Driving Naari Programme launched in Chandigarh
It has been around six months since the launch of 5G services in India. The new generation of network connectivity was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the India Mobile Congress on October 1, 2022. While India plans to offer 5G through all of its prominent network providers, whether public or private, currently only Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are the two telecom operators that offer 5G networks in the country.
Both the telcos are deploying their 5G networks across the country at a rapid pace and plan to reach out to all the significant cities of the country by the end of 2023. Within the last 6 months, both Jio and Airtel have reached around 500 cities with their 5G network and are offering 5G services free of cost.
Let’s take a detailed look at India’s 5G deployment by Jio and Airtel.
Jio 5G available in these cities
Dubbed as Jio True 5G, Jio has launched its 5G services in around 406 Indian cities spanning across 32 States and UTs.
– Andhra Pradesh: Chittoor, Eluru, Guntur, Kadapa, Kakinada, Kurnool, Narasaraopet, Nellore, Ongole, Rajamahendravaram, Srikakulam, Tirumala, Tirupati, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram, Hindupur, Madanapalle, Proddatur, Ananthapuramu, Bhimavaram, Chirala, Guntakal, Nandyal, Tenali, Anakapalli, Machilipatnam, Tadipatri, Amalapuram, Dharmavaram, Kavali, Tanuku, Tuni, Vinukonda, Adoni, Badvel, Chilakaluripet, Gudivada, Kadiri, Narsapur, Rayachoti, Srikalahasti, Tadepalligudem.
– Arunachal Pradesh: Itanagar
– Assam: Guwahati, Nagaon, Silchar, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Tezapur, Bongaigaon, North Lakhimpur, Sivasagar, Tinsukia.
– Bihar: Muzaffarpur, Patna, Gaya, Katihar, Bhagalpur, Arrah, Begusarai, Bihar Sharif, Darbhanga, Purnia.
– Chandigarh
– Chattisgarh: Bhilai, Bilaspur, Durg, Korba, Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Raigarh, Ambikapur, Dhamtari, Jagdalpur, Bhatapara.
– Goa: Panaji, Mormugao, Margao
– Daman and Diu
– Delhi
– Gujarat: Ahmedabad, Ahwa, Amreli, Anand, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Bhuj, Botad, Chhota Udaipur, Dahod, Godhra, Himatnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kalol, Khambalia, Lunawada, Mehsana, Modosa, Morbi, Nadiad, Navsari, Palanpur, Patan, Porbandar, Rajkot, Rajpipla, Surat, Vadodara, Valsad, Veraval, Vyara, Wadhwan, Ankleshwar, Savarkundla, Gandhidham, Vapi.
– Jammu Kashmir: Jammu, Kashmir, Anantnag, Baramulla, Kathua, Katra, Sopore, Rajouri.
– Jharkhand: Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Hazaribag, Deoghar, Bokaro Steel City, Katras, Dumka.
– Haryana: Ambala, Bahadurgarh, Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar, Karnal, Panchkula, Panipat, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonipat, Yamunanagar, Thanesar, Bhiwani, Jind, Kaithal, Rewari, Fatehabad, Gohana, Hansi, Narnaul, Palwal in Haryana and Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Nadaun, Shimla, Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh, Dharamshala, Kangra, Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh.
– Himachal Pradesh: Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Nadaun, Shimla, Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh, Dharamshala, Kangra, Paonta Sahib.
– Karnataka: Bagalkote, Belgaum, Bellary, Bengaluru, Bidar, Bijapur, Chikkamagaluru, Davanagere, Gadag-Betageri, Hassan, Hospet, Hubli-Dharwad, Kalaburagi, Mandya, Mangalore, Manipal, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Tumakuru, Udupi, Chitradurga, Raichur, Kolar, Bhadravathi, Ramanagara, Doddaballapura, Chintamani, Haveri, Karwar, Ranebennur, Robertsonpet.
