Randeep Sekhon, CTO, Bharti Airtel Airtel and Ericsson's partnership is entering into the 25th year adding another milestone in the form of the multi-year partnership and comes after the announcement of the renewal of the pan India managed services partnership with Ericsson. The deployment of 5G in India remains at least one-half year away according to telecom equipment's major HFCL which feels that the 5G spectrum auction is at least 6 months away. DoT is yet to even hold the 4G spectrum auction which is tipped to be held next year before the end of the fiscal year.