After several initial kick-ups, India finally began its first 5G trials for a rural broadband network on Thursday. The test was conducted in Gujarat’s Ajol village with the base transceiver station (BTS) being installed at a distance of 17 Km away at Gandhinagar’s Unava town. A team consisting of officials from the Department of Telecommunications and two private mobile service providers reached the village to measure the speeds demonstrated by the rural broadband network.
The team consisted of DDGs Rosham Lal Meena, Ajatshatru Somani, and directors Vikas Dadhick and Sumit Mishra. They were accompanied by technical teams from Nokia and Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL)
During the 5G trials, the officials recorded a peak download speed of 105.47Mbps and peak upload speed of 58.77Mbps.
There were multiple use cases are being tested in the 5G trials in Ajol. Use cases such as virtual reality (VR) connected classroom, 360 degrees virtual reality content playback, and more are being tested. VR connected classroom would connect the student directly with the teacher even if the two are sitting thousands of kilometres apart.
5G immersive gaming is also being tested along with a 360-degree digital experience for the users where the users can move around and identify the objects and people in a given environment.
The details of the trials were also shared by PIB_India Ministry of Communications. “Peak data download speed of over 105 Mbps was observed at Ajol village which is 17.1 KM away from the Unava town with 5G BTS. It is the first of its kind 5G innovative solution to be tested in India for rural broadband coverage,” shared in the tweet.
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