The Government of India might slash the base price of the 5G spectrum to relief the telecom operators if they pay more money and equip telecom gears from non-Chinese vendors. All the telecom operators have already addressed that base price of Rs 492 crore per MHz for 5G spectrum is exorbitant. Also, telco giant Bharti Airtel has marked that it will not participate in the 5G auction with the base... Read More
Indian telecom operators are eagerly waiting to capitalise on 5G technology and offer 5G services to their subscribers. To ensure affordable services and cost-efficient network, telecom operators have urged Department of telecommunications (DoT) to include the 26GHz spectrum band in the 5G spectrum auction. As reported by ET telecom, all the telcos have urged the telecom regulator to suggest a price for the 26GHz spectrum band which will be used... Read More
US Federal Communications Commission Chairman said that the Indian government needs to auction 5G spectrum at a reasonable price for local telecom operators. Ajit Pai also said that both India and the US need to quickly move together on 5G. “Our suggestions might be to follow some of the market-based strategies, for example, to allow flexible use of spectrum and not to prescribe what particular applications or services that spectrum... Read More
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has signed a non-profitable MoU with 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) which is the working party of ZVEI to shape and promote 5G mobile communications in different vertical industries with a special focus on manufacturing and process industry. The partnership between COAI and 5G-ACIA will primarily focus on the 5G needs in the manufacturing and process industry. The MoU between... Read More
5G is becoming a closer reality with every passing day for India. In a world where connectivity is going to be the centre of everything, high-speed connectivity would be big leverage. People need it to do their work efficiently and effectively. Whether you are checking your social media account, opening a website, or streaming videos, slow internet can be very frustrating. When 4G came out initially, people loved it and... Read More
India has been preparing for a long time to deploy the 5G wave in India. The BJP led government in the past stated that it wouldn’t miss out on the 5G bus like in case of 2G, 3G and 4G technologies which were deployed later in India. However, as reported by ET Telecom, India is set to miss the 5G bus. The primary reason behind this is the lack of... Read More
Telecom operators have urged the government to give 5G bandwidth for free to cater to the growing demand of network and data services amid the lockdown period. Bharti Infratel Chairman Akhil Gupta addressed the topic in a digital round table organised by ET Telecom and Taipa and said that government should provide the necessary and requisite bandwidth under 5G in the 3,500 MHz for free of cost to four service... Read More
A task force assembled by Finance Ministry noted that that 5G spectrum pricing set by DoT is too high. Though DoT has fixed the prices of 5G Spectrum as per the norms of Trai, the entire telecom industry is showing their concerns regarding the high pricing of 5G spectrum. Telecom industry is already facing substantial financial distress, and the payment of AGR dues has already burdened telecom operators. Finance Ministry... Read More
South Korean smartphone brand LG today announced a mid-range device called 'LG Velvet.' Powered by the Snapdragon 765G chipset, the LG Velvet offers 5G support to take on the mid-range offerings from other companies like Xiaomi, Realme, Oppo and Vivo. The LG Velvet also sports a brand new design with a huge teardrop notch on top and a glass back. Other key specifications of LG Velvet include 48MP triple camera... Read More
Samsung conducted 5G lab tests and achieved a maximum speed of 8.5Gbps. The company powered the test on Samsung’s 5G mmWave Access unit and combined 800MHz of spectrum bandwidth in the mmWave Band and MU-MIMO. Samsung claims that using the combined technology, it achieved a downstream rate of 4.3Gbps speed on both the devices. Not only this, but the company also claims that the 5G demo tests were done combining... Read More
Adding another smartphone to the affordable 5G devices list, Chinese brand Vivo has made the Vivo S6 5G official in China. As the name of the smartphone itself suggests, the phone offers 5G support in the mid-range segment and it comes powered by Samsung's in-house Exynos 980 chipset. Other key specifications of the Vivo S6 5G include Super AMOLED screen, up to 8GB of RAM and 256GB of onboard storage,... Read More
Chinese smartphone brand, OnePlus, which already launched 5G smartphones in 2019 now confirmed that it will unveil full 5G lineup for its upcoming launch. We have seen brands like Realme and iQOO launching their 5G smartphones in India, so the forthcoming OnePlus smartphones will also offer 5G support. OnePlus is expected to launch the OnePlus 8 series later this month or in early April. The OnePlus 8 series will have... Read More
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