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Thursday, September 11, 2025
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Topic: 5G services

5G is coming to India next month. Should you upgrade?

Airtel and Vodafone networks will be using the existing 4G infrastructure in India to build their 5G network while Reliance will use a sophisticated standalone network.

Excited for 5G? You may have to wait a bit longer for the ‘real’ thing, says telcos body chief

S.P. Kochhar, director general of Cellular Operators Association of India, says it doesn’t ‘make sense’ to have standalone 5G at the start, and discusses challenges around rollout.

Of Agnipath & immunity to ‘bulldozer justice’, and making of a ‘misinformation superhighway’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Govt to auction 5G spectrum by July end, ‘to spur new waves of innovations’

The government will not charge an upfront amount for the airwaves, allowing the bidders to pay in 20 installments.

Street lamps & billboards for seamless 5G connectivity? What TRAI plans with pilot study

TRAI study launched in Gujarat aims to determine feasibility of mounting small cells on existing public infrastructure to ensure seamless 5G connectivity.

Delhi HC reduces Juhi Chawla’s penalty from Rs 20 Lakh to Rs 2 lakh in 5G lawsuit

Court said the actor didn't take up 5G issue in a 'frivolous and casual manner' and expunged its judge's earlier remarks against her that she had filed lawsuit to garner publicity.

To keep millions confined to 2G is to deprive them of digital revolution: Mukesh Ambani

New Delhi: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Wednesday pitched for using the USO Fund to subsidise smartphones for select groups to help penetrate the digital...

Juhi Chawla withdraws plea against 5G roll out from Delhi High Court

In June, the court had described the lawsuit by Chawla as 'defective', 'abuse of process of law' and filed for 'gaining publicity' and dismissed it with costs of Rs 20 lakh.

Chinese firms left out of 5G trials in India but Modi govt played fair. Here’s how

Estimates suggest that eliminating the use of telecom equipment from China could increase procurement costs of service providers by up to 20 per cent.

UK to start phasing out of Huawei’s 5G equipment as soon as this year

The move comes as UK's National Cybersecurity Centre concluded that new US sanctions mean Huawei will have to use untrusted technology, which shoots up security risks.

On Camera

Lifting night shift ban increased female employment in India—only among big firms

Discriminatory laws limit firms from hiring willing women, and removing such barriers can help narrow the economic gap between developing and developed countries.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

‘Foreign policy rests on hard power’—from 1965 Indo-Pak war to Op Sindoor, key takeaways for India

A panel of experts moderated by ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta drew connections between insights of 1965 Indo-Pak War and strategic takeaways highlighted by Op Sindoor.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?