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Bharti Airtel’s launch of “Priority Postpaid”, a premium mobile service powered by 5G network slicing, has triggered a debate within the telecom industry over whether operators should be allowed to offer differentiated network experiences to paying consumers. What is network slicing? Network slicing allows telecom operators to create multiple virtual segments, or “slices”, within the same 5G infrastructure. Each slice can be assigned different levels of bandwidth, latency, reliability or priority depending on the service being delivered. In practice, this means an operator can reserve a portion of network capacity for a specific category of users or services during periods of congestion, such as traffic jams, packed concerts, airports or crowded markets where thousands of people may be trying to stream videos, upload photos or make video calls simultaneously. Unlike earlier mobile networks, 5G standalone architecture allows operators to dynamically allocate bandwidth, latency and network resources through software rather than fixed hardware controls. India’s net neutrality framework bars telecom operators from blocking, throttling or unfairly prioritising lawful internet traffic. Airtel, however, has maintained that Priority Postpaid does not degrade service quality for regular users and instead uses additional network capacity created through standalone 5G infrastructure.