Apple to roll out 5G in India in Dec amid early adoption push - Reuters

NEW DELHI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) volition commencement upgrading its iPhone models successful India successful December to marque them compatible with 5G networks, the institution said connected Wednesday, arsenic Indian authorities pressed mobile telephone manufacturers to adoption the high-speed network.

The institution said it would propulsion bundle upgrades to caller models, including the iPhone 14, 13, 12 and iPhone SE, which, manufacture sources say, bash not enactment the web currently.

"We are moving with our bearer partners successful India to bring the champion 5G acquisition to iPhone users arsenic soon arsenic web validation and investigating for prime and show is completed," Apple said successful a statement.

"5G volition beryllium enabled via a bundle update and volition commencement rolling retired to iPhone users successful December."

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched 5G services connected Oct. 1 amid overmuch fanfare, with starring telecom relation Reliance Jio saying it would marque the work disposable successful 4 cities and rival Bharti Airtel (BRTI.NS) successful eight.

Top bureaucrats from India's telecoms and IT departments volition seat a gathering connected Wednesday for aboriginal 5G adoption, asking executives from Apple, Samsung, Vivo and Xiaomi, arsenic good arsenic home telecom operators Reliance, Airtel and Vodafone Idea (VODA.NS) to beryllium present, according to a authorities papers seen by Reuters. work much

Reporting by Munsif Vengattil successful New Delhi, Writing by Shivam Patel; Editing by Savio D'Souza

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