The Department of Telecom need to commence the auction of 5G spectrum in India as the regulators in some countries have already formulated policies and initiated spectrum auctions for the 5G rollout in their respective nations, a senior official of the IT giant Tech Mahindra has said. Manish Vyas, President … Read More
Vodafone on Tuesday announced that its 5G network would go live in the UK for both common consumers as well as business customers on July 3, giving the UK its first official 5G launch date. “Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool and London will be among the first cities in … Read More
The much-awaited network trial for 5G services in the country is slated to start from June, with the Telecom Ministry panel recommending spectrum for the test run to the incumbent telcos for a three-month period. The panel which deliberated on the quantum and duration of the spectrum trial has recommended … Read More
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) organised a workshop on ‘Enabling 5G in India’ on May 1, 2019. The workshop was held with the idea of deliberating and ideating on the issues related to 5G and its rollout in the country. The workshop also hosted discussions on 5G use … Read More
Smartphone users are willing to pay a 20% premium for 5G services, while half of the early adopters would pay as much as 32% more, says an Ericsson study on Tuesday. One in five smartphone users’ data usage could reach more than 200GB per month on a 5G device by … Read More
Chinese telecom major Huawei Technologies on Tuesday raised the market demand projection for 5G services and forecast the figure of 2.8 billion 5G users by 2025 and 58% global coverage by this ultra-fast spectrum-based services. “The 5G subscriber base will touch 2.8 billion by 2025 and 58% of the population … Read More
Chinese telecom equipment major Huawei on Tuesday said that India should address the constraints in the spectrum availability to make 5G technology-based services a success in the country. Speaking to IANS on the sidelines of the Huawei Global Analysts Summit 2019, Huawei Executive Director David Wang, who is also the … Read More
In a pre-service rollout exercise for telcos, spectrum allocation for 5G trial and subsequent field experiments can take place June onwards, official sources said on Wednesday. The panel constituted for such an exercise would soon begin deliberations on the quantum of spectrum, the time period and venue to hold the … Read More
The humongous amount of data flowing in Indian telecom market shows that 5G network in the country is required soon, a senior official of Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson said Wednesday. “5G might be not so much discussed in India but to be honest with you, the amount of data … Read More
Telecom regulator Trai will stick to its recommended price for spectrum including that for 5G services, its Chairman R S Sharma said after leading telecom operators complained about high base prices for the sale of frequencies. Trai Chairman R S Sharma said that the regulator, however, has recommended various measures … Read More
While the world is going gaga over 5G at the ongoing MWC Barcelona, India is not even on the map for the technology’s large-scale rollout this year, or even beyond. Although India is targeting 2020 for the 5G rollout, the country is yet to allocate 5G spectrum to operators even … Read More
Bharti Airtel today announced that it’s deploying coherent optical and intelligent software platforms of Ciena to provide enhanced services to the customers. Airtel says that it’s building the world’s largest Photonic Control Plane networks in India. With this deployment, Airtel’s backbone network will serve the aggressive demand for high-speed data … Read More
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