Ahead Of Rollout, Delhi's IGI Airport Becomes The First In India To Be 5G-Ready

The Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi has become the first in India to be compliant with 5G networks.

Flyers having a 5G-enabled mobile phone and sim card can experience a better signal strength, seamless connectivity, negligible latency, and faster data speed at the Domestic Departure pier and International Arrival Baggage area at Terminal 3, and between T3 Arrivals and Multi-Level Car Parking (MLCP).

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According to the GMR group, passengers can avail these services once 5G is rolled out in the country.

Apart from these, people visiting GMR Aerocity Delhi can also get a feel of the 5G network at GMR Square.

"The 5G network offers a faster speed and lower latency. At the airport, this feature of the next-generation mobile technology will help improve connection density and will also lead to greater efficiencies and aid in faster decision-making," Videh Kumar Jaipuriar, CEO at DIAL in a statement.

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To provide a world-class mobile experience to its passengers, DIAL, a GMR Airports Infrastructure Limited-led consortium that operates and manages Delhi airport, had set up the In-Building Solutions (IBS) for the 5G network well in advance.

5G, which is the next step in mobile telephony, will help in enhancing existing applications of the airports, like passenger processing, baggage management and airport operations, among others.

Also, it will enable airports to go for new technologies like edge-computing, Internet of Things (IoT), digital twin creation and artificial intelligence.

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In August Delhi Airport had rolled out paperless check-in for domestic flyers through DigiYatra App.

What is DigiYatra App

The 'DigiYatra' is a Biometric Enabled Seamless Travel experience (BEST) based on Facial Recognition Technology. It aims to provide a paperless and seamless travel experience to passengers.

With this technology, passengers' entry would be automatically processed based on the facial recognition system at all checkpoints, including entry into the airport, security check areas, and aircraft boarding, etc.

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The technology will make the boarding process significantly faster and more seamless as each passenger would need less than three seconds at every touchpoint. Their faces would act as their documents, like ID proof, and vaccine proof, and also act as a boarding pass.

5G rollout in India

The much-anticipated rollout of 5G is set to happen in India from October 1.

Though the plans and their prices are yet to be announced Airtel and Jio have said that their 5G services will be launched around Diwali, starting with cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, and Mumbai.

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