The adoption of 5G network worldwide is pacing up as the technocrats are heavily investing in the technology to make it a reality for customers. Being the largest democratic nation around the world, India is yet to take the 5G leap. There are various underlying factors that favour as well as slash the deployment of 5G in India. One of the reasons for the delayed deployment of the 5G network... Read More
A recent IBM survey reveals that communications service providers (CSPs) are looking to restructure their business models in a manner that would allow them to monetise 5G edge. The survey also highlighted how the leadership of telecom operators view their relationship with hyperscalers. CSPs are going through increasing pressure to avoid going through the same fate as legacy media companies. This comes after news of cloud hyperscalers claiming dominance over... Read More
Verizon has been heavily investing in the next generation 5G network. In the latest development, The American multinational company has announced the launch of on-site 5G, which is dubbed as the first commercially available private 5G solution of Verizon in the US. The on-site 5G networks will be custom designed and allow renowned enterprises and public sector customers to expand Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband capabilities to indoor and outdoor facilities.... Read More
Germany’s leading telecom operator Deutsche Telekom has revealed that it currently offers its 5G services based on the high 3.6 GHz frequency to around 50 cities across the country. Deutsche Telekom has already deployed 1,800 antennas in these 50 cities. Deutsche Telekom uses two frequencies for its 5G services that include 3.6 GHz and 2.1 GHz frequency spectrum. By the end of March 2021, Deutsche Telekom was reported to provide... Read More
Huawei has been on the receiving end of some flak, to put it lightly, ever since it was banned by the United States for supposedly spying on behalf of the Chinese government, a claim that has not yet been fully backed. Ever since the ban, the company lost access to Google's GMS services, rendering its smartphones worthless, at least for the European markets, wherein the company held a decent amount... Read More
5G networks are being deployed rapidly worldwide. A few months back, telecom operators were just finishing the 5G trials and waiting for the final deployment. Recently, the largest mobile network and third-largest fixed telecommunications company in Bulgaria, Telenor Bulgaria, has deployed 5G networks in more than 60 locations. Telenor Bulgaria assured its subscribers the previous month and stated that the 5G network would be deployed in June. The telco honoured... Read More
The American multinational company AT&T is declaring a C band first, stating that it has deployed and finished 5G field tests calls using devices and a mobile test platform at locations in Texas, Detroit, Michigan and Plano. The C band testing is one of the crucial steps for deploying 5G network. Nearly all the telecom operators are eyeing the C band spectrum. The early adopters of the C band spectrum... Read More
India is eagerly waiting to witness the multiple benefits of the 5G network. Even though the technology is not deployed, it has already started providing benefits to the market. As per a report by renowned firm GlobalData, job posting with 5G titles has doubled in the fourth quarter of 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. The major reason behind the increase in job postings is the interest of the... Read More
The Swedish multinational telecommunications Ericsson has signed an MoU with the renowned Taiwanese operator Far EasTone (FET) to expand their 5G partnership. Under the terms of the agreement, Ericsson will extend its support to Fas EasTone (FET) in expanding their 5G Lab for advanced technological trials such as fixed wireless access, 5G network slicing and more. Tracing back to the partnership of Ericsson and Far EasTone(FET), both the entities have... Read More
5G has been slowly but steadily growing its reach among countries along with the world. This next-generation network technology is the fastest and the most reliable connection known to mankind. However, delivering such high-speed internet at long distances has still been a challenge for 5G service providers. A 5G RangeXtender has now been introduced by Point 2 Technology, a company known to provide high-performance solutions for cloud and 5G infrastructure.... Read More
In a new trial conducted by US Cellular in collaboration with Nokia and Qualcomm, the telecom operator has achieved a new distance record over 5G mmWave. The three companies were able to achieve an extended range connection of more than 10 kilometres over the 5G millimetre wave. This comes just weeks after US Cellular demonstrated sustained average downlink speeds of about 1 Gbps and a peak speed of 2 Gbps... Read More
France’s spectrum agency ANFR has recently released the latest information on the number of 5G authorised sites in the country. According to the information, the number of France’s 5G authorised sites stands at 25,105 as of June 1. Out of these 25,105 5G authorised sites, local mobile operators have declared that 14,484 sites are currently technically operational. The number of 5G authorised sites in France saw an increase of 3.7%... Read More
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I wish those Airtel 2G customers could shift to BSNL 2G, but in North and central India, BSNL 2G has…
Forget that 2L target which is not even announced. Their 1 lakh target site is yet to be achieved. BSNL…
But they need to improve network in all remaining circles also if Vi wants to stop loosing customers.
definately by Jio 2022-2030 8 years of 5G time to move to 6G for sure
i guess 6G should solve the issue of 5G's low network penetration and still deliver high speeds
