<span style="color: #222222;">Government is creating an enabling framework for the deployment of affordable and secure 5G services in the country. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Sanjay Dhotre said, the Department of Telecommunications has received 16 applications from licensed telecom service providers for 5G technology trials. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, the 5G services are expected to be introduced gradually and advance to a full range of services as ecosystem and demand for services grows. The present users will have to buy 5G enabled smart phones in order to experience the benefits of 5G Technology.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' In another question, Mr Dhotre said, the spectrum acquired through auction, as being held from time to time is permitted to be used in a technologically agnostic manner. He said, the successful bidders of the spectrum auction can deploy mobile services using any technology including 5G. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The minister said, the government has recently decided to give relief to financially stressed Telecom Service Providers by permitting deferment of spectrum auction payment instalments in respect of early auctions, for the next one or two years.</span><br />''