Reliance expects to roll out 5G in the second half of 2021. It expects the government policy that makes the services affordable and available everywhere. Bharti sees 5G as the norm in the mobile broadband space in the next two-three years. Some feel that if India-specific standards are set, it will lock the country out of the global eco-system. There should be an open eco-system. In past, there was a competition between CDMA and GSM technology, and GSM won as it was more acceptable, not because it was superior. In fact CDMA was superior to GSM. GSM could become part of the global eco-system.

5G is helpful in factory automation, robotics, IoT, control systems.

India has to work on the costing of running a 5G network. There should be affordable 5G handsets.

Nokia has begun the production of next generation of 5G equipment at its plant in Chennai.