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Shrijan Soni May 1st, 2020 5:43 PM 0 COMMENTS

Finance Ministry Task Force Considers DoT’s 5G Spectrum Price Exorbitant

A task force assembled by Finance Ministry noted that that 5G spectrum pricing set by DoT is too high. Though DoT has fixed the prices of 5G Spectrum as per the norms of Trai, the entire telecom industry is showing their concerns regarding the high pricing of 5G spectrum. Telecom industry is already facing substantial financial distress, and the payment of AGR dues has already burdened telecom operators. Finance Ministry... Read More

Shrijan Soni April 28th, 2020 12:39 PM 7 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Signs Multi-Year Deal With Nokia For Enhancing 4G Network Capacity

Bharti Airtel has signed a multi-year deal with Nokia for the expansion of its 4G network capacity and enhanced customer experience. Airtel will deploy Nokia’s SRAN solution along with AirScale Radio Access, Baseband and related services in 9 different circles of India. The deal between Airtel and Nokia will also lay the foundation for 5G services in the future. Also, Airtel will pay special attention to rural areas and compete... Read More

Shrijan Soni April 27th, 2020 7:07 AM 6 COMMENTS

Bharti Airtel Plans for Massive 4G Expansion in Rural Areas

Bharti Airtel has picked the products and services of top wireless hauling specialist Ceragon for additional 4G network expansion. Since the demand for broadband connections have increased in India amid the lockdown period, Bharti Airtel is planning to increase the network capacity, which will cater to the growing demand for stable connection in India. Also, the telco giant has deployed the expansion plans in rural areas and started preparing for... Read More

Shrijan Soni April 17th, 2020 2:57 PM 2 COMMENTS

Samsung Achieves 8.5Gbps 5G Speeds in Lab Tests

Samsung conducted 5G lab tests and achieved a maximum speed of 8.5Gbps. The company powered the test on Samsung’s 5G mmWave Access unit and combined 800MHz of spectrum bandwidth in the mmWave Band and MU-MIMO. Samsung claims that using the combined technology, it achieved a downstream rate of 4.3Gbps speed on both the devices. Not only this, but the company also claims that the 5G demo tests were done combining... Read More

Chakri K February 20th, 2020 6:20 PM 4 COMMENTS

Vivo Z6 5G With Snapdragon 765G and Liquid Cooling Launching on February 28

The Chinese phone maker Vivo has started teasing the launch of a new Z series smartphone. The Vivo Z6 5G will go on sale starting February 29 as per the company. Vivo officially took to Wiebo to share the launch date of Z6 5G in the Chinese market and share live renders of the upcoming device. Vivo also made live the reservation page of the smartphone ahead of the launch.... Read More

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