– Kerala: Alappuzha, Cherthala, Guruvayur Temple, Kannur, Kochi, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Trivandrum, Changanassery, Muvattupuzha, Kodungallur, Attingal, Kanhangad, Nedumangad, Taliparamba, Thalassery, Thiruvalla.
– Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Jabalpur, Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga, Shri Mahakaal Mahalok, Ujjain, Chhindwara, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Katni Murwara, Betul, Dewas, Vidisha.
– Maharashtra: Ahmednagar, Amravati, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded-Waghala, Nashik, Pune, Sangli, Solapur, Akola, Parbhani, Jalgaon, Latur, Chandrapur, Ichalkaranji, Beed, Chakan, Dhule, Jalna, Malegaon, Satara, Bhandara, Wardha.
– Manipur: Imphal, Thoubal.
– Meghalaya: Shillong and Tura.
– Mizoram: Aizawl, Lunglei.
– Nagaland: Kohma, Dimapur.
– Odisha: Balasore, Baripada, Bhadrak, Bhubaneshwar, Brahmapur, Cuttack, Jharsuguda, Puri, Rourkela, Sambalpur, Talcher, Balangir, Nalco, Bhawanipatna, Jatani, Khordha, Sundargarh, Byasanagar, Rayagada.
– Puducherry
– Punjab: Amritsar, Derabassi, Kharar, Ludhiana, Mohali, Zirakpur, Bathinda, Khanna, Mandi Gobindgarh, Jalandhar, Phagwara, Pathankot, Hoshiarpur.
– Rajasthan: Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Nathdwara, Udaipur, Bhilwara, Sri Ganganagar, Sikar, Alwar, Ajmer, Tonk.
– Tamil Nadu: Chennai, Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Erode, Hosur, Madurai, Salem, Thoothukudi, Tiruchirappalli, Tiruppur, Vellore, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Kancheepuram, Karur Kumbakonam, Nagercoil, Thanjavur, Tiruvannamalai, Tirunelveli, Pollachi, Kovilpatti, Ambur, Chidambaram, Namakkal, Pudukkottai, Ramanathapuram, Sivakasi, Tiruchengode, Viluppuram, Karaikudi, Krishnagiri, Ranipet, Theni Allinagaram, Udhagamandalam, Vaniyambadi.
– Telangana: Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Khammam, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Warangal, Mancherial, Adilabad, Ramagundam, Mahabubnagar, Siddipet, Sangareddy, Jagtial, Kothagudem, Kodad, Tandur, Zahirabad, Nirmal, Suryapet.
– Tripura: Agartala, Kumarghat.
– Uttarakhand: Dehradun, Haldwani-Kathgodam, Rishikesh, Rudrapur, Roorkee, Mussoorie, Kashipur, Ramnagar.
– Uttar Pradesh: Agra, Aligarh, Bareilly, Ghaziabad, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut, Moradabad, Noida, Prayagraj, Saharanpur, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Mathura, Muzaffarnagar, Firozabad, Faizabad, Barabanki, Rampur.
– West Bengal: Asansol, Durgapur, Kolkata, Siliguri, Bardhaman, Berhampore, English Bazar, Habra, Kharagpur, Bankura.
Jio 5G plans
Jio has not yet launched any dedicated 5G plans. Yet to experience 5G, Jio users have to wait to get the Jio 5G Welcome Offer. The offer will be rolled out to users who are living in the Jio 5G connectivity area, are using a 5G smartphone and have an active mobile recharge of Rs 239 and above.
Airtel 5G available in these cities
Airtel is also spreading its Airtel 5G Plus of fast pace and has started its 5G services in Over 500 Cities.
– Andhra Pradesh: Cuddapah, Ongole, Eluru, Vizianagaram, Nellore, Ananthapur, Vizag, Vijayawada, Rajahmundry, Kakinada, Guntur, Kurnool, Tirupati, Anakapelle, Tadepalligudem, Adoni, Chilakaluripeta, Kadiri, Achitapuram, Gadwal, Kandukur, Pulivendula, Tadipatri.
