Bharti Airtel uses 5G-capable technology

Airtel is starting with the first round of deployment in Bengaluru and Kolkata and will expand to other parts of the country soon, a company statement said.

Deployed as part of Airtel’s ongoing network transformation programme, Project Leap, the Massive MIMO technology will expand existing network capacity by 5 to 7 times using the existing spectrum, thereby improving spectral efficiency. 

“Customers will now be able to experience two to three times superfast speeds on the existing 4G network,” it said.