The telecom sector of India is majorly expecting a reduction in levies from the upcoming budget. There might not be a lot of emphasis on 5G from a budget point of view as the technology is still being developed. But the telcos will expect a huge reduction in the reserve price of the spectrum bands. Telcos have time and again requested for the levies to be reduced. Further, the industry... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has reassured that 5G is safe for aircraft operations in India. There has been a lot of confusion in people’s minds related to 5G being a safe technology or not. The concerns for the aviation sector came up primarily because of what’s happening in the United States. Air India had even cancelled some of its flights to the United States (U.S.) on Wednesday... Read More
In a new development regarding the 5G spectrum auctions, the low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite operator OneWeb has told TRAI that there wasn’t any auction of spectrum for Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) in Brazil, and it is most likely not going to happen in Mexico, Saudi Arabia or Thailand as well. This submission from Bharti-backed satellite operator discredits the claims made by Jio that the auction of spectrum for broadband-from-space is... Read More
VVDN Technologies, on Thursday, announced the setup of a new end-to-end 5G lab for 5G Open-RAN based RU devices in India. This testing lab will enable telecom operators, telecom device manufacturers, and system integrators to follow protocol and test Open-RAN, Inter-operability testing (IOT), Radio Conferencing Testing (RCT) in a real 5G environment. Open-RAN is referred to as the technology that the future generation mobile networks will be based on. It... Read More
5G smartphones shipment grew in India by 6x in 2021 as compared to 2020 and contributed to about 17% of the total smartphone shipments in the country, shared Counterpoint Research in a report. As the competition in the market intensifies amongst the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and more 5G smartphone options are available at declining prices, the growth of 5G smartphone shipments will rise further. In the last six months... Read More
Mavenir, a network software provider has just announced the successful completion of Dynamic Network Slicing and fulfilment as part of the recently concluded 2021 TM Forum “Ecosoft eHealth” Catalyst Program. Now, due to this catalyst, service delivery to the international medical facilities via 5G slices will be possible. It will also address virtual reality (VR) and artificial reality (AR) and the use of virtual intelligent counselling agents (VICA) in use... Read More
There are a lot of discussions going on regarding the use of the C-band spectrum for 5G services and the threat that it poses to sensitive aircraft equipment such as altimeters. Not just in India, but other major countries such as the United States (U.S.) is also trying to resolve the issues related to 5G and the aviation industry. But according to the ITU APT Foundation of India, there’s no... Read More
The deployment of 5G services has been creating a lot of issues between the airline and telecom industry as the services could generate powerful signals capable of disrupting some of the aeroplane systems. In light of this, flights from Asia, the Middle East, and Europe to the United States remained cancelled or switched planes at the zero-hour on Tuesday and Wednesday causing confusion among the passengers and creating disruptions. But... Read More
Semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm has announced that it recently partnered up with Vodafone and Thales to exhibit the new iSIM technology on an operational smartphone. iSIM is the latest technology that enables the functions of a SIM card to be integrated with the main processor installed in the smartphone. The iSIM is the latest SIM technology as currently ‘eSIM’ are used in devices that require a separate chip but with the... Read More
Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) could reduce their total cost of ownership (TCO) by up to 36% if they accelerated their move to the converged 5G packet core (5GC). Mavenir, a network software provider, released an in-depth study with Monica Paolini at Senza Fili on how MNOs can reduce TCO by 36%. The study concludes that MNOs can save significant costs by moving to a cloud-native Converged 5GC with 5G standalone... Read More
Two of the top telecom operators in the United States (U.S.) have further delayed the rollout of C-band 5G in some areas near the airport. Some of the largest airlines in the country have said that the rollout of C-band 5G would interfere with aircraft technology and disrupt communication. According to an AP report, the telcos decided to delay the launch of 5G near some key airports after the Biden... Read More
There are many consumers who are unhappy with the fact that their 5G smartphone supports less than five or, on certain occasions, a single 5G band. For the unaware, 5G services would be rolled out using a dynamic range of the spectrum, which would for the first time include mobile services rollout with C-band spectrum (3.3-3.6 GHz) and mmWave (26 GHz and 28 GHz) spectrum band. 5G speeds and use... Read More
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