Bengaluru Airport Becomes First Airport In India To Offer Ultrafast 5G Network

The Kempegowda International Airport at Bengaluru on Thursday (3 November) became the first airport in India to get access to ultrafast 5G network.

Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced that it has launched the launched its Airtel 5G Plus services at the new terminal of the Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport.

"As South India’s busiest airport prepares for a formal inauguration, Airtel announced the deployment of Airtel 5G Plus in Terminal 2, making it the first airport in India to get access to the ultrafast 5G network," the company said in a statement.

It added that customers can now enjoy blazing speeds on their mobile phones while they are at the arrival and departure terminals, lounges, boarding gates, migration and immigration areas, security gates, baggage claim belt areas etc.

All Airtel customers with 5G smart phones will enjoy the high speed Airtel 5G Plus on their existing data plans. There is no need to change the SIM as the existing Airtel 4G SIM is 5G enabled, it said.

"We are happy that Bengaluru Airport is the first airport in the country that has been wired with Airtel 5G Plus service," said George Fanthome, Chief Information Officer, Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL).