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Bala Yogesh December 21st, 2020 3:00 PM 9 COMMENTS

5G Smartphones Generating Consumer Excitement, Optimism in India: CMR

CyberMedia Research (CMR), a company engaged in market research, consulting and advisory services on Monday said in a report that “there is heightened consumer excitement and optimism around 5G smartphones” in India. The company highlighted that its report is based on its study on “The 5G Future Now” designed to provide a “compelling narrative around what 5G smartphones posit” for the users. According to CMR, 5G capability is emerging as... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 15th, 2020 2:30 PM 34 COMMENTS

Airtel and Jio Might End Up With 80% of the Telecom Market in 12 to 18 Months: Sunil Mittal

India’s top two telecom operators, namely Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel might end up with 80% market share in the next 12 to 18 months believes Sunil Mittal, founder and Chairperson of Bharti Enterprises. In a report shared by Goldman Sachs, Sunil Mittal has expressed that from the current 75%, the top two operators in India can gain up to 80% of the market share in the coming time. Mittal... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 13th, 2020 3:00 PM 50 COMMENTS

Is 5G Going to Replace Broadband Internet? Let’s Talk

5G is going to be all over the world, including India very soon. It is the next generation of technology which will support faster and higher connectivity. As we have established in one of our reports earlier, 5G won’t be as harmful as people are speculating it to be. The 5G frequency bands fall under the non-ionising range, which means it is safe to be deployed. While 5G is slowly... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 10th, 2020 6:00 PM 11 COMMENTS

Put All the Available 5G Spectrum in Auction to Avoid Scarcity: Trai Secretary

Addressing the nation at the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020, SK Gupta, Secretary of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said that the telecom department needs to ensure adequate availability of 5G spectrum at an affordable price for the telcos. This is so that Indian telecom service providers (TSPs) can test 5G for India specific use cases as soon as possible. Gupta said that he is aware of the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 9th, 2020 2:50 PM 0 COMMENTS

India’s 5G Share in Worldwide Economy to be $1 Trillion by 2035

During the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) event, 2020, Bharat Kumar Jog, an official from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), said that India’s share of economic value worldwide when it comes to 5G will be close to $1 trillion by 2035. But for that, he highlighted, the industry must be availed with 5G spectrum or airwaves at an affordable price. He asked the government to act fast and expedite the process... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 8th, 2020 4:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone Idea MD Says Lost Opportunities of 5G Use Cases and Partnerships Due to Multiple Reasons at IMC 2020

Managing Director of Vodafone Idea (Vi), Ravinder Takkar at the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC), 2020, said that the telco lost multiple opportunities of 5G use cases and new partnerships just because of the existing tariffs and the price that government is charging on the spectrum. Adding to the price on the spectrum, its availability is also a major problem. Takkar highlighted that Vi has invested around $30 billion in India... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 8th, 2020 2:29 PM 21 COMMENTS

Local 5G Standards Existential Threat, Will Lock India Out of Global Ecosystem: Gopal Vittal

Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel South Asia on Tuesday said that India needs to adopt 5G standards which are accepted globally. Going for 5G standards sourced locally is only going to result in India being locked out of the global ecosystem of technology. It is not the first time he has expressed this thought. Earlier as well, Vittal has expressed that Jio backing the 5G standards set by the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 8th, 2020 1:32 PM 4 COMMENTS

5G in India to Arrive as Soon as Pricing of the Equipment Comes Down and Devices Start Becoming Available: Sunil Mittal

Sunil Bharti Mittal, Founder of Bharti Airtel recently addressed the nation in the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) and said that India would be 5G ready in the next two to three years. This is because at the moment, in the Indian landscape, pricing of the spectrum and the equipment of 5G is too high and unfeasible for the industry. But he said that the pricing of the equipment would soon... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 8th, 2020 11:50 AM 127 COMMENTS

Mukesh Ambani Calls Out for Removal of 2G and Says Jio Will Pioneer the 5G Revolution in India

Mr Mukesh Ambani recently addressed the nation at the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) and expressed four important points that India needs to focus on. He said that in 2020, while everyone worked from home, learned and taught from home, India thrived online. Ambani also stressed on the fact that India will become a $5 trillion economy very soon and prove the cynics wrong. He focused his attention on four points... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 30th, 2020 7:00 PM 1 COMMENTS

5G Would Impact Growing India’s Telecom Industry Positively Believes Qualcomm

5G connectivity would be a positive boost for the Indian telecom industry believes Rajen Vagadia, Vice President and President of Qualcomm and SAARC. India stands to gain a lot from 5G once it arrives in the country. This is because India has a huge market that needs a massive upgrade. Thus the government of the country can release the appropriate amount of spectrum at affordable prices for the telecom operators... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 21st, 2020 3:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

5G: How Harmful Will It Be for Humans and Other Living Organisms?

A lot of people are concerned about the use of 5G technology for connectivity. This is because a common presumption about 5G is that it produces harmful radiations which kill birds and also lead to people being diagnosed with cancer. To understand how this technology will actually affect us, first, let’s see how it is different from previous cellular technologies. With 5G, the networks would depend on radio waves to... Read More

Chakri K November 19th, 2020 8:36 PM 9 COMMENTS

Nokia, Elisa and Qualcomm Achieve World’s Fastest 5G Speeds of 8 Gbps

Qualcomm Technologies, Nokia and telecom operator Elisa today announced that they have achieved 8 Gbps speeds on a commercial 5G network in Finland. It is the first time we are seeing 8 Gbps speeds on a 5G network with two 5G mmWave devices connected simultaneously. The three vendors conducted this test at Elisa's store in Helsinki, Finland. Qualcomm Technologies said that new network would support a range of new low-latency,... Read More