Archive · 11 Jun 2025
Vi Launches 5G in Bengaluru with Samsung Technology
Vi has launched 5G services in Bengaluru, India, partnering with Samsung to improve network capabilities.
This follows earlier launches in other cities.
The launch involves using Samsung's technology to modernize existing networks.
This includes advanced radios and virtualization of key network functions, like a virtualized Base Station Controller (vBSC).
The goal is to provide faster and more efficient mobile internet to customers, offering enhanced speeds and capacity.
Vodafone Idea (Vi) launched 5G services in Bengaluru with Samsung.
This launch follows the successful 5G commercial services launch in Chandigarh and Patna in April 2025.
Vi is modernizing legacy 2G and 4G networks with Samsung's solutions.
Samsung provided radios supporting diverse spectrum bands and virtualized Central Unit (vCU).
The companies implemented the first virtualized Base Station Controller (vBSC) for 2G services.
- Who
- Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Samsung
- What
- Launch of Vi 5G services
- When
- Beginning in 2024
- Where
- Bengaluru, India
- Why
- To provide faster mobile internet and modernize existing networks
- Company
- Vodafone Idea (Vi)
- Partners
- Samsung
- Launch City
- Bengaluru
- Technology Used
- Samsung radios, vCU, and vBSC
- Previous Launches
- Chandigarh and Patna
- Network Modernization
- 2G and 4G
Sources
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