5G rollouts in India: Progress so far, in three charts

Almost a year into the rollout of 5G services by Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, the two now cover nearly 10,000 cities and towns and aim to have pan-India coverage by the end of the current calendar year or March 2024. While 5G-specific tariffs are still a few quarters away, Airtel has made some efforts towards 5G monetisation with its fixed wireless access (FWA) offering announced earlier this month, and Jio is expected to follow suit soon. ET takes a look at the extent of the 5G rollouts in India so far.