5G In India: Oppo Unlocks Airtel 5G Plus Support In Smartphones
© Provided by Financial Express Airtel's current 4G SIM already supports 5G, so customers do not need to change the SIM card and can enable 5G services by changing the settings. (Reuters Photo)Oppo India announced on Monday that all of its 5G devices support the newly launched Airtel 5G network. Airtel 5G Plus is already launched and users don't need to change their SIM because the current SIM already supports 5G, so users just need to configure settings to change network from 4G to 5G. According to Oppo, it has partnered with Airtel at the India Mobile Congress.
Taslim Ari, Vice President and Head of Research and Development at Oppo India, said the Chinese consumer tech giant is committed to developing technologies that “enhance the quality of life” and “one example of this is 5G. The same in India. “Our team has worked tirelessly for a year to bring 5G to everyone.” He also expressed his gratitude to Airtel, saying that the company will continue to focus on such innovations to “stay ahead of the 5G race.”
Shashuat Sharma, CEO of Bharti Airtel Consumer Business and DTH, added that the Chinese consumer technology giant is acting as a "long-term partner" and that the partnership is part of the 5G journey. Sharma added that since Airtel's current 4G SIM already supports 5G, customers do not need to switch SIM cards and can enable 5G services by changing the settings.
How to enable Airtel 5G on Oppo phones?
Since Airtel has already launched 5G services and Oppo has also issued a statement with the same budget. "Airtel customers can get 5G wireless connectivity on all Oppo 5G devices" Users can go to network settings and change their preferred network to Airtel 5G. Enable 5G services, Oppo claims.
