After US telecom carrier Verizon announced a 5G-enabled smartphone with Samsung, AT&T has also announced plans to grow its mobile 5G device lineup with a 5G smartphone from the South Korean giant in the first half of 2019. The AT&T 5G-enabled smartphone will give customers a compatible plan access to the 5G network it plans to introduce before 2018 end. "5G is going to be about more than just a... Read More
US telecom carrier Verizon and Samsung have announced to jointly launch one of the first commercial 5G smartphones in the US in the first half of 2019. The two companies are set to unveil a proof of concept, powered by the upcoming flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile Platform with the Snapdragon X50 5G NR modem and antenna modules, at the annual Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit in Maui, Hawaii, this week. "5G... Read More
Smartphones subscriptions in India are expected to reach one billion by 2024 and the total mobile data traffic per month in the country would grow four times by that time, according to an Ericsson report on Tuesday. Smartphone subscriptions in the country will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10%, whereas the total mobile subscriptions in India are expected to grow at CAGR of three per cent... Read More
Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) the newly merged telco has stated that once it acquires the 5G spectrum and combined with the right ecosystem in India, the transition to 5G will only be a software update for the telco. VIL’s chief technology offer, Vishant Vora in a talk with ET revealed that Vodafone Idea is developing its 4G network on the basis of elements of 5G and the 5G architecture complete... Read More
India's satellite communications (satcom) policy needs to be revised with the arrival of 5G connectivity and Internet of Things (IoT), said the Secretary for Department of Telecommunications (DoT) Aruna Sundararajan on Wednesday. Speaking at the "India SatCom 2018" international summit, she noted that the National Digital Communications Policy (NDCP) 2018 realises the importance of satcom sector in achieving the dream of "Digital India". According to a statement by Broadband India... Read More
Earlier OnePlus had announced that it would be launching a new 5G enabled smartphone in 2019 with a different branding besides the two phones which it will launch in the next year under the OnePlus flag. A new report has surfaced courtesy of Fudzilla, which tells that the new 5G enable OnePlus smartphone will cost the buyers $100 more than the previous OnePlus 6T. Also, notably, OnePlus won’t be the... Read More
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) on Monday said the industry needed a web-based automatic and timely approval process for Right of Way (ROW) for the country to be prepared for 5G connectivity. Right of Way refers to the legal right, established by usage or grant, to pass along a specific route through grounds or property belonging to another. In terms of the telecom industry, it refers to the... Read More
The fifth-generation network technology or better known as the 5G networks are expected to start rolling out in the year 2020. However, the telcos and governments in developed countries are taking leaps in terms of technology and are racing ahead to prepare for the upcoming 5G rollouts. The 5G networks are expected to deliver a peak speed of as much as 20Gbps, and they will also power the Internet of... Read More
OnePlus executive took to stage and announced that the upcoming OnePlus 6T successor, possibly called the OnePlus 7 would not support 5G. However, that doesn’t mean that OnePlus won’t be shipping a 5G phone next year. As per the company’s official statement, OnePlus will be releasing three phones next year, one in early 2019 which will come with 5G support and the other two will be the OnePlus 7 and... Read More
Samsung Electronics Co plans to launch its first foldable smartphone in March, along with a fifth-generation (5G) network-powered Galaxy S10, industry sources said on Monday to IANS. According to the sources, the South Korean tech giant plans to unveil the flagship Galaxy S10 smartphone in February, followed by the presumed foldable Galaxy F and another edition of the Galaxy S10 that runs on the 5G network in March, Yonhap news... Read More
Chinese tech giant Huawei is working on its next "Kirin 990" chipset with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) which is likely to be unveiled in the first quarter of 2019, the media reported. The processor would feature the second-generation 7nm process and is likely to debut as the first 5G-ready chip from the company. "Industry chain sources claim that Huawei has already started working on the Kirin 990 SoC.... Read More
India's 5G dream can only become a reality once adequate fibre connections are installed, as the country significantly lags on this front, Broadband India Forum (BIF) President T.V. Ramachandran has stressed. Fibre connections in the country have declined and not increased over the years, he pointed out. "When I came to the (telecom) sector in 1994, India had about 47 million (connections). Now, it has only 20 million fixed-line connections.... Read More
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