en.Wedoany.com Reported - Recently, Indian telecom operator Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) launched 5G services in 11 additional cities in Rajasthan. This deployment extends Vi's 5G network in the state from the capital Jaipur to Kota, Sikar, Bhiwadi, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Kishangarh, Jhunjhunu, and Ajmer.
The newly added areas are not evenly distributed across administrative divisions. Vi has focused its construction on urban nodes with higher mobile data usage, concentrated end-users, and more active network service demands, expanding the availability of the 5G wireless network in a phased manner. Kota and Sikar host a large number of educational institutions and student users, Bhiwadi clusters industrial production and residential areas, while Kishangarh is an important center for marble and granite processing and trading in India.
With this expansion, Vi's 5G services have now reached 222 towns across India. The operator initially launched commercial networks in major cities such as Mumbai, the Delhi National Capital Region, and Bengaluru, before gradually expanding to 17 key telecom service areas where it holds 5G spectrum.
In this round of 5G network construction, Vi continues to adopt a multi-vendor networking approach, with Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung jointly supplying wireless network equipment. Equipment from different vendors needs to be integrated into the operator's existing network system and maintain coordination in wireless access, resource scheduling, operation monitoring, and network optimization. New 5G sites must also share the burden of user access and data services with the existing mobile network. Public information has not disclosed the specific frequency bands, number of base stations, single-site coverage radius, or measured transmission rates for the 11 cities.
The network operation phase deploys artificial intelligence-driven Self-Organizing Network (SON) technology. This system continuously analyzes site load, coverage conditions, and changes in user access based on the wireless network's operational status, assisting in parameter adjustments and resource configuration, thereby reducing the workload of manual per-site optimization after large-scale site additions.
After launching 5G simultaneously in multiple cities, user density, building environments, and service traffic in different areas will continuously change. SON can aggregate network performance data into automated management processes, identify issues such as load imbalance, local coverage anomalies, or resource configuration mismatches, and then dynamically optimize relevant network parameters. The technical solutions disclosed by Vi this time mainly focus on multi-vendor wireless equipment coordination and AI-based network management, with no information yet released on network slicing, 5G standalone networking, edge computing, or millimeter wave deployment.
The newly covered cities in Rajasthan include industrial zones, educational centers, agricultural cities, tourist destinations, and stone trading hubs, with varying network load types. Vi has incorporated these areas into the same phased deployment and uses SON technology to manage the expanding wireless access network. The confirmed result of this construction is that 11 cities have officially received 5G services, bringing the total national coverage to 222 towns.