– Assam: Jorhat, Tezpur, Guwahati, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Bongaigaon, Howli, Badarpur, Bokakhat, Barpeta Road, Biswanath Chariali, Golaghat, Diphu.
– Bihar: Fatwah, Araria, Jehanabad, Forbesganj, Motihari, Siwan, Saharsa, Madhepura, Lakhisarai, Sultanganj, Jamui, Gaya, Khagaria, Bettiah,
Patna, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, Bodh Gaya, Begusarai, Katihar, Kishanganj, Purnia, Gopalganj, Barh, Bihar Sharif, Bihta, Nawada & Sonepur, Hajipur, Arrah, Sasaram, Darbhanga, Chapra, Madhubani, Samastipur, Sitamarhi, Aurangabad, Buxar, Daudnagar, Dumra, Dehri, Jainagar, Munger, Mansi, Supaul, Hathua.
– Chhattisgarh: Bilaspur, Raipur, Durg-Bhilai, Korba, Raigarh, Rajnandgaon
– Chandigarh Tri-City: Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula.
– Delhi: Gujarat Navsari, Morbi, Surendrana, Junagadh, Vapi, Dahej, Bharuch, Anand, Bhavnagar, Ankleshwar, Jamnagar, Nadiad, Kadodara, Mehsana, Kalol, Bhuj, Gandhidham, Mundra, Palanpur, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Bopal, Silvassa, Valsad, Kadi, Botad, Changodar, Chhatral, Gondal, Veraval, Solsumba, Navagam, Dholka, Idar, Surat, Pipodara, Sarigam, Sihor.
– Haryana: Gurugram, Panipat, Faridabad, Hissar, Rohtak, Ambala, Sonipat, Karnal, Yamunanagar, Bahadurgarh, Panchkula, Kurukshetra, Sirsa, Saha.
– Himachal Prades: Manali, Solan, Kangra, Kullu, Palampur, Nalagarh, Shimla, Dharamshala, Mandi, Baddi, Una, Chamba, Paonta Sahib, Barotiwala.
– Jharkhand : Deoghar, Adityapur, Dhanbad, Bokaro Steel City, Ramgarh Cantonment, Khunti, Hazaribag, Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Chaibasa, Garhwa, Giridih, Simdega, Dumka, Medininagar (Daltonganj).
– J&K: Jammu, Srinagar, Samba, Kathua, Udhampur, Akhnoor, Kupwara, Anantnag, Katra, Baramulla, Rajouri, Lakhanpur, Khour, Sopore, Tral, Handwara, Punch, Kishtwar, Shupiyan, Purana Daroorh, Bhaderwah.
– Kerala: Ponnani, Kalamassery, Tirurangadi, Vengara, Thrippunithura, Tirur, Kollam, Edathala, Muvattupuzha, Palakkad, Cheruvannur, Vazhakkala, Kayamkulam, Kochi, Trivandrum, Kozhikode, Thrissur, Alappuzha, Malappuram, Manjeri, Guruvayoor, Kannamangalam, Moonniyur, Choornikkara, Maradu, Paravur, Pirayiri, Koottilangadi, Kottayam, Pallippuram, Abdu Rahiman Nagar, Puzhakkattiri, Chavakkad, Cheranallur, Kodungallur, Malayinkeezhu, Neduva, Perumbaikad, Ponmundam, Pookkottur, Tanur, Valappad, Neyyattinkara, Thennala, Attingal, Chelambra, Eloor, Feroke, Irinjalakuda, Kadungalloor, Karakulam, Kodur, Komalapuram, Kuruvattur, Olavanna, Othukkungal, Parudur, Pattambi, Pulpatta, Purathur, Veliyankode.
– Karnataka: Mangalore, Mysore, Bengaluru, Gulbarga, Hassan, Raichur.
– Madhya Pradesh: Dewas, Jabalpur, Sagar, Chhatarpur, Mhow, Pithampur, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Rewa, Satna, Guna, Shivpuri, Vidisha, Katni, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Singrauli, Burhanpur, Chhindwara, Morena, Neemuch, Bhopal, Itarsi.
