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Tanay Singh Thakur January 28th, 2022 11:59 AM 3 COMMENTS

TSDSI Asked TEC Under DoT to Stop 5Gi Adoption

The Telecommunications Standards Development Society of India (TSDSI) has asked the Telecommunication Engineering Center (TEC) to not go ahead with the 5Gi (India’s indigenous 5G standard) adoption as the national standard 5G technology. TEC is the department that operates under the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Private companies, as well as telecom bodies, were against the adoption of the 5Gi standard in India. According to an ET Telecom report, TSDSI has... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 28th, 2022 9:55 AM 6 COMMENTS

Airtel to Get $1 Billion Investment from Google to Work on 5G and More

Google is going to invest over $1 billion in Bharti Airtel as part of its Google for India Digitisation Fund. It is a long-term and multi-year deal where Airtel and Google will work together to explore and co-create India specific use-cases of 5G along with other standards and also work towards the acceleration of cloud ecosystem for businesses across India. Bharti Airtel is also going to give an equity stake... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 27th, 2022 2:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

Ericsson Launches Dynamic Network Slice Selection for 5G

The role of Network Slicing is going to grow multiple folds with the arrival of 5G. Ericsson has launched Dynamic Network Slice Selection for the communications service providers (CSPs), which will enable them in customised services to their enterprise clients in multiple verticals with corresponding network requirements. Through this, Ericsson can also offer varied kinds of network services to commercial smartphones. Commercial Smartphones Now Starting to Support Connectivity With Network... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 27th, 2022 1:02 PM 0 COMMENTS

Viavi to Test Issues of 5G Interference With Avionics Systems

Viavi Solutions has said that it will provide its support for verifying the existence of any interference between 5G communications networks and radar altimeters used in the aviation industry. There has been a lot of noise in the aviation as well as telecom industry about the possible threat of C-band 5G services interfering with the sensitive aircraft equipment. Thus Viavi has said that it would pitch in to solve this... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 26th, 2022 8:28 AM 1 COMMENTS

Private 5G: Difference of View Between Telcos and Organisations Continue

With 5G, the role of private networks is going to grow multiple folds. Many organisations and multinational companies (MNCs) would want to go for a private 5G network to keep data and communication internal and more secure. But even for private 5G networks, spectrum is required. This is where the industry is at a standstill at the moment. The telecom operators have asked the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 24th, 2022 12:06 PM 10 COMMENTS

5G on High Frequencies a Challenge to be Delivered Inside Buildings Says TRAI

5G networks would bring high-spectrum frequencies into play. It would be the first time where the government will be auctioning 3.3 GHz - 3.6 GHz and mmWave spectrum bands to the telcos. But the thing with a high-frequency spectrum is that the airwaves can get disturbed very easily. While there are issues with delivering 4G networks in some buildings, it isn’t hard to assume that with 5G, it will become... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 24th, 2022 10:26 AM 2 COMMENTS

India to Gear Up for 5G With 8 Lakh New Mobile Towers

India is expected to get 5G networks in 13 select cities by August 15, 2022. While the date likely looks impossible from the speed at which developments are taking place right now, to enhance the role that 5G networks in the county, India is reportedly going to add 8 lakh new mobile towers in the next two years. According to a TNN report, the Indian government is looking to give... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 21st, 2022 2:12 PM 1 COMMENTS

5G Smartphone Shipment in India Grew 6x in 2021: Counterpoint Research

5G smartphones shipment grew in India by 6x in 2021 as compared to 2020 and contributed to about 17% of the total smartphone shipments in the country, shared Counterpoint Research in a report. As the competition in the market intensifies amongst the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and more 5G smartphone options are available at declining prices, the growth of 5G smartphone shipments will rise further. In the last six months... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 21st, 2022 1:15 PM 0 COMMENTS

Mavenir Announces Successful Completion of Dynamic Network Slicing

Mavenir, a network software provider has just announced the successful completion of Dynamic Network Slicing and fulfilment as part of the recently concluded 2021 TM Forum “Ecosoft eHealth” Catalyst Program. Now, due to this catalyst, service delivery to the international medical facilities via 5G slices will be possible. It will also address virtual reality (VR) and artificial reality (AR) and the use of virtual intelligent counselling agents (VICA) in use... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 21st, 2022 9:46 AM 0 COMMENTS

5G in India Won’t be a Threat to Aviation Services

There are a lot of discussions going on regarding the use of the C-band spectrum for 5G services and the threat that it poses to sensitive aircraft equipment such as altimeters. Not just in India, but other major countries such as the United States (U.S.) is also trying to resolve the issues related to 5G and the aviation industry. But according to the ITU APT Foundation of India, there’s no... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 19th, 2022 12:38 PM 0 COMMENTS

Verizon, AT&T Further Delay Rollout of C-Band 5G

Two of the top telecom operators in the United States (U.S.) have further delayed the rollout of C-band 5G in some areas near the airport. Some of the largest airlines in the country have said that the rollout of C-band 5G would interfere with aircraft technology and disrupt communication. According to an AP report, the telcos decided to delay the launch of 5G near some key airports after the Biden... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur January 17th, 2022 9:41 PM 9 COMMENTS

Do You Need More 5G Bands on Your Smartphone? Absolutely Not!

There are many consumers who are unhappy with the fact that their 5G smartphone supports less than five or, on certain occasions, a single 5G band. For the unaware, 5G services would be rolled out using a dynamic range of the spectrum, which would for the first time include mobile services rollout with C-band spectrum (3.3-3.6 GHz) and mmWave (26 GHz and 28 GHz) spectrum band. 5G speeds and use... Read More