India witnessed the addition of over 7,000 5G BTS in the course of the month of January 2024, in keeping with the Division of Telecommunication (DoT) 5G Base Transceiver Station (BTS) Deployment Statistics. Particularly, a complete of seven,635 BTS have been deployed throughout all states and Union Territories, in keeping with the DoT, bringing the whole 5G BTS depend in India to 419,849 by the tip of January, i.e., on January 31, 2024.
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5G BTS Deployment
On the finish of December, India had round 412,214 5G BTS, and this quantity elevated to round 419,849 by the tip of January 2024, in keeping with the DoT. Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Rajasthan are the highest 5 states which noticed the best addition of 5G BTS in the course of the month. Ladakh witnessed the addition of 1 5G BTS; nonetheless, Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep (UT) did not see the addition of any 5G BTS.
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5G BTS in January 2024
|
Sl. No |
State/UT |
BTS as on |
BTS Additions in Jan 2024 |
|
| 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | |||
| 1 | Uttar Pradesh | 45746 | 46704 | 958 |
| 2 | Karnataka | 26681 | 27530 | 849 |
| 3 | West Bengal | 26233 | 26855 | 622 |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu | 31739 | 32276 | 537 |
| 5 | Rajasthan | 23915 | 24418 | 503 |
| 6 | Maharashtra | 43391 | 43881 | 490 |
| 7 | Bihar | 20118 | 20522 | 404 |
| 8 | Madhya Pradesh | 17911 | 18295 | 384 |
| 9 | Gujarat | 28359 | 28715 | 356 |
| 10 | Haryana | 14824 | 15110 | 286 |
| 11 | Odisha | 11264 | 11501 | 237 |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | 17270 | 17505 | 235 |
| 13 | Punjab | 14437 | 14644 | 207 |
| 14 | Telangana | 16133 | 16337 | 204 |
| 15 | Jammu & Kashmir (UT) | 6281 | 6476 | 195 |
| 16 | Assam | 7504 | 7692 | 188 |
| 17 | Manipur | 641 | 787 | 146 |
| 18 | Chhattisgarh | 6092 | 6232 | 140 |
| 19 | Jharkhand | 8835 | 8975 | 140 |
| 20 | Kerala | 18619 | 18730 | 111 |
| 21 | Himachal Pradesh | 3724 | 3827 | 103 |
| 22 | Delhi | 11012 | 11093 | 81 |
| 23 | Uttarakhand | 5202 | 5258 | 56 |
| 24 | Puducherry (UT) | 476 | 514 | 38 |
| 25 | Meghalaya | 597 | 622 | 25 |
| 26 | Tripura | 1068 | 1093 | 25 |
| 27 | Nagaland | 639 | 663 | 24 |
| 28 | Arunachal Pradesh | 492 | 515 | 23 |
| 29 | Chandigarh (UT) | 689 | 711 | 22 |
| 30 | Goa | 936 | 955 | 19 |
| 31 | Mizoram | 391 | 402 | 11 |
| 32 | UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 364 | 373 | 9 |
| 33 | Sikkim | 290 | 296 | 6 |
| 34 | Laddakh | 224 | 225 | 1 |
| 35 | Andaman & Nicobar | 115 | 115 | 0 |
| 36 | Lakshadweep (UT) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Complete | 412214 | 419849 | 7635 | |
Operator Panorama
At the moment, solely two non-public operators in India, specifically Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, are deploying 5G Networks, whereas the opposite non-public telco, Vodafone Concept, is but to announce their 5G Plans. BSNL says its 4G, which is at present within the rollout section in keeping with reviews, is upgradable to 5G.
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No 5G Monetisation
Nevertheless, no telco in India is monetizing 5G as at present, 5G is obtainable on a free/limitless foundation. So, no actual monetization is occurring on the 5G investments. Nevertheless, Airtel, as per the corporate’s latest earnings name, acknowledged that they don’t imagine that 5G ought to have differential pricing as a result of monetization is about general tariff restore, and general tariff restore ought to occur.
