Reliance Jio launches 5G network in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh

13. April 2023

Mobile service provider Reliance Jio announced the launch of its ‘True 5G Service’ in the Indian cities of Indor and Bhopal. With this, Jio becomes the first mobile operator to provide 5G service in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Complementing the service in Indore and Bhopal, Jio also plans to expand its 5G network to other cities in the same state, including Jabalpur and Gwalior. The company aims to roll out the 5G standard in every city and administrative district in Madhya Pradesh by the end of 2023. To support the rollout of the 5G network, Jio has invested around $604 million. This represents 68 per cent of the total 5G investment by the telecom industry in the state of Madhya Pradesh. WPC certification is necessary for wireless products in order to be used and sold in India.

The WPC (Wireless Planning & Coordination) is the national broadcasting authority in India and is part of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. It was established in 1952 and has its headquarters in New Delhi, with other regional offices in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Guwahati.

The main tasks of the WPC are to issue amateur radio licences and to allocate and monitor the frequency spectrum. In addition, the WPC is responsible for WPC ETA certification (WPC Equipment Type Approval ETA) and other radio approvals. For foreign manufacturers, only the WPC ETA Approval is relevant in most cases. The WPC certification is used synonymously for the ETA (Equipment Type Approval) abroad.
The national broadcasting authority WPC (Wireless Planning & Coordination) is responsible for the relevant certification, in order to regulate the issuing of issuing of amateur radio licenses and the allocation and monitoring of the frequency spectrum.

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