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Tanay Singh Thakur October 14th, 2021 12:03 PM 25 COMMENTS

5G in India Will Require More Towers, Denser Infrastructure

5G in India and around the world will work on higher frequency airwaves/spectrum. The telecom operators will need to create a denser infrastructure if they want to be successful with 5G. Especially for millimetre wavelength (mmWave) bands which can be disturbed even with trees will require more cells to be distributed around localities for the 5G to work well. We are talking about cells on lamp-posts, traffic lights, public buildings,... Read More

Chakri K October 13th, 2021 7:28 PM 0 COMMENTS

5G Tech to Redefine Future of Telecom And Other Industries

Technological innovations that will be brought in by 5G will redefine the future of telecom in India and create a plethora of opportunities across various industries including healthcare, fintech, e-commerce, education and entertainment, claims a CII-Deloitte report. The private networks are believed to witness huge demand from enterprises soon, which will be led by the necessity for security and high-speed connectivity within the operating environment. While 5G networks will bring... Read More

Chakri K October 12th, 2021 8:14 PM 3 COMMENTS

Kerala Planning for 5G, Might Increase Mobile Towers for Better Experience

As 5G services are all set to be kickstarted in India in the near future, the number of mobile towers in Kerala will be doubled in less than two years. It is said that this will ensure an improved experience and 5G services to the users. As per a report by Mathrubhumi citing the information by DR RT Mathew, Senior Deputy Director of Telecom Department in a media conference. With... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 8th, 2021 1:49 PM 32 COMMENTS

Indians Will Consume Much More Data With 5G

Indians will consume much more data when the 5G networks come to the country. There are a lot of people who are still not on 4G networks, and that is not because of a singular reason, but multiple ones. As per an Opensignal report, countries that have live 5G networks have seen a rise in data consumption from the 5G users. According to the data shared by Opensignal, 5G users... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 8th, 2021 9:27 AM 5 COMMENTS

Reliance Jio 5G Strategy Will Not be Easy to Accomplish: Ookla

The time for the rollout of 5G networks in India is not that far anymore. The spectrum auctions can take place in a few months, and as per Airtel CTO Randeep Sekhon, the 5G networks can go live within two-quarters of the auction. The top telecom operator in India, Reliance Jio, is planning to go with Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) route with its 5G networks. There are many benefits... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 7th, 2021 10:30 AM 7 COMMENTS

5G Needs Strong Tariffs Backing in India

5G networks are going to be the next revolution in the tech and telecom industry of India and around the world. Although the 5G tech hasn’t completely matured yet and is still in the phase where relevant use cases for India are being discovered/developed, there’s no doubt that it will change how people and machines communicate. But 5G requires a lot more backend support than 4G. The infrastructure needs to... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 6th, 2021 3:11 PM 8 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Gearing for mmWave 5G Trials

Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, is gearing up for mmWave 5G trials. Randeep Sekhon, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Bharti Airtel, said that mmWave bands would be included in the telco’s next round of 5G trials. For the unaware, the mmWave 5G bands will be able to deliver the fastest 5G speeds to the users. The sub-6 GHz bands are good for coverage, but they can’t offer the fastest speeds.... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 5th, 2021 2:21 PM 27 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Tests 5G in Rural India Ahead of Vi, Jio

Bharti Airtel has beaten its competitors Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Reliance Jio in testing 5G in rural India. The Chief Technology Officer of Bharti Airtel, Randeep Sekhon, said that Airtel partnered up with Ericsson to conduct rural India’s first 5G trial. Sekhon said that 5G will be a revolutionary technology and with use cases such as Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), the telco will be able to deliver last-mile coverage, helping... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 5th, 2021 12:21 AM 0 COMMENTS

5G Network Rollout Expected Time Frame in India

5G networks in India will only roll out once the telcos have got everything they need. This includes the 5G spectrum along with the equipment from the vendors to upgrade their networks. The private operators have often said that their networks are 5G ready. All they need is the spectrum from the government and just have to complete their testing to ensure that their networks are ready to manage the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 3rd, 2021 11:23 AM 0 COMMENTS

Open Technologies Will Power 5G: Rajesh Gangadhar, STL

Open RAN will foster innovation and reduce time to market of critical features and capabilities that are essential to 5G because of the larger set of vendors that will now be competing in the market, says Rajesh Gangadhar, CTO - Access Solutions, STL. Q1. What is the operator sentiment towards OpenRAN? Legacy telecom infrastructure has largely operated on tightly integrated, proprietary software and hardware. They pose challenges of constrained vendor choice,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 2nd, 2021 4:18 PM 6 COMMENTS

What Do You Want from Your 5G Smartphone? Let’s Talk?

5G smartphones have been discussed very heavily in the past few months. This is because more and more of them are launching in the Indian market and most of them in the budget segment and mid-range segment are overpriced. This is because of the huge cost that the 5G chipsets carry. Now, most of the users believe that buying a 5G device is not right at the moment. This is... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 1st, 2021 12:27 AM 4 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea Confident About 5G in India

Vodafone Idea (Vi) is confident about its future in India as well as 5G services. This is because of the reforms that the government recently announced. Because of the moratorium on dues announced, it has become possible for Vi to work on its networks for now and not get pressured because of the statutory dues in its books. As per a PTI report, the telco’s non-executive chairman, Himanshu Kapania, Vi,... Read More