Friday, 24 March, 2023

Budget 2022: 5G spectrum auction will take place later this year

<p>As part of her Budget 2022 speech, FM Nirmala Sitharaman has confirmed that 5G spectrum auction will happen this year. While no specific dates were mentioned, it is expected to take place sometime in H2 of 2022. Private firms will be able to deploy 5G mobile services by 2022-23. Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel will be in a race to get these networks out in public as they already have started testing their networks in many localities.</p>