Tech Mahindra and Japanese telecom firm Rakuten Mobile Network on Monday said they have entered into an agreement to set up 5G and 4G network labs in Tokyo and Bengaluru. "With this collaboration, Rakuten and Tech Mahindra aim to build a world-class 5G ready network lab which will be one of its kind in the industry," a joint statement by both the companies said. Rakuten is close to launching the... Read More
In line with the "Make in India" programme, Swedish communication services giant Ericsson on Thursday commenced the export of 5G-ready telecom equipment from its manufacturing facility in Pune, Maharashtra, to markets in Southeast Asia. The initial shipments consisting of Ericsson's 5G-ready radio base stations and microwave equipment for 2G, 3G and 4G technologies have been delivered to Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand, the company announced at the India Mobile Congress 2018,... Read More
In collaboration with the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Samsung will commence the first large-scale 5G trials in India in the first quarter of next year, a top company executive said here on Thursday. "5G will be the key to bring smart factories, smart cities and smart agriculture to a new, digitalised India," Youngky Kim, President and Head of Networks Business at Samsung Electronics, said in his keynote address on the... Read More
A robust fibre infrastructure is essential for India to unleash the full potential of 5G and new-age technologies, Trai chief R S Sharma said Wednesday, advocating a PPP model for creating common shared infrastructure at reduced costs. "For fibre to happen, a public-private partnership (PPP) where infrastructure providers too have a skin in the game, is needed," Sharma said at an interactive session organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce and... Read More
The government has freed a set of spectrum in the 5 Ghz band from licensing for providing Wi-Fi and partially 5G services by telecom companies. No permits would be required for the spectrum in the range of 5150-5250 megahertz band, 5250-5350 Mhz and 5725-5875 Mhz, according to an official notification. "No licence shall be required under indoor and outdoor environment to establish, maintain, work, possess or deal in any wireless... Read More
Finnish telecom gear maker, Nokia and state-run telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) today announced that they'd work together to leverage 4G LTE technology for enabling greater operational efficiency at Nokia's Chennai plant and also prepare the telco for the 5G era with smart manufacturing. For most of us, Nokia is known as a mobile phone maker, but it also manufactures a range of telecom equipment across technologies... Read More
The Central Government funded '5G Test Bed' will be fully operational by 2021 with over 300 people trained in the 5G technology. According to the national coordinator of the project Bhaskar Ramamurthi, the first version of the 'test bed' would be ready by 2019-end and the final version by 2021. "Already nearly 170 people are working on this. By the time we are through with this, 300 to 400 persons... Read More
Chinese smartphone and telecom gear maker, Huawei, was in a tough spot a month ago as a report revealed the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is barring the company from testing 5G in India. However, Huawei can now be relieved as it received an official invitation from the DoT for conducting 5G trials in the sub-continent. Huawei will now be part of other companies who will be conducting the tests for... Read More
The National Digital Communications Policy (NDCP) 2018 which was approved by Union Cabinet a couple of days ago is said to help companies serve the growing data needs for consumers, cut the costs and at the same time, reduce red tape. Private telecom companies' growth will be supported as the NDCP focuses to expand broadband coverage funded by the universal service obligation fund and in partnership with private telcos, global... Read More
The Indian government is betting big on 5G for the last few years, claiming that they're planning to roll out the next generation telecom services in the country alongside other nations such as the United States, China and others. Today, Telecom Minister, Manoj Sinha has reiterated the same again, stating that the Indian government is keen on providing 5G services in India by 2020. Furthermore, spoke about the upcoming telecom... Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has released spectrum recommendations for 5G spectrum auction earlier this year. However, we might not see the 5G spectrum auction happening in the next one year. According to the information revealed by Telecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan, the auction of spectrum for 5G services is likely to happen in the second half of 2019. "Right now, it (5G allocation) is looking to happen in... Read More
A recent report from China's Global Times, the DoT had barred Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corporation from the list of companies which are allowed to work with local companies in 5G technology-based trials due to 'security' concerns. China, today expressed its disappointment over the report and sought "level playing field, transparent and fair environment" for its enterprises in India. The move by DoT follows the US and Australia in banning... Read More
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Anything less than 4L sites with 700Mhz should not be target of BSNL. Then only it's good to have network.
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" The 5G SA is also called 5G advanced and allows things such as network slicing and more efficiently." A…
By that Time, BSNL 251 validity will be reduced to 18 or 20 days!
Maybe now focus on the 2 metro cities where people from other states will have close to no network? Mumbai…
