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Chakri K February 18th, 2020 8:10 PM 6 COMMENTS

5G in India: DoT Schedules Meeting With Telcos and Equipment Makers to Discuss Roadmap for Trials

We are into the second month of 2020 and there is no update on when the 5G spectrum auction will happen. However, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is constantly pushing telecom operators to conduct 5G field trials in the country. A new ET Telecom report now says that the DoT will meet telcos and telecom gear makers on February 20 to discuss the roadmap for conducting 5G field trials in... Read More

Arpit Sharma February 13th, 2020 3:51 PM 1 COMMENTS

Trai to Stick With Proposed Prices for 5G Spectrum

Earlier this Wednesday, Trai strongly defended their spectrum pricing and especially noted that the pricing had been finalised after taking into the industry feedback. Trai stuck to their prices and said that it depends upon the interest of individual stakeholder and their decision whether they want to take part in the auction or not. After the announcement by Trai, minister of Telecom and IT Sanjay Dhotre mentioned the Rajya Sabha... Read More

Chakri K February 11th, 2020 8:00 PM 11 COMMENTS

5G Rollout in India Could Face Potential Delay Due to Coronavirus

While telecom operators in India are not interested in participating 5G spectrum auction, analysts now predict that the government itself will have a tough time in auctioning the 'costly' 5G spectrum. An ET Telecom report says the government will likely face difficulties in selling the 5G spectrum because of Coronavirus. A few months ago, the DoT approved all the vendors to participate in 5G trials in India, including Huawei. With... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 22nd, 2020 6:39 PM 0 COMMENTS

Trai Suggests Unbundling of Infrastructure to Ease Situation of Telcos

The telecom industry has been under massive distress. The latest in the list of financial burdens over the telecom industry is the Rs 1.47 lakh crore dues which the telecom companies have to pay to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for license fees, Spectrum Usage charges (SUC) and more. However, all of this has also got the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) worried as well. The sector regulator which... Read More

Arpit Sharma January 16th, 2020 12:44 PM 6 COMMENTS

BSNL, Vodafone Idea and Other Telcos Submit Applications for 5G Trials to DoT

The telecom operators in India, all of them, have come around for the 5G trials and submitted their applications for the same. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea have submitted their applications for the 5G field trials in India with various gear manufacturers. The gear manufacturers with whom these companies have submitted their applications include names like ZTE, Huawei, Nokia, Ericsson, and Samsung. While... Read More

Chakri K January 9th, 2020 9:34 AM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Jio Seek More Time from DoT to Submit Proposals for 5G Field Trials

The top three telcos in India are now looking to approach DoT seeking deadline extension required to submit their proposals for conducting 5G field trials. The deadline to submit the proposal was January 10, but telcos did not come up with their proposals which will ultimately result in the delay of 5G trials. Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea Limited and Bharti Airtel will seek more time from the telecom department for... Read More

Arpit Sharma December 31st, 2019 7:20 PM 0 COMMENTS

Indian Telecom Industry In 2019: A Look Back On Major Events That Were the Milestones This Year

The year 2019 has been a very happening one for the Indian Telecom industry. This was a year full of ups and downs and many waves. The telecom operators were mostly locked in a battle for the large part of the year, and the effects of the data tariff war definitely spawned in the entire industry. The future of the telecom industry was also decided somewhat in this year with... Read More

Chakri K December 31st, 2019 9:55 AM 16 COMMENTS

Indian Government Approves Huawei to Participate in 5G Trials

Huawei will participate in the upcoming 5G trials in India, the telecom ministry has officially confirmed. The government will allow all the vendors to participate in 5G trials, according to a report by PTI. “We have taken a decision to give 5G spectrum for trials to all players,” said Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Earlier, it was reported that the Indian government might ban Huawei from conducting 5G trials in... Read More

Arpit Sharma December 18th, 2019 12:13 PM 11 COMMENTS

5G Trials Will Happen By End of This Fiscal But Auction in Next Year: DoT

The latest technological implementation in the telecom industry right now happens to be the fifth-generation network technology or the 5G network. However, the Indian mobile users might have to wait a little before they get access to 5G network, and the main reason is the delay in the auctions of the 5G spectrum. However, 5G spectrum auction is the next step in the deployment of this technology, before this, the... Read More

Arpit Sharma December 4th, 2019 7:20 PM 12 COMMENTS

Difference Between Dual SIM 5G and Dual Mode 5G Explained

If we are to talk about network technology and what is happening at its forefront, we would be met with the topic of 5G or fifth-generation network technology. There is no doubt that 5G is the latest thing in the market and the network tech, which is going to drive connectivity in the coming years. The phone and chipset manufacturers are also scrapping together their solutions to ship the 5G... Read More

Arpit Sharma November 26th, 2019 7:20 PM 2 COMMENTS

MediaTek Launches New Dimensity 1000 Series Chipset With 5G, AI and Better Imaging Capabilities

As the world of smartphones is slowly progressing towards the implementation of the fifth-generation network technology, the hardware inside the smartphones is also growing in technology to match the innovation and technological progress. An imperative requirement for any smartphone to support any kind of network is to have a modem which is supported by the particular chipset, which means that now the smartphones are starting to come with 5G modems... Read More

Arpit Sharma November 25th, 2019 6:44 PM 24 COMMENTS

Telecom Operators Push 5G Rollout By Five Years as New Quantum Issue Comes Up

There has been a lot of hustle-bustle in the telecom industry as of late, and the epicentre of all these issues seems to be the financially strained situation of the telecom operators. The industry which was once thriving like never before has come to a grim situation given the financial situation of the telecom companies which has worsened ever since the entry of the Mukesh Ambani led telecom operator, Reliance... Read More