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Sneha Bhardwaj April 16th, 2019 3:40 PM 0 COMMENTS

India Should Address Spectrum Availability Issues to Make 5G a Success: Huawei

Chinese telecom equipment major Huawei on Tuesday said that India should address the constraints in the spectrum availability to make 5G technology-based services a success in the country. Speaking to IANS on the sidelines of the Huawei Global Analysts Summit 2019, Huawei Executive Director David Wang, who is also the company's ICT strategy head, also pointed out that the Indian telecom market is currently faced with excess competition. "Huawei would... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj March 6th, 2019 3:48 PM 1 COMMENTS

Government Likely to Allocate Spectrum for 5G Trials in India by June: Report

In a pre-service rollout exercise for telcos, spectrum allocation for 5G trial and subsequent field experiments can take place June onwards, official sources said on Wednesday. The panel constituted for such an exercise would soon begin deliberations on the quantum of spectrum, the time period and venue to hold the 5G trial, live demonstrations on speed and latency of 5G among others, sources added. By the time the telcos start... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj February 28th, 2019 10:07 AM 0 COMMENTS

Heavy Data Usage in India Calls for Early Adoption of 5G Network: Ericsson

The humongous amount of data flowing in Indian telecom market shows that 5G network in the country is required soon, a senior official of Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson said Wednesday. "5G might be not so much discussed in India but to be honest with you, the amount of data that goes through those networks, from mobile broadband perspective, 5G is going to needed soon in India just to compliment... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj February 27th, 2019 6:11 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai Will Stick to its Recommended Price for 5G Spectrum: RS Sharma

Telecom regulator Trai will stick to its recommended price for spectrum including that for 5G services, its Chairman R S Sharma said after leading telecom operators complained about high base prices for the sale of frequencies. Trai Chairman R S Sharma said that the regulator, however, has recommended various measures to lower levies on the sector to help improve the financial health of stressed operators. "We have given reserve price... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj February 25th, 2019 8:47 PM 0 COMMENTS

5G Smartphone Shipments Likely to Exceed 140 Million in India by 2025: Report

While the world is going gaga over 5G at the ongoing MWC Barcelona, India is not even on the map for the technology's large-scale rollout this year, or even beyond. Although India is targeting 2020 for the 5G rollout, the country is yet to allocate 5G spectrum to operators even for the 5G trial of use cases. The entire 5G ecosystem, which involves original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), infrastructure, spectrum and... Read More

Chakri K February 25th, 2019 5:51 PM 0 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Deploys Ciena’s Software Platforms to Offer Faster 4G and FTTH Data Speeds

Bharti Airtel today announced that it's deploying coherent optical and intelligent software platforms of Ciena to provide enhanced services to the customers. Airtel says that it's building the world's largest Photonic Control Plane networks in India. With this deployment, Airtel's backbone network will serve the aggressive demand for high-speed data services in India. After the entry of Reliance Jio to the Indian marker, the data consumption has seen a meteoric... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj February 20th, 2019 11:48 AM 0 COMMENTS

Huawei Did Not Receive Any Objections from the Indian Government Regarding 5G Trials: CEO

Politics is behind the debate and developments around security threat from Huawei equipment in various countries, Huawei India CEO Jay Chen said Tuesday. The official, however, said that the Chinese company has not received any objection from the Indian government so far. "Politics is behind all this," Chen told reporters of PTI when asked about countries talking about security threat from Huawei telecom equipment. Some countries, including Australia, have banned... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj February 19th, 2019 6:34 PM 0 COMMENTS

Huawei Ready to Begin 5G Trials in India With Government’s Approval

Amid reports suggesting that Huawei may not get the government's approval for 5G trials in India, Huawei India CEO Jay Chen stressed on Tuesday that the Chinese tech giant could begin the 5G trials within a month of approval from the government. "All of my engagements with the government have been positive so far. We are fully prepared. We can start the 5G trial within one month of getting approval... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj February 18th, 2019 3:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

5G-Enabled and Foldable Smartphones Will Steal the Show at MWC 2019

The buzz around the first 5G-enabled smartphone and foldable devices will be the talk of the town as the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 opens in Barcelona next week. According to Thomas Husson, Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester, a global market research firm, the sessions on 5G and foldable phones are likely to cast a shadow over MWC. "There is no denying that 5G is the infrastructure of... Read More

Arpit Sharma February 18th, 2019 2:25 PM 7 COMMENTS

Telcos Raise Demands for Financial Aid and Favourable Terms from DoT for 5G Rollout

Incumbent telecom operators in the industry have drafted a letter to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) asking for support from the government to start 5G or fifth generational network trials. The telcos have specifically asked for financial aid, backhaul spectrum, and duty-free telecom gear to kickstart fifth generation 5G technology based field trials. The letter was dated February 7 and was spotted by ET Telecom which said that the government... Read More

Chakri K February 13th, 2019 7:22 AM 0 COMMENTS

OnePlus May Showcase Its 5G Phone at Mobile World Congress 2019

OnePlus has some plans for the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2019. No, the company isn’t launching the OnePlus 7 or the OnePlus 7T. OnePlus is gearing up to showcase its first ever 5G phone at the MWC 2019 event. OnePlus has now invited the media to experience the company’s prototype 5G smartphone at Qualcomm’s booth at the event. The OnePlus 5G prototype phone will be running on a fully functional... Read More

Sneha Bhardwaj January 29th, 2019 8:14 PM 0 COMMENTS

China Fast Tracking 5G Network Deployment Amidst Ongoing Tussle With United States

China is fast tracking 5G network in the country to use the next generation telecom technology amidst escalating row with the US over the detention of Chinese telecom giant Huawei's Chief Financial Officer in Canada on charges of financial fraud. China has already launched the 5G service in Guangzhou airport, opened its first 5G base station for the Qinghai Tibet plateau region and announced the road trials of a 5G... Read More