India is gearing up for the roll out of 5G services by October 12, Union Communications, Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday.Talking to media persons, Vaishnaw said 5G services will be scaled up after launch and should reach every part of the country in the next two to three years.”We are planning to roll out 5G services rapidly.
The telecom operators are working in that regard and installations are being done.Hopefully, we should be launching 5G services by October 12 and then would further scale up in cities and towns.Our expectations are that 5G should reach every part of the country in the next two to three years.We will ensure that it remains affordable. The industry is focusing on both urban as well as rural areas,” he said.The Centre on Thursday launched the 5G RoW (Right of Way) application form on the Gati Shakti sanchar portal.The Minister said a common portal for all states has been made to have a central stop-shop for entry of infrastructure applications and approvals.Last week, the government has issued spectrum allocation letters to telecom service providers while asking them to prepare for the rollout of 5G services in the country.