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Chakri K December 29th, 2020 10:09 PM 1 COMMENTS

Vivo X60 and X60 Pro Smartphones With 5G, Exynos 1080 SoC and ZEISS Cameras Launched

Chinese smartphone company, Vivo, has officially launched the Vivo X60 5G and the Vivo X60 Pro 5G smartphones in its homeland. The Vivo X60 series of smartphones offer 5G support and are powered by Samsung's Exynos 1080 chipset. The USP of the smartphones, however, will be the cameras. A few days ago, Vivo announced its partnership with ZEISS, and the first phones as part of the partnership are the Vivo... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 13th, 2020 3:00 PM 50 COMMENTS

Is 5G Going to Replace Broadband Internet? Let’s Talk

5G is going to be all over the world, including India very soon. It is the next generation of technology which will support faster and higher connectivity. As we have established in one of our reports earlier, 5G won’t be as harmful as people are speculating it to be. The 5G frequency bands fall under the non-ionising range, which means it is safe to be deployed. While 5G is slowly... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 10th, 2020 6:00 PM 11 COMMENTS

Put All the Available 5G Spectrum in Auction to Avoid Scarcity: Trai Secretary

Addressing the nation at the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020, SK Gupta, Secretary of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said that the telecom department needs to ensure adequate availability of 5G spectrum at an affordable price for the telcos. This is so that Indian telecom service providers (TSPs) can test 5G for India specific use cases as soon as possible. Gupta said that he is aware of the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 30th, 2020 7:00 PM 1 COMMENTS

5G Would Impact Growing India’s Telecom Industry Positively Believes Qualcomm

5G connectivity would be a positive boost for the Indian telecom industry believes Rajen Vagadia, Vice President and President of Qualcomm and SAARC. India stands to gain a lot from 5G once it arrives in the country. This is because India has a huge market that needs a massive upgrade. Thus the government of the country can release the appropriate amount of spectrum at affordable prices for the telecom operators... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur November 21st, 2020 3:49 PM 0 COMMENTS

5G: How Harmful Will It Be for Humans and Other Living Organisms?

A lot of people are concerned about the use of 5G technology for connectivity. This is because a common presumption about 5G is that it produces harmful radiations which kill birds and also lead to people being diagnosed with cancer. To understand how this technology will actually affect us, first, let’s see how it is different from previous cellular technologies. With 5G, the networks would depend on radio waves to... Read More

Chakri K November 19th, 2020 8:36 PM 9 COMMENTS

Nokia, Elisa and Qualcomm Achieve World’s Fastest 5G Speeds of 8 Gbps

Qualcomm Technologies, Nokia and telecom operator Elisa today announced that they have achieved 8 Gbps speeds on a commercial 5G network in Finland. It is the first time we are seeing 8 Gbps speeds on a 5G network with two 5G mmWave devices connected simultaneously. The three vendors conducted this test at Elisa's store in Helsinki, Finland. Qualcomm Technologies said that new network would support a range of new low-latency,... Read More

Chakri K November 8th, 2020 8:37 PM 3 COMMENTS

India Yet to Decide on Allowing Chinese Vendors to Participate in 5G Trials

The Indian government is yet to make a final decision on the growing concerns of allowing Chinese vendors to be part of 5G field trials in the country. Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, however, stated that the "penetration of the neighbouring country into the existing network is too extensive." Indian telecom operators relied heavily on Chinese telecom gear makers like Huawei and ZTE. In recent times, we have seen... Read More

Bala Yogesh September 3rd, 2020 6:29 PM 1 COMMENTS

Qualcomm Introduces 5G Capabilities to Snapdragon 4-Series Platform

Qualcomm Technologies on Thursday announced that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4-series will receive 5G connectivity capability in “early 2021.” The company said that it plans to “accelerate 5G global commercialisation” with Qualcomm highlighting that the revised Snapdragon 4-series is “designed to be truly global.” Qualcomm Technologies currently enabled 5G connectivity capabilities on six of its platforms including the Snapdragon 865+, Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 855. Further, the Snapdragon 768G, Snapdragon 765... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 14th, 2020 11:16 AM 15 COMMENTS

5G Trials Will Happen in India, But Without ZTE and Huawei

India and China are not in good terms at the moment. Things between both countries are heated up because of the border tensions. ZTE and Huawei are two Chinese companies which have been helping telcos in providing telecom services in India for a long time now. But both of these companies will be left out of 5G trials which will take place in India. This decision was taken by the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur August 7th, 2020 9:56 AM 2 COMMENTS

5G Deployments Cross 13,000 Sites Worldwide, India Continues to Miss Out on 5G

5G is the future of telecom industry all over the world. Every country is pushing to develop 5G infrastructure in their land and provide 5G solutions to their people as fast as possible. Ookla reported on Tuesday that over 150 new commercially available 5G deployments have been added to the 5G map. This development from Ookla comes after one of the biggest 5G deployments took place back in July when... Read More

Shrijan Soni July 31st, 2020 7:23 PM 4 COMMENTS

Jio to Use VoNR Technology for Voice Services on Future 5G Network

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is gearing up to launch 5G network in India using homegrown technologies and solutions. The company has revealed that its telecom arm, Reliance Jio will deploy voice over new radio VoNR tech to offer services on the future 5G network in India. As reported by ET Telecom, Jio Platforms have already developed its own IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) which is the backbone of its VoLTE services... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur July 31st, 2020 11:27 AM 22 COMMENTS

Airtel Targeting Higher ARPU of Rs 300, Another Tariff Hike Around the Corner

Bharti Airtel recently released its quarterly report as per SEBI guidelines. The telco reported an increased average revenue per user (ARPU) of Rs 157 in the Q1’21. Gopal Vittal, CEO of Bharti Airtel said that the telco will be looking for reaching a higher ARPU mark in the coming time. This is so that the telco could ensure that it is running a sustainable business with a good and strategic... Read More