4G traffic still heavy, Airtel in no hurry to switch to standalone 5G

New Delhi: Bharti Airtel may start switching its 5G services onto a standalone (SA) network – from the non-standalone (NSA) mode it has been using – in one or two cities in three years, a senior executive said. However, he said, India’s second-largest telco still has a lot of traffic on its 4G bands and that there is no tangible benefit to users from shifting modes.