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Tanay Singh Thakur May 17th, 2022 1:30 PM 0 COMMENTS

5th Edition of 5G India Leadership Summit to Focus on Making 5G a Commercial Success

Konnect Worldwide Business Media is going to organise the 5th Edition of the 5G India Leadership Summit. Many industry stakeholders including MediaTek, COAI (Celluar Operators Association of India), Broadband Forum, and others are supporting the event. The event is scheduled for May 19, 2022, in New Delhi and aims to drive consensus toward making 5G a commercial success. The summit’s objective is to further create a roadmap for enabling policy... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 17th, 2022 9:25 AM 0 COMMENTS

5G Rollout in India Could Slow Down Due to Govt’s New Mandate

The telecom operators now have a fresh worry in front of them. Their 5G rollout plans could slow down significantly if the government’s new mandate comes into effect from July 1, 2022. For the unaware, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) wants all the telecom gear imported to India from July 1, 2022, to be tested under the Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecom Equipment (MTCTE) regime. While the intention behind... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 16th, 2022 6:35 PM 1 COMMENTS

Hughes India President Explains Why Conflict of Spectrum Exists Between Satcom and Telecom Operators

The satellite communications (satcom) service providers and the telecom or terrestrial network service providers (TSPs) have contradicting views when it comes to spectrum auctions. First of all, the satcom sector didn’t want India to hold an auction for allocating airwaves for satellite services. Instead, the satcom players were looking forward to an administrative allocation of spectrum. There is a demand from the satcom sector for reserving frequencies in the mmWave... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 16th, 2022 12:10 PM 2 COMMENTS

5G Spectrum Price Likely to be Firmly Decided this Week: Report

5G spectrum auction is what every telecom enthusiast in India is waiting for. The telecom operators are looking forward to the decision of the Cabinet, which will finalise the spectrum pricing for the auctions. It is worth noting that the Digital Communications Commission (DCC), the top body of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), had endorsed the pricing recommendations given by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). However, the final... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 14th, 2022 2:02 PM 1 COMMENTS

COAI Happy With Launch of Gati Shakti Sanchar Portal

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) is happy with the launch of the Gati Shakti Sanchar Portal by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). A couple of days back, TelecomTalk reported about the website of Gati Shakti Sanchar Portal going live. On May 14, 2022, the portal has been officially launched by the telecom department. This portal will act as a one-stop window for the telecom infrastructure companies along with... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 12th, 2022 8:40 AM 6 COMMENTS

BSNL Will Have 5G Next Year: Report

Every private telecom operator in the country is expected to launch 5G services later this year. The only thing all of the nation is waiting for is the spectrum auctions to take place. The government hasn’t announced a fixed date for the auctions, so there’s still no clarity on that. While the private telcos will launch 5G this year, the state-run telecom operator, BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited), will launch... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 11th, 2022 7:19 PM 6 COMMENTS

Smartphone Prices Going Up Is Making Life of Indian Telcos Difficult

The smartphone vendors and manufacturers have increased the price of their 4G and 5G devices. They had to do so because of the rising cost of manufacturing new products. There’s a global shortage of chipsets for electronics. Further, the shipment costs have also risen since the time the coronavirus pandemic hit the world. Other components of smartphones, such as displays, have also become expensive. Because the manufacturers of components and... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 11th, 2022 11:51 AM 0 COMMENTS

Private Enterprise 5G Might Not See Light of the Day in India

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has not given the green light to TRAI’s (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) recommendation for private enterprise 5G. The rejection of the recommendation is partial in nature as the telecom body has allowed the enterprises to request for private 5G networks to be set up and managed by the telecom service providers (TSPs) in India. This simply means that the DoT is not going to... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 8th, 2022 11:06 AM 54 COMMENTS

Telcos Are Not Necessarily Bad, India Is Just a Hard Place to be in Business

The Indian telecom operators are not necessarily bad or not paying attention to the problems of the customers. It is just that India is a very hard place to do business in, especially if you are in the telecom sector. This is because of the sheer size of the market. Forget urban areas for a second, there’s just such a huge population in the rural and backward parts of the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 6th, 2022 9:49 AM 0 COMMENTS

Satcom: GSA Asks Indian Govt to Put all Frequencies in 28 GHz for Auction

The UK-based Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has asked the Indian government to put up all the frequencies in the 24.5 GHz - 28.5 GHz band for auction. According to an ET Telecom report, the body said that satcom (satellite communications) and terrestrial network service providers can co-exist. GSA wrote to K Rajaraman, Secretary of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) saying that it fully supports the recommendations given by the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 5th, 2022 8:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

HFCL, Wipro Partner Up to Manufacture 5G Telecom Product

Wipro Limited and HFCL Limited have announced that they are partnering up for the manufacturing of a variety of 5G transport products that include DU (Distributed Unit) Aggregation Router, Cell Site Router, and CU (Centralised Unit) aggregation router. Businesses and organisations around the world understand the potential of 5G to accelerate innovation or enabling new revenue models and drive business. Wipro will be co-developing the equipment with HFCL by bringing... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur May 5th, 2022 3:26 PM 0 COMMENTS

India and France Agree to Work for Building More Secure 5G and 6G Telecom Systems

France and India, two major nations in the global economy have agreed to work together for building more secure 5G and 6G telecom systems. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, and talked about preparations for the future to deepen cooperation between both countries. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that India and France have reiterated their willingness to deepen... Read More