| | AUGUST 20228As India gears up to usher in the 5G era, 89 percent of consumers wish to upgrade to 5G network in India while 48 percent would upgrade to 5G even if it calls for switching service providers, a new report showed on Monday. 5G adoption would boost video content streaming, gaming, and social messaging on smartphones.According to the report by network intelligence and connectivity insights provider Ookla, 20 percent of the Indian respondents would wait for their service providers to upgrade to the 5G network. While 14 percent of respondents intend to avail the services after upgrading to a 5G enabled handset, seven percent would wait for their current contract period to end.Those that aren't sure about the new technology will likely wait to see how attractive it is once others start using it. Only two percent stated that they don't intend to upgrade to 5G."While mobile users in India are among the most data-intensive users in the world, India's 4G/LTE networks have become a bottleneck for demand", said Sylwia Kechiche, principal analyst, enterprise at Ookla."Now, that operators have acquired 5G spectrum, they start their race to become the first operators to go to market with 5G, with some already hinting that 5G deployments will begin in the next few months", Kechiche added.The findings showed that if mobile Internet connections were better, 70 percent of respondents would increase their use of video streaming, while 89 Percent Indians Wish to Move for 5GIN FOCUSBOTH AIRTEL AND JIO SPLURGED ON C-BAND SPECTRUM AT AUCTION, ACQUIRING SPECTRUM IN ALL OF THE 22 TELECOM CIRCLES, WHILE VODAFONE ACQUIRED SPECTRUM ONLY IN ITS PRIORITY CIRCLES
< Page 7 | Page 9 >