India Witnessed Deployment of Over 6,000 5G BTS Throughout April 2024

India witnessed the deployment of 6,696 5G Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) throughout varied states and union territories (UTs) throughout April 2024. BTS are the tools that facilitate wi-fi communication between person tools and a community. The newest information reported by the Division of Telecommunications (DoT) reveals important progress in increasing the attain of 5G expertise, with Bihar, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh main the deployment efforts.

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High States with 5G Deployments

Bihar, a state in japanese India, recorded an addition of 864 BTS through the mentioned period. Equally, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat witnessed important progress in 5G infrastructure enlargement, with BTS additions of 709, 699, and 611 respectively. Amongst different notable contributors to the 5G infrastructure enlargement, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, and Assam reported enhance with BTS additions of 424, 397, and 332 respectively.

5G BTS Deployed in April 2024

Sl. No	State/UT	BTS as on
		31 Mar 2024	30 Apr 2024	BTS Additions in Apr 2024
1	Bihar	21647	22511	864
2	Karnataka	28675	29384	709
3	Uttar Pradesh	48990	49689	699
4	Gujarat	29232	29843	611
5	West Bengal	28192	28616	424
6	Madhya Pradesh	18714	19111	397
7	Assam	8229	8561	332
8	Rajasthan	25496	25813	317
9	Haryana	15604	15878	274
10	Tamil Nadu	33841	34113	272
10	Maharashtra	45283	45548	265
12	Jharkhand	9271	9474	203
13	Odisha	11860	12038	178
14	Punjab	15159	15336	177
15	Andhra Pradesh	18028	18193	165
16	Telangana	16816	16957	141
17	Chhattisgarh	6332	6458	126
18	Jammu & Kashmir (UT)	6745	6827	82
19	Himachal Pradesh	3972	4043	71
20	Delhi	11350	11417	67
21	Manipur	909	968	59
22	Kerala	19152	19198	46
23	Tripura	1171	1215	44
24	Meghalaya	662	696	34
25	Puducherry (UT)	535	563	28
26	Nagaland	695	722	27
27	Mizoram	423	445	22
28	Arunachal Pradesh	552	573	21
29	Uttarakhand	5444	5464	20
30	UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	378	384	6
31	Sikkim	304	309	5
32	Goa	975	979	4
33	Laddakh	226	230	4
34	Chandigarh (UT)	741	743	2
35	Andaman & Nicobar	115	115	0
	Lakshadweep (UT)	2	2	0
		435,720	442,416	6,696

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Areas with Much less 5G Deployments

Whereas having solely two BTS deployments in Lakshadweep is comprehensible given its small measurement and inhabitants, it is price noting that there have been no further deployments in April 2024. Equally, Andaman and Nicobar Islands had solely 115 BTS deployments as of April 30, with no additions throughout April. With solely a minor enhance of two BTS deployments in April, Chandigarh can be among the many areas with slower progress in 5G deployments.

The surge in 5G infrastructure deployment throughout varied states and UTs in India throughout April 2024 displays a major deployment of high-speed and high-capacity networks throughout the nation.

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5G in India

The whole variety of 5G BTS in India surged from 435,720 to 442,416 throughout April 2024. In India, solely personal telcos Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are providing business 5G companies with no financial advantages. 5G is obtainable at 4G pricing and at the moment Limitless 5G is obtainable by each the telcos.

BSNL is at the moment deploying its 4G, and we’re uncertain when its 4G service might be out there on a PAN India foundation. Vodafone Concept (Vi), one other personal telco which is shedding wi-fi subscribers month on month identical to BSNL/MTNL, in a latest electronic mail to prospects signed by CEO has said that it’ll deal with 4G enlargement and 5G rollout.