Huawei, one of the Chinese vendors that played a major role in supplying network gear/parts to the telcos in India for building their 4G network, might be absent from the 5G roll out. Earlier this week, we reported that Chinese vendors such as Huawei and ZTE might be included in India’s list of trusted vendors for supplying network equipment for 5G. But that might not be the case after all.... Read More
5G roll out in India has been delayed due to a number of factors, bad planning from the government being one. One of the major reasons why 5G has not launched in the country yet is the unavailability of the dedicated 5G spectrum. As per a PTI report, Sanjay Dhotre, Minister of State for Communications, said, the telcos can use the spectrum purchased in the recently held auctions for rolling... Read More
Qualcomm just announced the successor to Snapdragon 768G. Dubbed as the Snapdragon 780G, it is said to bring premium industry-leading innovations first to the 7-series. Qualcomm says the Snapdragon 780G is designed to deliver powerful AI performance. Similar to its predecessor, the SD 780G is also a 5G-enabled chipset with Snapdragon X53 5G modem. We saw a lot of devices using the Snapdragon 765G SoC; For example, one of the... Read More
5G networks will soon sweep over the world, and they will transform our technology and future into something we can’t even comprehend at the moment. One area 5G will majorly help with is online mobile gaming. Online mobile gaming requires a network with very high bandwidth and ultra-low-latency to deliver a decent experience to the user. How will 5G help in regards to this? Well, 5G can deliver both the... Read More
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents India's top three telecom operators (Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone Idea), has asked the regulator to avail millimetre wave bands for the 5G auctions. COAI director general S.P Kochhar wrote a letter to Anshu Prakash, secretary of Department of Telecommunications (DoT), requesting the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to “earmark” and include millimetre wave bands in the 5G auctions. According to... Read More
Nokia’s 5G technology during a commercial trial with Turk Telecom made a world record by delivering 4.5 Gbps downloading speeds. The world record of 4.5 Gbps is the first time any 5G New Radio (5GNR) could deliver such a speed. Turk Telecom, a Turkish operator, leveraged Nokia’s AirScale 5G RAN solution on the 26 GHz mmWave spectrum with 800 MHz bandwidth and a single 5G capable device for the trial.... Read More
Chile, a country in South America, is targeting to roll out a commercial 5G network soon but with strict security policies. If its plans are successful, it will get much ahead of its neighbouring nations in terms of technology very fast. Use cases of 5G go well beyond what users can even comprehend with 4G. Thus operating a commercial 5G network in most parts of the country will enable Chile... Read More
Reliance Jio might get all of its 5G gear locally from Samsung. The South Korean tech giant is likely to apply for the government's Production Linked (PLI) scheme. For the unaware, the government's PLI scheme for the telecom sector of about Rs 12,195 crores is to attract and invite foreign manufacturers to set up factories in India and produce locally. According to an ET Telecom report, Samsung might apply for... Read More
The government is currently in process of creating a list of ‘trusted’ vendors for supplying core network equipment to the telcos. Chinese companies are seen as a cybersecurity threat by the government. Thus, the government is indirectly asking the telcos to refrain from awarding new contracts to Chinese vendors. June 15, 2021, is slated to be the date from when the telcos would be barred from sourcing any network gear... Read More
5G, the next-generation network technology, still feels like a distant dream to millions in India. This is because of poor planning by the government. Further delays in the roll-out of 5G will put India severely behind other nations. India has one of the largest telecom markets in the world. If it can roll-out commercial 5G networks soon, it will have the opportunity to lead the world in the said technology.... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi), the third-largest telecom operator of India, is ready to shift to 5G. The telco has a future-proof network and is also the leader in the country's Internet of Things (IoT) offerings. According to an ET Telecom report, Ravinder Takkar, Managing Director (MD), Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), believes that the telco has a future-ready network. He said that Vi’s network is ready to take on 5G. Takkar said... Read More
The pricing of 5G airwaves has been termed as ‘unaffordable’ by telcos in the past. To ensure a smooth 5G roll out across the nation, the floor prices set by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) need to be reduced. According to a Livemint report, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is likely to have a chat about the same with the regulator. In the recently concluded spectrum auctions for... Read More
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Upay bas ek hi hai ghar ghar mein Wifi lagao aur BSNL ka sim use karo. Not a big fan…
Change the name please from Jio to "Maro"
That will continue to happen in BSNL whole 2025. By 2026, even pvt 5G will stabilise once any midband shifts…
Jio is meddling with the plans since 2022.. 199 was such a appropriate plan and so easy for general public…
Jio has removed data booster packs and added new data packs with same price point and 7 days validity.
