Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom company in India, is making moves with 5G. The telco has been working with several technology partners/vendors to develop new use cases of 5G relevant to the Indian market. Now, Vi has made an announcement regarding the launch of its 5G services. The telco has been texting to its customers in Delhi about the 'nearby' launch of services. The exact message from Vi read,... Read More
The 5G launch is going to take place in the coming weeks and months. The government had identified 13 cities where the launch would take place in the initially. These cities were chosen on the basis of their economic returns for the operators. Now, according to a PTI report, the Samajwadi Party (SP) wants the inclusion of Odisha cities for the launch of 5G services as well. Rabindra Nath Behera,... Read More
India is on the verge of getting its first commercial 5G network. The day is not far when either Airtel or Jio would announce that they are switching on 5G for select circles. But this wouldn't excite everyone in the country as most of the country will still be under the blanket of 4G networks. The question that needs addressing is when will 5G reach everywhere, like 4G? Ashwini Vaishnaw,... Read More
The telecom minister of India, Ashwini Vaishnaw, on Thursday released amendments to the Indian Telegraphy Right of Way (RoW) Rules, 2016. These amendments are focused on ensuring a faster 5G rollout in the country. Along with this, Vaishnaw launched a new '5G RoW' application form on the GatiShakti Sanchar Portal. All the telecom bodies now have 5G spectrum, and they are ready to roll out services. But to ensure that... Read More
Bharti Airtel is the only telecom operator in India which has taken the E-band spectrum from the government for backhaul services related to 5G. Telcos had said that the E-band spectrum is going to be very important for them once they start rolling out 5G. A large capacity backhaul is necessary to facilitate Indian consumers with a good 5G experience. But for that, the fiberisation of towers is necessary. Since... Read More
Airtel, a global telecom brand present across several nations, has two promoter groups - the Mittal Family and the Singtel Group. Now, in a new development, Singtel has announced that it will sell a minority stake in the company to the Mittal Family. Through a press release, Singtel announced that its wholly-owned subsidiaries have entered into a share purchase agreement for selling a 3.3% direct stake in Airtel to Bharti... Read More
Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, two of the top private telecom firms in India, will have a big responsibility in spearheading the 5G growth in the country. Both the telcos have the resources to launch PAN-India 5G network, but they would do it in a phased manner to ensure that they can get the best returns as not every circle is ready to deliver great revenues by consuming 5G services.... Read More
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a major Tata Group company now recognised as a leading IT company across the world, is ready to help Indian enterprise customers with private 5G networks. TCS is not just a technology company, but it is also a system integrator (SI) and the company's Chief Operating Officer, N Ganapathy Subramaniam, told ET Telecom that TCS is ready to work with customers across different verticals to help... Read More
Bharti Airtel is soon expected to launch 5G network services in India. One of the biggest curiosities from a consumer standpoint is what the 5G plans would look like. Mostly, how would they be priced? It should definitely be priced more than 4G plans, but then how much? Considering 4G plans are soon going to get tariff hikes, will Airtel directly adjust the prices of 5G plans accordingly at the... Read More
A proposal to sell 72,097.85 MHz of 5G spectrum was approved by the Union Cabinet last month. Govt got offers totalling Rs 1.5 lakh crore from prominent individuals including Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani; Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are also competing for the bid. In anticipation of an increase in data usage in the upcoming years, telecom operators are showing interest in 5G airwaves to increase their own revenues.... Read More
Adani Group was the surprise entry in the 5G spectrum auction. Many initially assumed that it was to give strong competition to Jio and Airtel in the consumer space with 5G. But the Adani Group later clarified that it just wants to serve customers in the B2B space. At present, the Adani Group doesn't want to enter the consumer mobility space, and it makes sense. For now, it can be... Read More
Reliance Jio is India's number one telecom operator, and it is expected to launch and operate one of the widest 5G networks in India. The 5G launch is also not too far away from here, and it is natural for the fans of the company to wonder what the exact date of Jio's 5G launch is. Well, there are a lot of rumours out in the market as to when... Read More
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Mmwave and 5G on every band by Jio 5G atleast. Everywhere.
Yes, Airtel has expanded really fast and Airtel fiber service and 4G service is far better than Jio to be…
Vi harming itself by providing 179 recharge to keep validity. In this way it will not survive. I think investors…
Airtel really expanded fiber network across India much faster after Jio Fiber entry. In our Village Airtel brought service first…
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