The government on Wednesday approved a Rs 12,195 crore production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for telecom gear manufacturing in India, a move that will position the nation as a global powerhouse for production of such equipment ahead of 5G roll-outs.
The government expects that the roll-out of 5G services will begin in early-2022 after another round of spectrum auction that is planned to be held after six month, according to a panel report tabled in Parliament on Monday.
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said 5G core network should be Indian and the country should move faster on the next-generation technology with indigenously made telecom gears.
Airtel did this over its existing liberalised spectrum in the 1,800 MHz band through the NSA (non-standalone) network technology. Using dynamic spectrum sharing, Airtel seamlessly operated 5G and 4G concurrently within the same spectrum block.
Pakistan is planning to roll out the most advanced 5G internet in 2022-23 which will accelerate the download speed 10 times to one gigabit per second (Gbps) and widen economic activities in the country, a media report said on Sunday.
The rollout of 5G networks should be halted until the safety of the technology has been tested and proven, an expert has urged.
As the world steps into a new decade, 2020 will be remembered as the most disruptive year in living memory.
SK Telecom, which is South Korea's top wireless provider, said on Thursday it has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch the country's first 5G edge cloud service.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is looking to unleash the potential of spectrum and is exploring meaningful applications for 5G technology, a top official of the department said on Tuesday. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is looking to unleash the potential of spectrum and is exploring meaningful applications for 5G technology, a top official of the department said on Tuesday.
Telecom operators Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea said 5G spectrum identified by the government for auction is not enough and proposed prices are too high.
MediaTek on Wednesday announced that it is collaborating with popular smartphone brands to launch the 7nm MediaTek Dimensity 800U powered smartphones in India.
Nokia on Tuesday said it has started manufacturing next-generation 5G equipments at its factory in Chennai.
With the 5G juggernaut fast approaching, enterprises are going through a point of inflection in their approach towards communication networks.
In India, 5G subscriptions will surpass 350 million, accounting for 27 per cent of all mobile subscriptions in 2026, Swedish gear maker Ericsson said in a report on Monday.
Indian regulators will have a big role to play in ensuring that 5G in India is deployed to its "full potential"
Qualcomm is now one of the largest RF suppliers with design wins across all its premium-tier smartphone customers.
LG Electronics said on Thursday it will launch a new 5G-running budget smartphone in North America this week as it looks to compete for the growing market for the latest generation network there.
Apple held the second spot in the local smartphone market in the second quarter of the year with a 19 per cent share, behind Samsung at 67 per cent, according to industry tracker Counterpoint Research.
The panel will also record the evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Communications' Department of Telecommunications and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on the subject
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