Telecom operators have been struggling to monetise 5G due to a lack of demand for enterprise use cases. Retail customers have been using 5G virtually free of cost since the launch in October 2022. But, now, leasing of 5G spectrum to private networks will help Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel - which are on course to complete nationwide rollout of 5G services this year - to monetise the fifth-generation mobile technology that is up to 100 times faster than 4G, experts said.
