The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) today announced that over 173 countries around the globe have operators that hold spectrum license for low-band LTE or 5G. To be precise, a total of 515 operators in the concerned 173 countries have licenses for low-band spectrum that can enable them for providing 5G or LTE services. Adding to this, over 400 operators have already launched 5G or LTE networks with the help... Read More
5G is one of the most awaited tech features that has both consumers and manufacturers at the edge of their seats, since we know the capabilities of the technology but are unable to test it out, at least in India. In a recent video series that was started by American chipmaker Qualcomm, a panel of experts talk about certain aspects of 5G and the future prospects that it might offer.... Read More
Movistar, one of the telecom operators from Chile, would use equipment provided by Nokia to launch its 5G Networks after the latter grabbed a deal by the Chilean operator. Nokia would reportedly provide equipment from its Airscale portfolio to launch 5G networks in the country. Movistar will also strengthen its critical network infrastructure across markets in Chile by upgrading its 4G and 4G+ networks using Nokia’s technology solutions. Movistar recently... Read More
Much recently, the Indian government had announced that the telcos could start their 5G trials using the airwaves in the 700 MHz spectrum band. Now, the two leading operators of the country, namely Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, are at opposite ends when it comes to the 5G standards that India should adopt. According to a Business Standard report, Airtel believes that the homegrown 5G standards known as ‘5Gi’ will... Read More
Huawei and ZTE don’t seem to have a very bright future in the Indian telecom industry. It is not just the border tensions between India and China, but also the Chinese companies’ dropping reputation across the world. Thus, it is not just Huawei and ZTE but also other Chinese companies that will be affected. The Indian government has made it clear that it doesn’t want Chinese technologies on the future... Read More
There is a multitude of use-cases of 5G that will be discovered and developed further once the technology arrives commercially in India. Vivek Kalra, Director & Head of Telecom, India & SAARC, Juniper Networks, talks about the readiness of India to adopt 5G standards of communication and sheds light on how AI-driven networks will help the Indian telecom operators. How upgrading to SD-WAN will support Indian enterprises, and what will... Read More
The renowned telecom operator of Canada, Telus, has announced expansion plans of its next-generation 5G network. The expansion plan will include additional 529 urban and rural communities across the region by the end of 2021. As reported by RCR Wireless, Telus 5G expansion plan will include deployments in 187 communities in British Columbia, 161 in Quebec, 136 in Alberta, 24 and 12 in Ontario and Manitoba, respectively. It is also... Read More
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has just released a notice appealing public not to believe in baseless accusations against the 5G technology. Rumours are that 5G has aggravated the COVID-19 spread in India. Multiple messages conveying the same information are making rounds online. The public is advised not to pay heed to the rumour. COAI said that even the World Health Organisation (WHO) has made it clear that... Read More
The South Korean multinational company Samsung has teamed up with Polish mobile operator P4 operating under the Play brand to aid in conducting 4G and 5G trials in the capital city Warsaw. Samsung, in a press release, expressed its opinion on the partnership and stated that the trials would test the interoperability between Play’s 2G/3G network and the latest solutions developed by Samsung. The telco giant has a subscriber base... Read More
Korean Smartphone giant Samsung and Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson had been part of a patent licensing dispute that had a sizeable impact on the latter’s first-quarter revenue. This ended today since both companies on Friday inked a multi-year deal for global patent licenses, some of which are related to all kinds of cellular technologies, especially fifth-generation or 5G tech. This deal ends complaints that were filed by both companies... Read More
A petition filed by Russian telecom operators for building and launching the latest 5G cellular network has been given the green signal by The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). The FAS has agreed to a cooperation agreement between the Russian telecom operators for this purpose. As reported by the local media, the petition filed by Russian telecom operators Bashinformsvyaz, Rostelecom, MegaFon and VimpelCom (Beeline trademark) has been approved by the Russian... Read More
5G in India has been a long-lost dream which is finally taking shape in the present period. Back on Tuesday, the Department of Telecom (DoT) in India approved the renowned telecom operators Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi) and MTNL to conduct 5G trials. However, none of the entities will be using the technologies of Chinese vendors. As the government has barred Chinese companies from supplying telecom equipment and... Read More
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