipatna, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Paradeep, Bargarh Town, Bhadrak, Baripada, Khurda, Malkangiri, Bhanjanagar, Jajpur Town, Nuapada, Jagatsinghpur, Jeypore, Nowrangpur, Patamundai and Sonepur.
Randeep Sekhon, CTO, Bharti Airtel, said that all of urban India will come under Airtel’s 5G coverage by September.
“We are delighted to see the rapid pace of 5G adoption in the country. Airtel was the first to offer 5G services in October 2022, and today’s mega launch is our promise to connect every Airtel customer in the country with ultra-fast Airtel 5G Plus. We have already covered 500 cities and are adding 30 to 40 cities every single day. By September of 2023, we expect to expand our 5G footprint to all of urban India,” stated Sekhon.
