Telecom operator Vi (Vodafone Idea) on Friday announced its partnership with gaming platform CareGame to offer 5G Cloud gaming experience to its users in India. The company said that with 5G's low latency technology, the cloud gaming industry is expected to democratise even further.

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"The online gaming industry is among the fastest growing entertainment segments in India and with the advent of 5G it is expected to grow many folds. Mobile gaming is a key agenda for us to drive engagement with our consumers", Avneesh Khosla, Chief Marketing Officer, Vodafone Idea, said in a statement.

As per a report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), India currently has a user base of 300 million mobile gamers. Growing at a CAGR of 38 per cent, the Indian mobile gaming industry is expected to triple in size to a $5 billion market by 2025.

"Our unique Mobile Cloud Gaming technology lifts all these barriers up so that all mobile gamers can enjoy all these great mobile games, whether being RPG, MOBA, Battle Royale, Strategy, Simulation, FPS, Racing or in any other genre", said Benjamin Athuil, Co-founder and President of CareGame.

Also, the telecom company has partnered with the global smartphone brand Vivo to drive the 5G device adoption in India. The partnership announcement comes on the eve of the largest digital technology forum in Asia, India Mobile Congress (IMC) being held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from October 1-4, 2022.

Vivo has successfully tested its recently launched smartphones vivo V25 and T1 5G on the 5G spectrum bands acquired by Vi in New Delhi. With this, Vi customers attending IMC 2022 will be able to experience a wide range of India-specific 5G technology solutions and use cases. With this association, Vi and vivo will work together to drive 5G technology adoption by smartphone users in the country. Vi will continue to partner with various OEM brands to enable its 4G customers to upgrade their handsets for 5G readiness.