<h1>Telecom claims of one million connections and statewide 5G raise advertising, licensing, privacy, and competition compliance questions</h1> A large telecom provider reports connecting over one million residences and businesses in a state via fixed and wireless broadband, citing regulator subscriber figures and claiming statewide 5G availability across all districts and tehsils and benefits to education, healthcare, agriculture and entertainment. Legally relevant points include reliance on regulator data for public claims, potential scrutiny under advertising and consumer-protection laws if metrics or service availability are inaccurate, obligations under spectrum, licensing and universal-service regulations, data-privacy and network-security compliance for mass deployments, and competition or market-dominance considerations for regulators.