5G In India: 5G was introduced in India in October 2022. 5G is expanding much faster than 4G and 3G. 5G service has been enabled in many cities, and planning is going on to start in many cities. Millions of people will experience faster streaming, gaming and work with 5G, but these millions of people probably will not include people living near airports. In fact, industry experts believe that users living near airports are unlikely to use 5G on their devices, and this number is in the millions. What is the matter now? Let’s know in this news.
What is the problem?
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has recently sent a letter to telecom providers Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone. It has been written in the letter that they should not install C-band 5G base stations within 2.1 kilometer range of Indian airports with immediate effect, as C-band 5G can cause problems with the radio (radar) altimeter of the aircraft. During takeoff and landing, and to avoid crashing into the mountains, pilots depend entirely on the radio (radar) altimeter. DoT letter advises Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) to have “no 5G/IMT base stations in 3,300-3,670 MHz in an area of 2,100 meters from both ends of the runway and 910 meters from the center line of the runway of Indian airports be made.
These airports have 5G base stations
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Airtel has set up 5G base stations at airports in Nagpur, Bengaluru, New Delhi, Guwahati and Pune, while Jio has set up 5G base stations in the Delhi-NCR region. This new rule will be applicable till the DGCA makes sure to replace the radio altimeter filters of all aircraft. For information, let us tell you that as soon as the high-speed 5G wireless network was rolled out around the world, pilots in the US also reported frequent problems with the aircraft’s radio (radar) altimeter.
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