Bharti Airtel has showcased 5G network technologies in association with Huawei, Nokia and Ericsson at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2018.
The showcase is part of the company’s Airtel 3.0 vision – aiming to build networks and services for customers to improve digital experiences, Randeep Sekhon, CTO – Bharti Airtel said.

Airtel has displayed 5G network experience – comparing the speed and latency with 4G and several use cases for homes and enterprises.

The use cases demonstrate the benefits of 5G networks – massive capacity, ultra-low latency and the ability to serve a very large number of concurrent users.

Airtel has showcased a modern connected home – powered by IoT technologies with devices and appliances. The Airtel Connected Home is powered by a 1Gbps V-Fiber broadband link to enable digital experience.

The connected home showcased Airtel’s upcoming Android DTH STB, which brings digital content to the home and will act as the home IoT gateway. Airtel demonstrated its in-house developed multi-screen video platform for content play across devices.

The Airtel Connected Car use case demonstrates how IoT can empower drivers through auto telemetry, which will capture and push data related to key parameters of the car and its functioning in real time.

Airtel in partnership with Huawei demonstrated AR based Holographic Communication for 5G.

Airtel in partnership with Nokia demonstrated Virtual Reality based 360 degree content like under sea experience that can be streamed in a 5G live environment.

Airtel and Huawei demonstrated Virtual Reality with virtual iPAD enabling users to play games like “candy crush saga” on “virtual screen” using Oculus.

Airtel in partnership with Ericsson showcased Beyond Visual Line of Sight drones for e-delivery services over 5G networks.

Airtel has set up Airtel X Labs in Bengaluru with the aim of driving cutting edge innovation in the areas of AI, IoT, AR and VR.