FoneArena – Best products of MWC 2023

This year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona got over a couple of days back, and there were several interesting and innovative products at this year’s event. We gave out FoneArena Awards to 10 of the latest products and innovations. Here are our Best Picks of MWC 2023.

AMD to showcase Adaptive Computing Solutions for 5G Telco Market at MWC 2023

Today, AMD announced that it is extending its support of its expanding 5G partner ecosystem, which now ranges from core to radio access networks (RAN) applications. AMD has also launched new 5G products and additional testing capabilities.

List of Jio 5G supported phones

Following the launch of 5G services at the India Mobile Congress in October, Reliance Jio launched its True 5G services in 4 cities along with welcome offer. We at FoneArena have been testing Jio 5G as part of the Welcome Offer. We have been getting a lot of queries about which phones are supported by … Continue reading “List of Jio 5G supported phones”

Apple’s partner Salcomp to double India workforce to 25K

Salcomp, a Finnish supplier to Apple, aims to increase its Indian workforce to 25,000 within three years and generate revenue between $2 billion to $3 billion by 2025, according to a company executive, as reported by Reuters.

List of Airtel 5G compatible Smartphones

Following the launch of 5G services at the India Mobile Congress a few days back, Airtel today launched its 5G Plus services in 8 top cities in the country. With 5G, Airtel promises up to 30x faster downloads compared to 4G that lets you download a movie in seconds, enjoy 4K videos without buffering, and … Continue reading “List of Airtel 5G compatible Smartphones”

Samsung said to make 4G, 5G gear in Tamil Nadu

The initial 5G rollout in India began a month ago, and telecom providers are working hard to expand availability. Samsung plans to invest Rs 400 crore in its Tamil Nadu facility to begin manufacturing 5G and 4G communications equipment.

Airtel 5G roll out begins in 8 cities from today

At the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2022, Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman of Bharti Enterprises announced that Airtel will roll out 5G services in India in 8 cities, including Delhi, Varanasi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai, and Siliguri starting today.

PM Modi to launch 5G in India on October 1, Jio confirms 5G Demo at IMC

India 5G auction got over on August 1st. After two months, the Indian government has officially announced that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch 5G services tomorrow, 1st October at 10 AM during the inauguration of 6th edition of India Mobile Congress (IMC-2022) in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

Flipkart Big Billion Day Sale: Top Deals on Smartphones, Laptops, TVs, Wearables and more

The Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale 2022 will begin on September 23 and last until September 30. The sale, however, begins today for Flipkart Plus members, and the e-commerce website has partnered with Axis Bank and ICICI Bank to offer an instant discount of up to 10% on purchases made with their cards and EMI … Continue reading “Flipkart Big Billion Day Sale: Top Deals on Smartphones, Laptops, TVs, Wearables and more”

Android 13 stable update now available for Pixel phones

Google has finally pushed Android 13 stable update for the Pixel phones and is also pushing the source to AOSP project. This comes after the final beta 4.1 was released a few weeks back. The update is rolling out to Pixel devices starting today, and will be available for more devices later this year.

Airtel 5G deployment to begin this August

Nokia today signed a partnership with top telecom operator Bharti Airtel for the implementation of 5G radio access networks (RAN). This multi-year agreement comes on the heels of the recently concluded 5G spectrum auctions and the allocation of pan-India spectrum to Bharti Airtel, demonstrating the company’s commitment to ushering India into the 5G era. To … Continue reading “Airtel 5G deployment to begin this August”

Vi demos 5G download speed of up to 1.2Gbps at Bengaluru’s MG Road metro station

As part of a pilot phase by TRAI, Vodafone Idea (Vi) is testing how street furniture can be used for small cells and aerial fibre deployment at Namma Metro, Bengaluru. The main objective of these pilots is to make cross-sectoral infrastructure easier to use so that 5G networks can be put into place more quickly. … Continue reading “Vi demos 5G download speed of up to 1.2Gbps at Bengaluru’s MG Road metro station”

Ericsson, Qualcomm and Thales to test 5G non-terrestrial networks

Thales, a French aerospace company, Qualcomm Technologies, and Ericsson are getting ready to test and validate 5G networks for the first time outside of Earth, after 3GPP, the organization that oversees global telecommunications standards, gives the go-ahead in March 2022.