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The Indian government is expected to undertake a 5G spectrum auction in early June, according to telecom minister. The minister stated that the Department of Telecom is on track to meet its deadlines and that the process to alleviate industry concerns about spectrum pricing is underway. Continue reading “Telecom minister: India 5G spectrum auction in June”
TRAI is lowering the basic price of 3.3-3.67 Ghz bands by approximately 36% and lowering the rate of the highly sought-after 700 Mhz spectrum by 40% in order to encourage India’s mobile phone operators to bid aggressively for the upcoming 5G airwaves auction. Continue reading “TRAI reduces prices for some important 5G spectrums”
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has sent a letter to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to speed up the pricing of 5G spectrum, for which the auctions are expected to be held soon. The letter relays the wishes of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to have 5G networks deployed in India by August 15th, 2022.
Continue reading “DoT requests TRAI to speed 5G spectrum pricing for quicker rollout in India”
Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) has announced that it has successfully demonstrated 5G Voice over New Radio (VoNR) with its technology partner, Nokia, during the ongoing 5G Trials in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Once deployed, the VoNR solution will enable Vi to offer its subscribers high-definition voice experience over 5G, as well as several advanced voice applications and use cases in the future, said the company. Continue reading “Vi demos 5G VoNR in 5G trials in Gujarat with Nokia”
After several delays, Indian government at the budget 2022-23 announced that 5G spectrum auctions will be conducted in 2022 and the 5G services will be rolled out by by private telecom providers within 2022- 23. Reliance Jio already announced that it is ready for deployment after the spectrum auction. Airtel and Vodafone Idea have also been conducting trials. Continue reading “India 5G spectrum auction in 2022, roll out within 2022-23; PLI scheme for 5G equipment manufacturing soon”
After cancelling nearly 1000+ flights over the deployment of Verizon and AT&T’s C-Band 5Gservice, the FAA has come to an agreement with the two mobile carriers to allow more aircraft to land in key airports in the USA and also deploy more towers around these airports.
Continue reading “FAA works with AT&T and Verizon to deploy C-Band 5G service in USA”
In the latest development, Verizon and AT&T will limit their 5G service around some airports after the chief executives of America’s largest airlines warned of a “catastrophic disruption” from this week’s rollout. Continue reading “Verizon and AT&T to delay 5G roll out near some airports in the US after catastrophic disruption warning”
Airtel and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) today announced a partnership to test innovative use cases from TCS’ Neural Manufacturing solutions suite on Airtel’s ultra-fast and low latency 5G network. This comes after last month’s roll out of Airtel’s 5G for Business initiative to demonstrate a wide range of enterprise grade use cases using high-speed and low latency networks. Continue reading “Airtel and TCS demo 5G-based remote robotic operations”
LG has announced that it is participating in the ‘2021 Korea Science and Technology Exhibition’ held at KINTEX in Ilsan from 22nd to 24th December to demonstrate the R&D achievements in 6G wireless transmission and reception. Continue reading “LG demonstrates 6G technology in Korea”
In the latest development, 5Gi, the made-in-India standard developed by Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India (TSDSI), is set to be incorporated in the global 5G standard (3GPP). Continue reading “India’s 5Gi to be merged with global 5G standards”
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) announced that it will roll out its 4G services across India by September 2022. The state-owned telecom company will see around Rs. 900 crore revenue increment in the first year of the rollout, parliament was informed on December 1. Continue reading “BSNL to roll out 4G services across India by September 2022”
Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) today announced that it has demonstrated a
range of 5G-based technology solutions in Pune, Maharashtra and Gandhinagar, Gujarat as part of its ongoing 5G trials. Vi said that it has been conducting 5G trials and developed a wide range of use cases relevant for Enterprises and Consumers in India. Continue reading “Vi demonstrates 5G use cases for enterprises and consumers”
OPPO India today announced that it has successfully conducted the first VoNR call from its Hyderabad 5G lab. The company said that the initiative is aligned with increased focus in India towards the development of 5G technology. Continue reading “OPPO conducts first 5G VoNR call from its India 5G lab”
Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL), in partnership with Nokia, announced that it has successfully conducted 5G trial in rural area in Gandhinagar in Gujarat using 3.5GHz spectrum band allocated by the Government for 5G trials. The company trialed providing 5G connectivity across an area covering 17.1 km while delivering speeds of more than 100Mbps. Continue reading “Vi, Nokia achieve over 100Mbps speed beyond 17km in rural 5G trial”
Airtel has rolled out 5G for Business initiative to demonstrate a wide range of enterprise grade use cases using high-speed and low latency networks. As a part of this, it has announced that it is partnering with global consulting and technology companies such as Accenture, AWS, CISCO, Ericsson, Google Cloud, Nokia, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to work with brands such as Apollo Hospitals, Flipkart and several leading manufacturing companies to test 5G based solutions. Continue reading “Airtel rolls out 5G for Business in partnership with AWS, Cisco, Ericsson, Nokia, Google Cloud and more”
