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“WE AIM TO ROLL OUT 5G BY OCTOBER”

Q. How satisfied are you with the outcome of the 5G auction?

It has been a success and reflects the whole series of structural and procedural reform processes across the entire gamut of the telecom sector effected by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji. Before the auctions, all the estimates said we would get between Rs 80,000 crore and Rs 1 lakh crore, but the numbers that have come—Rs 1.5 lakh crore—indicate that the industry is coming out of the deep troubles it had been facing.

Q. How quickly can we get 5G on our phones in India?

We are working in close synchronisation with the industry. Even before the auctions happened, we had

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