Airtel 5G SA Approaching Roll out for Mobile users?

[f0r3he4d]

im not getting it in mumbai maybe cus my airtel number is from kolkata circle

 

[Kyle Crane]

Yesterday i got myself a new Airtel postpaid sim and today the sim is fully activated
By yesterday evening the 5G Standalone toggle was still greyed out and i thought maybe its something which Airtel hasnt enabled yet

buy today i saw 5G Standalone and another toggle for Voice over 5G Standalone

Device : iPhone 15 Plus (X70 Modem)
iOS version : iOS 26.4
Location : Mumbai Western suburbs

 

[Kyle Crane]

Doing separate 5G 4G speedtests rn ,to see if there is actual difference in speed

Would post them here

 

[Kyle Crane]

Voice Over Standalone toggle and 5G Standalone toggle turned ON
field test mode shows SA+NSA

5G Auto Mode VS 4G

Airtel 5G Site along with Field test

5G Auto Mode vs 4G

 

[Kyle Crane]

At my home I’m getting SA only ,but then i get poor signals here

 

[unnecessary]

People in India are like : Wow bro airtel 5G has such good speeds in India, no wonder why it's the most premium telco in India with Standalone 5G . Don't know when will people stop chanting airtel as the best telco. Bro what's the reason for such poor speeds in your tests? Is there huge congestion in your area or what? After airtel Removed Their 15+ year old tower in my area, their 5g speeds have been trash now.

 

[Kyle Crane]

Well this park thing is close to a metro station and huge traffic passes close by

So maybe thats the reason

And airtel has some weird network reception issues in my location

I should try doing these speedtests somewhere else i guess

 

[f0r3he4d]

in Bandra (W) Pali Hill I get horrible Airtel reception too. I guess airtel has bad reception in mumbai

 

[Kyle Crane]

Damn ,Airtel does have lower low land spectrum than Vi

Maybe thats why

 

[chuski]

Good post. Where did you get SA? Was this in Malad? I've been to various locations in Mumbai (Andheri, Bandra, Powai, Bhandup, Mulund, Thane) recently and unfortunately haven't seen 5G SA anywhere with multiple devices (iPhone, OnePlus, Samsung).