– Maharashtra: Dhule, Nashik, Achalpur, Udgir, Yavatmal City, Sinnar, Bhandara City, Aurangabad¸ Khamgaon, Jalgaon, Parbhani, Thane, Buldana, Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Solapur, Ahmadnagar, Amravati City, Sangli, Kolhapur, Jalna, Nande Waghala, Malegaon, Satara, Wardha, Wadgaon Kolhati, Bhagur, Jaysingpur, Karad, Badlapur, Daund, Junnar, Sanaswadi, Akluj, Alibaug, Boisar, Hingoli, Shahapur, Shirur, Bori, Murtijapur, Osmanabad, Vasai, Chandrapur, Daryapur Banosa, Igatpuri, Manjlegaon, Nandura, Vaijapur.
– North East: Churachandpur, Kohima, Itanagar, Aizawl, Gangtok, Shillong, Imphal, Agartala, Dimapur, Naharlagun, Belonia, Bishalgarh, Lunglei, Pasighat, Sekmai Bazar.
– Odisha: Kendrapada, Jajpur Road, Bolangir, Talcher, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Puri, Anugul, Sambalpur, Balasore, Berhampur, Bhawanipatna, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Paradeep & Bargarh Town, Bhadrak, Baripada, Khurda, Malkangiri, Bhanjanagar, Jajpur Town, Nuapada, Jagatsinghpur, Jeypore, Nowrangpur, Patamundai, Sonepur
– Punjab: Ludhiana, Derabassi, Kharar, Zirakpur, Jalandhar, Amritsar.
– Rajasthan: Bhiwadi, Pali, Ganganagar, Sikar, Jaipur, Udaipur, Kota, Alwar, Ajmer, Bikanwer, Bhilwara, Jodhpur, Neemrana, Dausa, Vijainagar
– Tamil Nadu: Vellore, Salem, Tiruppur, Tirunelveli, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hosur, Madurai, Trichy, Erode, Puducherry, Thoothukkudi, Cuddalore, Nagercoil, Dindigul, Thanjavur, Kancheepuram, Karur, Thiruvallur, Palladam, Sulur.
– Telangana: Nizamabad, Khammam, Ramagundam, Hyderabad, Warangal, Karimnagar, Sangareddy, Yellandu, Kamareddy, Peddapalle, Medchal, Vikarabad.
– Uttar Pradesh: Jhansi, Ayodhya, Shahjahanpur, Raebareli, Barabanki, Chandauli, Banda, Hardoi, Mahrajganj, Kushinagar, Jaunpur, Balrampur, Mau, Gonda, Bareilly, Aligarh, Agra, Meerut, Kanpur, Gorakhpur, Pryagraj, Varanasi, Lucknow, Noida, Ghaziabad, Fatehpur,
Basti, Jalaun, Bahraich, Chitrakoot.
– Uttarakhand: Dehradun & Haridwar.
– West Bengal: Siliguri, Berhampore, Old Malda, Raiganj, Durgapur, Balurghat, Alipurduar, Dinhata, Asansol, Barrdhaman, Koch Bihar, Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Islampur, Kharagpur, Kolkata, Haldia, Ranaghat, Contai, Krishnanagar, Puruliya, Bongaon, Bankura, Raniganj, Kolaghat, Bolpur, Panskura, Tamluk, Dafarpur, Bagnan, Bara Suzapur, Kalikapur Barasat.
Airtel 5G plans
Unlike Jio, Airtel does not offer 5G services on an invitational basis. To experience Airtel 5G Plus, users will need a 5G smartphone and should be in a 5G network coverage area. Additionally, the telecom is also offering unlimited 5G data without any daily cap to all of its users who have an active recharge plan of Rs 249 and above.
How to start 5G in your smartphone
To start using 5G services on your smartphone:
Go to Settings > Mobile Data > Voice & Data> select 5G AUTO for Jio or Airtel.
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