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While the world is going gaga over 5G at the ongoing MWC Barcelona, India is not even on the map for the technology’s large-scale rollout this year, or even beyond. Although India is targeting 2020 for the 5G rollout, the country is yet to allocate 5G spectrum to operators even for the 5G trial of use cases. The entire 5G ecosystem, which involves original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), infrastructure, spectrum and edge devices, is currently missing and in such a scenario, various 5G-enabled devices that are now set to see the light of day are redundant for the Indian consumers.
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“5G-enabled phones have come early mostly for the developed and mature markets such as South Korea, the US, Australia and Japan,” said Neil Shah, Partner and Research Director at Counterpoint Research. “Initially, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) will have multiple variants and India will get 4G ones for at least next two years,” Shah told IANS.
In India, 5G trials are slowly picking up with Ericsson, Nokia, Intel and Huawei aiming to further invest towards 5G test beds in India. Huawei is leading the 5G race globally with its massive investments in R&D, but the Chinese giant is facing the heat from some Western countries, particularly the US which alleges that the Huawei 5G network could pose a national security threat.
According to Prabhu Ram, Head of Industry Intelligence Group (IIG), CyberMedia Research (CMR), smartphone brands would look to pique market interest and attract early niche tech adopters in India with their 5G offerings.
