5G is the next generation connectivity medium through which businesses will look to scale their operations online and also leverage the new use cases it enables to their advantage. Now, to prepare for a future with 5G, the government of India has decided to offer the 5G testbed to recognised start-ups and MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises) for free. To all the other stakeholders of the industry, the 5G... Read More
Reliance Jio is expected to be one of the first companies to launch 5G services in India. The telco has made big moves to prepare itself for the 5G rollout. The kind of spectrum portfolio Jio has will allow the company to offer 5G across India pretty fast. Other telcos might have to again play catch-up with Reliance Jio in the 5G user market share figure like they had to... Read More
The much anticipated high-speed 5G services should go live in about a month, according to Monday's remarks from the Minister of State for Telecom Devusinh Chauhan. Chauhan stated that India is likely to install locally built and produced 5G telecom gear by the end of this year for 5G services while speaking at the Regional Standardization Forum (RSF) for Asia and Oceania's opening event. "In approximately a month, 5G mobile... Read More
HFCL has partnered with Qualcomm to bring India and global markets new mmWave 5G FWA products. With the mmWave 5G FWA products, users can get true 5G speeds, and new use cases can come to life. HFCL Limited will be expanding its 5G product portfolio with the 5G mmWave products. One of the best use cases of 5G networks is FWA (fixed-wireless access). With FWA, telcos can deliver the network... Read More
Indian government saw a great response from the telecom sector during the 5G spectrum auctions. Talking about 5G in India, Devusinh Chauhan, Minister of State (MoS) for Communications, during the ITU regional standardization forum (for Asia and Oceania region) inauguration, said that by the end of this year, India would likely get to see indigenously developed, and manufactured 5G stack, getting deployed. In addition, Chauhan said that Indian engineers have... Read More
Ookla, a global leader in network intelligence and connectivity insights, has just released a report on consumer survey for India related to 5G. The 5G spectrum auctions are completed, and it is time for the telecom operators to launch 5G networks in the country. From the survey, Ookla found that 89% of Indian consumers want to upgrade to 5G network services. The consumer survey was done for users aged 18... Read More
Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are the two telecom operators who will make the biggest impact with 5G in India. Jio will likely reach more places in a more efficient manner with 5G because of the presence of the sub-GHz spectrum. What's interesting about the sub-GHz spectrum? Well, Jio will be able to reach rural areas and deliver 5G at a much lower cost than the other telcos that will... Read More
Every telco in India right now wants to control the cost of their spending on 5G gear. Being reliant on a single vendor such as Nokia or Ericsson won't work well for a company like Airtel. If that were to be the case, then it would be the vendors who would run the show and charge exorbitant money from the telcos for gear. But Airtel has played it safe here... Read More
In a sincere sense, Reliance Jio has had a very mixed sort of love/hate relationship with the Indian consumers. Some dislike the company because it disrupted the market and sent many players back to the pavilion - into early retirement. But then some appreciate the role of a 'hero' Jio played by bringing a digital revolution to India. This sort of relationship will most likely always be there, and at... Read More
During the first half of the year, Spirent Communications posted great performance and record orders thanks to 5G and its targeting of new clients, including hyperscalers with assurance solutions. The company is "executing well on our plan of pushing further into the exciting structural growth areas of our industry, from wireless 5G networks to the internet of things and cloud assurance," according to CEO Eric Updyke. Spirent's first-half revenues of... Read More
5G spectrum auction concluded on August 1, 2022. The government made handsome revenues from this auction, and the telcos got finally got their hands on the spectrum through which they could roll out 5G. Ashwini Vaishnaw, telecom minister, said the government completed the 5G spectrum harmonisation process in a single day after the auction concluded. This is not something surprising but actually a very common thing which happens after every... Read More
Bharti Airtel is soon going to launch 5G services in India. The telco will start by offering 5G in key cities of the country. Most likely, cities where Airtel has already tested 5G networks for different use cases will get commercial 5G services as well. If you are someone who is excited about the launch of Airtel's 5G network or 5G network in general, this one is for you. Airtel... Read More
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I don't think your site is well tuned. I don't think it's loaded site. Band 28 gives superb 50-80Mbps speeds…
Mmwave should be deployed commercially at crowded places. I think smartphones will have to incorporate mmwave in their smartphones immediately…
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Still I am expecting 60- 80 Mbps speed, not like this. P.S - @Tanay please delete other comments ( wrong…
