The 5G network in the country has been started from October this year. Airtel and Jio, the two major telecom companies of the country, are continuously expanding their services city by city. Meanwhile, Airtel has increased the coverage of its network in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. The company has claimed to provide 5G service in about half a dozen areas of Lucknow. The special thing is that right now customers are getting this service free of cost without any extra charge. Customers can avail the facility of 5G pack along with their existing 4G pack.

5G service started in these areas

Telecom company Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced the launch of its state-of-the-art 5G services in Lucknow. The company is rapidly expanding its network to provide services across the city. Airtel’s 5G services are currently available in select locations including Gomtinagar, Hazratganj, Aliganj, Aishbagh, Rajajipuram, Aminabad, Jankipuram, Alambagh and Vikas Nagar in Lucknow.

Service will be expanded in a phased manner

Bharti Airtel (Uttar Pradesh) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sovan Mukherjee said in a statement that Airtel 5G Plus services will be made available to customers in a phased manner. Currently, these services can be availed on 5G enabled devices without any additional charges. Airtel customers can access super-fast network with speeds that are 20-30 times the speed of 4G, he added.

Is Your Area Ready for 5G?

After all, how to know in which area 5G service can be used or not? To check this, Airtel users can take the help of Thanks app. It is very easy to check whether 5G enabled smartphone users can use this service in their area or not. There is no need to download any separate app for this. First of all, go to the setting of the smartphone and turn on the data service. After it is turned on, if you see the facility of 5G, then understand that this service has started in your area. Apart from this, if you go to the settings of the smartphone and select 5G service instead of 4G, you can check it.

Follow these steps to check with Airtel Thanks app

1. First of all open this app in the smartphone.

2. After this, after turning on the location, give permission.

3. Now click on check if your phone is 5G enabled.

4. After clicking, wait for some time.

5. As soon as the process of testing starts, if green color appears on 5G handset, 5G Software, 5G Device setting, then understand that you can use this service in your area.

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