5G telecom network services will be launched in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, and a few other places in Odisha on Thursday. According to sources, 510 base transceiver stations (BTS) towers have already been installed across the state by telecom operators Reliance Jio and Airtel. Minister of Railways, Communications, and Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will launch the much-awaited service in Bhubaneswar for which preparations are in full swing. Telecom companies are likely to cover the big cities with the 5G initially before extending the service to rural areas. Vaishnaw will inaugurate 100 telecom towers in Odisha’s rural areas along with 5G services. It is pertinent to mention here that the 5G network has been launched in selected cities including Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Gandhinagar, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Jamnagar, Kolkata, Chennai, Lucknow, Pune, Delhi, and Mumbai in the initial phase. Besides, President Droupadi Murmu’s village Pahadpur under Kusumi block in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha also experienced the new generation telecom network. He had informed that 5G services will be launched in Odisha before January 26 at the foundation stone laying ceremony for the redevelopment of Bhubaneswar Railway Station.