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Jio secures $2 billion loan to purchase 5G gear from Nokia: Report

Jio expects to reach nationwide coverage with its 5G services by the end of this year India’s largest telecom operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm, has secured a $2 billion loan, which it will use to fund the acquisition of 5G network gear from Finnish vendor Nokia,...

Some 31 million users in India could upgrade to 5G this year: Study

Ericsson highlighted that 5G users in India stand out for their high daily engagement with apps, such as streaming HD video, video calling services, mobile gaming and AR Nearly 31 million users in India could upgrade to 5G phones in 2023, according to a report...

Bharti Airtel reaches 50 million 5G customers

Bharti Airtel initially launched its 5G network in India in October 2022 Indian telco Bharti Airtel announced it has reached over 50 million unique 5G customers within one year of the launch of its 5G network, the operator said in a release. The company also announced...

Indian telco Jio launches 5G-based FWA offering

Jio initially launched its 5G FWA service in eight cities across India Indian telco Reliance Jio Infocomm announced the launch of its 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) service in eight cities across the country. The new offering, dubbed JioAirFiber, will be initially available in the cities...

India forms working group to promote telecom exports

Some of the working groups announced by the government of India will seek to promote exports of 4G, 5G and future 6G systems India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has formed eight working groups with the aim of positioning the country as a leading exporter of...

Tata Consultancy Services aims to sell 5G gear in the US market

Tata Consultancy Services noted that Tejas' N78 5G radios are compatible with 3.3 GHz spectrum India's largest IT services firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), is considering plans to start selling its locally-developed and manufactured 5G radio network gear to other markets, particularly to the U.S.,...

Jio urges DoT to expand uses of E-band spectrum

Jio has already deployed its 5G service in 7,543 cities across 36 states in India Indian carrier Reliance Jio Infocomm Reliance asked the country’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to widen the scope of E-band spectrum usage to include access services along with backhaul, local newspaper...

Jio seeks $2 billion funding to acquire Ericsson gear for 5G rollout

Jio recently said it will make a cumulative investment of $25 billion in the 5G field India's largest telecom operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm, is seeking to raise up to $2 billion in loans with French bank BNP Paribas as lead arranger of the initiative that...

VMware sees wide-scale O-RAN deployments in India from 2025

VMware noted it is currently working with Indian carriers Bharti Airtel, Jio and Vodafone Idea VMware expects to see wide-scale deployment of O-RAN-based 5G in India from 2025, local newspaper The Economic Times reported, citing Sanjay Uppal, senior vice president and general manager of VMware’s...

Indian telcos to spend less in upcoming 5G auction: Crisil Ratings

Currently, only Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have already deployed 5G networks nationwide Indian operators are expected to spend less on 5G frequencies in the upcoming spectrum auction compared to last year’s 5G spectrum offering, according to a report by Crisil Ratings. The report noted that...

Jio to complete national 5G rollout by end-year

Jio said it currently has 50 million 5G subscribers Indian carrier Reliance Jio Infocomm expects to complete the national rollout of 5G by the end of this year, local newspaper Times of India reported Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Jio's parent company Reliance Industries, as...

Reliance Jio Infocomm to launch its FWA offering soon: Report

Jio is expected to launch the Jio AirFiber FWA device at its upcoming annual general meeting Indian telco Reliance Jio Infocomm is expected to launch its fixed wireless access (FWA) offering in the coming days after rival telco Airtel launched the Xtream AirFiber FWA device...

Nokia sees rapid adoption of private 5G networks in India in 2024

Nokia noted that there is a growing interest in FWA in India Finnish vendor Nokia expects a rapid increase in the adoption of private 5G networks in India from the second half of 2024, Indian newspaper The Economic Times reported. "You will see some early adopters...

India’s DoT gets ready to award additional 5G spectrum

India aims to award all the unsold frequencies from last year's spectrum auction as well as new airwaves India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has started the process for auctioning the next round of 5G spectrum, sending a reference to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India...

Vodafone Idea tests 5G services using 26 GHz, 3.3 GHz spectrum

Vodafone Idea said the 5G test took place in Pune Vodafone Idea has successfully tested 5G services using both the 26 GHz and 3.3 GHz bands in Pune, in a bid to meet the minimum rollout obligations stipulated by India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT), according...

Bharti Airtel completes minimum 5G rollout obligations

Airtel said its 5G services are now available in over 3,500 cities and towns across India Indian operator Bharti Airtel said the company has completed the minimum rollout obligation of launching 5G services on the 26 GHz spectrum band in all 22 telecom circles, in...

Indian telco Jio reaches nationwide 5G target ahead of schedule

Jio has already deployed its 5G service in 6,258 cities across 36 states in India Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm announced that it has completed the nationwide deployment of its 5G service ahead of schedule. In a release, the telco said that it has completed its...

Airtel completes 5G tests using 26 GHz, 3.3 GHz bands

Bharti Airtel said the 5G tests were carried out in West Bengal region Indian telco Bharti Airtel has successfully tested 5G services and data speeds on both the 26 GHz and 3.3 GHz spectrum bands, local newspaper The Economic Times reported. The 5G tests were carried...

Bharti Airtel claims India’s first 5G FWA service

Airtel said its 5G-based Airtel Xstream AirFiber offering is already available for its customers in Delhi and Mumbai Indian operator Bharti Airtel announced the launch of what it claims to be India’s first fixed wireless access (FWA) offering. In a release, the company said that its...

Indian telcos already deployed 300,000 5G sites nationwide

The 5G sites have been installed across 714 districts in India Telecom operators in India have already installed over 300,000 5G mobile sites nationwide within 10 months of launch of the service, local press reported, citing the country’s union telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The 5G sites...

Vodafone Idea, Adani Data Networks seek more time to deploy 5G

Vodafone Idea is currently testing its 5G services across cities such as Delhi and Pune Indian operators Vodafone Idea and Adani Data Networks have approached the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to request an extension for meeting the minimum obligation to launch 5G services in the...

Jio to offer 5G FWA services via dedicated slice

Jio aims to reach 100 million connected premises in India with its FWA offering Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has created a dedicated 5G network slice for the provision of its 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) solution, dubbed Jio AirFiber, local newspaper The Economic Times...

Jio already deployed over 115,000 5G sites across India

Jio is aiming to conclude its 5G rollout ahead of its earlier target of December 2023 Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has deployed over 115,000 sites with more than 690,000 5G cells across India, the company said in its earnings statement. Jio said that the deployed...

Coverage, affordability issues delay 5G penetration in India: Study

5G smartphone sales in India surpassed the 100 million mark for the first time in May 2023 The mass adoption of 5G services in India is being hindered by patchy network coverage and the lack of affordable 5G smartphones in the local market, according to...