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Tanay Singh Thakur July 23rd, 2022 9:02 AM 5 COMMENTS

Loss Making MTNL Will Not be Privatised, 5G Spectrum for BSNL Reserved

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) will not be privatised. The state-run telecom company has been incurring losses for as long as one can remember. Even though MTNL has very limited operations left in India now, the government plans to keep running it. According to a PTI report, Devusinh Chauhan, Minister of State (MoS) for Communications, gave a written reply to the Rajya Sabha detailing the losses that the company has... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 21st, 2022 7:29 AM 8 COMMENTS

Adani Group Might Never be Able to do What Jio Did

The Adani Group was a surprise entry in the spectrum auction for almost everyone. It changed the market sentiment quickly, and people started questioning the authority that Airtel and Jio would have post the arrival of the Adani Group. Some even thought that with the kind of money Adani Group has, it could pull off what Jio did back in 2016. Well, it is not that simple. Jio came to... Read More

Palak Sharma July 20th, 2022 4:53 PM 0 COMMENTS

Airtel Helps DoT with ORAN Based 5G Trial

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) recently conducted an ORAN based 5G field test conducted by Bharti Airtel. The tests were carried out in Chandigarh. Note that the validation of ORAN-based 5G had already been given by Airtel in partnership with Mavenir. The broader purpose of this trial is unclear. The department tweeted, "Punjab LSA of DoT carried out the 5G test trials offered by M/s Airtel in Chandigarh today." The... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 20th, 2022 1:10 PM 0 COMMENTS

5G AIoT Market to Grow Exponentially, Market to Catch Momentum in 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) coupled with IoT (Internet-of-Things) is helping with automated real-time data analysis and decision making. Both together are called AIoT. There are multiple benefits of AIoT, such as scalability, improved operational efficiency, better risk management, downtime prevention, and enhanced products and services. But to drive the growth of AIoT, the key ingredient or element is 5G, said a Counterpoint Research report. Here's what is possible with 5G. How... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 19th, 2022 4:55 PM 0 COMMENTS

Deutsche Telekom Expands 5G to 123 New Locations

Deutsche Telekom, a major German telecom operator, has expanded its 5G network to 123 new locations recently. In total, the company has been able to reach over 855 new locations in the last seven weeks with its mobile services, which include both LTE and 5G. In the LTE department, Deutsche Telekom expanded its LTE networks to 194 new locations purely while additional capacities were provided in over 538 locations in... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 18th, 2022 4:05 PM 35 COMMENTS

5G Spectrum Auction: Adani Group Submits Rs 100 Crore EMD, See What Airtel, Jio, Vi Have Done

Adani Group, which was highly anticipated to drive the spectrum costs up, might not do that after all. In the 5G spectrum auction, there might be limited bidding from the Adani Group. A recent DoT (Department of Telecommunications) notification said that the Adani Group had submitted an earnest money deposit (EMD) of Rs 100 crore only. At the same time, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Reliance Jio have submitted an... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 16th, 2022 7:18 PM 0 COMMENTS

TelecomTalk Interviews: Mavenir Says 5G a Key Bet for Growth of ORAN in India

India is very close to getting its first commercial 5G network. There’s no saying which telco would be the first to launch it, but with the arrival of 5G, the business landscape of India will change forever. Sanjay Raina, Vice President, Sales for India & South Asia, Mavenir, told TelecomTalk that 5G is not just a connectivity story that we had in the past. “4G, for example, was, you know,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 16th, 2022 2:21 PM 0 COMMENTS

Private Wireless 5G Market Growing at a Slower Pace than Expected

The telecom operators across the world, not just in India, are counting the revenues from enterprise operations to make a big impact with 5G. One of the biggest use cases that have been proven for enterprises with 5G is private networks. However, the revenues and shipments related to private wireless radio access networks (RAN) are coming in below expectations. Stefan Pongratz, Vice President at Dell’ Oro Group, said that the... Read More

Palak Sharma July 15th, 2022 8:36 PM 2 COMMENTS

Verizon 5G Ultra-Wide Band Services Now Available to 1 Million+ More Customers

More than one million more customers in Atlanta, Georgia, now have access to Verizon's award-winning 5G Ultra-Wideband network, which offers faster speeds and more capacity. With download speeds up to 10 times faster than Verizon's typical 4G LTE rates, a safer alternative to free Wi-Fi, video conferencing with fewer frozen faces, and console-quality mobile gaming, Verizon's high-performance 5G Ultra Wideband offers game-changing advantages. Parts of the Georgian cities of Milton,... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 14th, 2022 3:55 PM 0 COMMENTS

Ericsson Gross Margins Impacted by Lowering IPR Revenues

Ericsson has just come out with the financial results for Q2 of 2022. The Swedish telecom gear manufacturer said that its gross margin for the quarter was 45.1% which is lesser than the previous quarter’s 47.9%. Borje Ekholm, President and CEO of Ericsson, said the company’s gross margins fell because of lowering IPR revenues, increased logistics and component costs, and proactive investments in supply chain resilience. During the quarter, Ericsson’s... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 14th, 2022 11:31 AM 2 COMMENTS

5G: COAI Says Giving Spectrum Directly to Tech Companies is not Fair Play

5G spectrum auctions are just a few days away from here. The bidders are already confirmed, with Adani Group being the surprise entry into the scene. But there’s still the issue of the spectrum being directly provided to the tech companies in an administrative manner which can result in unfair play for the telcos. The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has been pretty vocal about the same for very... Read More