The satellite communications (satcom) service providers and the telecom or terrestrial network service providers (TSPs) have contradicting views when it comes to spectrum auctions. First of all, the satcom sector didn’t want India to hold an auction for allocating airwaves for satellite services. Instead, the satcom players were looking forward … Read More
5G spectrum auction is what every telecom enthusiast in India is waiting for. The telecom operators are looking forward to the decision of the Cabinet, which will finalise the spectrum pricing for the auctions. It is worth noting that the Digital Communications Commission (DCC), the top body of the Department … Read More
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) is happy with the launch of the Gati Shakti Sanchar Portal by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). A couple of days back, TelecomTalk reported about the website of Gati Shakti Sanchar Portal going live. On May 14, 2022, the portal has been officially … Read More
Vodafone Idea and its technology partner for 5G trials, Ericsson, have achieved a peak download speed of 5.92 Gbps during the ongoing 5G trials. The new peak download speed on Vi’s networks was tested on a single device in Pune, Maharashtra. For this trial, Vi and Ericsson had leveraged spectrum … Read More
Vodafone Idea, the third-largest private telecom operator in India, is going to be leveraging the DWMD solution from Nokia in its access layer to upgrade the current network to 5G to meet the future service capacity and reliability needs. Nokia’s scalable and compact DWDM solution will enable Vi to optimise … Read More
Every private telecom operator in the country is expected to launch 5G services later this year. The only thing all of the nation is waiting for is the spectrum auctions to take place. The government hasn’t announced a fixed date for the auctions, so there’s still no clarity on that. … Read More
The smartphone vendors and manufacturers have increased the price of their 4G and 5G devices. They had to do so because of the rising cost of manufacturing new products. There’s a global shortage of chipsets for electronics. Further, the shipment costs have also risen since the time the coronavirus pandemic … Read More
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has not given the green light to TRAI’s (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) recommendation for private enterprise 5G. The rejection of the recommendation is partial in nature as the telecom body has allowed the enterprises to request for private 5G networks to be set up … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has stated that the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) should make a decision on whether the frequencies in the 27.5-28.5 GHz band to be auctioned or allocated administratively. TRAI also added that the 5G airwaves reservation for state-run telco – BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam … Read More
Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecom operator, is now testing the interoperability between the 5G VoNR and 4G VoLTE. Aayush Bhatnagar, Senior Vice President, Reliance Jio, said in a LinkedIn post that Jio has upgraded its 4G VoLTE network and has integrated 5G core for testing 5G VoNR with 4G VoLTE. … Read More
The UK-based Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has asked the Indian government to put up all the frequencies in the 24.5 GHz – 28.5 GHz band for auction. According to an ET Telecom report, the body said that satcom (satellite communications) and terrestrial network service providers can co-exist. GSA wrote … Read More
The Digital Communications Commission (DCC) had last week backed the TRAI’s (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) recommendations for the base reserve price of the airwaves for the 5G spectrum auctions. Along with that, the body had said that the premium ‘E-Band’ spectrum should be given exclusively to the telcos via … Read More
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