The Indian telecom operators, including Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea (Vi), and Bharti Airtel, will be ready for 5G networks. The telcos are already testing their 5G solutions and networks in different parts of the country. Whenever the right time for the launch of the networks arrive, the operators will be ready in terms of network capacity and coverage. Of course, the operators will keep on investing in their networks for... Read More
5G airwaves will soon be up for auctions as soon as the telcos are done with their field trials. 5G in India is expected to come anytime during the first half of 2022. But the ride for the government nor the telcos won’t be easy. The issue is the spectrum price. Time and again, the telcos and the industry officials have communicated this with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and... Read More
As if the Indian telecom industry was not inundated enough by roadblocks in its development and financial fruitions, the troubles are already on for the coming of 5G as well. Even before the launch of fifth-generation network technology in India, there is a raging debate going on in circles about the kind of standardisation the companies and the government would use for the deployment of 5G network. There is the... Read More
In so many words, huge multinational bodies from the UK and the US have asked the Indian government to go with the 5G standards that have been recommended by the 3GPP. India is currently in confusion about which 5G standard it should go with - 5Gi developed by TSDSI or the 3GPP developed 5G standard. The top trade bodies from around the world have urged the Indian government to go... Read More
Indian smartphone makers are worried about 5Gi becoming the norm of connectivity in the country. According to the smartphone manufacturers, 5Gi would render all the gains that the companies have made so far useless. According to an ET Telecom report, the entire mobile industry will be affected severely if 5Gi is made the standard mode of connectivity in India. Further, it would harm the initiatives of the government to motivate... Read More
Data consumption in India is “expected to grow over three-fold to 40GB per smartphone” by 2025, says Doron Arazi, chief executive officer at Ceragon Networks, a company that offers wireless backhaul and fronthaul solutions. Arazi said that India with over 62 crore internet users has the “world’s second largest user base” and that the user base is also set to increase to 90 crores by 2025. The CEO at Ceragon... Read More
The cellular industry carries out a major upgrade to the wireless infrastructure every decade. In the 2000s, 3G dominated the segment while 4G dominated the previous decade. Now, as we have stepped into the new decade, the 5G networks have already debuted in the US. This might make you think about how 4G and 5G cellular networks are different. Differences Between 4G And 5G Below are the major differences between... Read More
Ericsson has helped Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) in coming out with Taiwan’s first 5G non-standalone (NSA) Multi-Operator Core Network (MOCN). The telco and Ericsson have done this with shared spectrum. It is worth noting that in a mere period of six months, Asia Pacific Telecom (APT) has been able to come out with Taiwan’s first 5G NSA MOCN. It has been largely possible because of Ericsson, one of the finest... Read More
India is gearing up for the launch of 5G networks in the first half of 2022. The telecom operators are already testing their 5G solutions in partnership with global vendors, including Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung. Mr Nitin Bansal, Head of Ericsson India and Head of Network Solutions Ericsson South East Asia, Oceania & India, said consumers in India are ready to pay up to 50% more for 5G if they... Read More
Everyone’s waiting for the arrival of 5G in India. The only operators which are expected to launch the 5G networks in the coming months are Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. Both of them along with Vodafone Idea have already started testing 5G network solutions in different parts of India. But initially, the 5G networks won’t be focused on the consumers, instead, the telcos will keep their focus on enterprise customers.... Read More
Verizon has successfully placed itself as the premium telecommunications operator in the USA. The company offers multiple unlimited 5G plans to the users. One of the plans from the company knowns as ‘Play More Unlimited’ offers users 50GB of 5G data for a monthly charge of $80. It is a prepaid plan, and users are also entitled to get more benefits with this plan. Note that this is the cost... Read More
Top telecom operators and vendors, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei, Samsung, Qualcomm and more companies, have expressed their fear of India going ahead with the 5Gi standard. For the unaware, India came out with its own 5G standard called 5Gi, which was different from that of the one proposed by the 3GPP. The only thing is, the 5Gi standard isn’t as good as what the Telecommunications Standards... Read More
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It's expected to happen in FY 25-26
600 is out of question as they already own 700, they might go with 1400 for a new 5g frequency.
Might be because of the trial period, not officially launched yet.
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