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5g network

January 12, 2021

Kumar Quoted on Affordable 5G

Swarun Kumar was quoted in Lifewire on why affordable 5G is so important. "You want more people to have access to it [5G], you want people to have better speeds, better connectivity for whatever they are doing. These consumers, once they make that investment, are not going to make another investment for a substantial period of time as well. If networks are being upgraded then older bands need to be retired to make way and make room. It leads to much more exclusion of the consumer base if the products aren’t available in time or at a price where consumers can actually afford it."

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