Bharti Airtel holds 47.95% stake in Indus Towers following the transaction
Indian carrier Bharti Airtel has increased its direct stake in compatriot company Indus Towers by acquiring 23.01% of shares held by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Nettle Infrastructure.
Folowing this transaction, Bharti Airtel now holds 47.95% stake...
Reliance Jio said its 5G service is being offered through spectrum in the 700 MHz, 3.5 GHz, and 26 GHz bands
Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm announced the launch of 5G services across 34 cities in 13 states, taking the total of towns and cities...
Operators in India started to deploy 5G networks in October 2022
The government of India has announced plans to set up 100 labs in the top engineering institutions across the country to develop apps and services for 5G networks, local press reported.
“To realize new opportunities,...
Reliance Jio already launched 5G in 191 towns and cities across India
Indian carrier Reliance Jio announced the launch of its 5G services across all six states of the North-East circle, the company said in a release.
The telco’s 5G offering was activated in the cities...
Jio is currently offering 5G services in 184 cities across India
Indian operator Reliance Jio continued to expand its 5G footprint in the country, with the launch of 5G coverage in 50 new cities.
With this new launch, the telco said that users across 184 cities...
India's telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the 5G platform will be exported to other markets starting in 2024
India expects to start deploying its locally-developed 4G and 5G technology in the country this year, local press reported, citing India’s telecommunications minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Vaishnaw also...
Bharti Airtel said it has already launched 5G in more than 30 cities across the country
Indian operator Bharti Airtel has launched 5G services in five cities in Uttar Pradesh state, the company said in a release.
Bharti Airtel said its 5G offering has been launched...
With the latest launch, Jio’s 5G services are now available across 23 states in India
Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio introduced 5G services in six new cities across the country, taking the count to 100 cities within four months of launching the services in India.
Earlier...
Vodafone Idea acquired 5G spectrum in the 3.3GHz and 26GHz 5G bands
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is keeping an eye out for Vodafone Idea’s 5G roll out plans to make sure the company meets its deployment obligations, The Economic Times reported.
The telco is...
BSNL will start to deploy 4G services in India this year
Indian state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) could launch 5G services by March 2024, Indian press reported, citing the country’s Minister of Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Vaishnaw also confirmed that the state-owned operator will...
Reliance Jio Infocomm had initially announced the launch of the beta trial of its 5G services in October 2022
Indian telecommunications operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has already launched 5G in 78 cities across India, according to local press reports.
Some of the cities where the...
Reliance Jio is currently offering 5G services in over 50 cities across India
Indian telecommunications operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has launched 5G services in Odisha state, the telco said in a release.
The telco said that the two cities where Jio will be initially offering 5G...
Reliance Jio said that the 5G launch in Andhra Pradesh required an investment or $756 million
Indian telecommunications operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has launched its 5G services in Andhra Pradesh state, the telco said in a release.
The carrier said that 5G technology will be initially...
In India, the 6 GHz band is partly used by the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) for satellite operations
Indian operators Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea asked the government to identify and release 6 GHz spectrum band for the provision of 5G services,...
In October, Bharti Airtel initially launched 5G services in seven Indian cities
Indian telco Bharti Airtel is already providing 5G services in 17 cities across the country, according to local press reports.
In October, Bharti Airtel launched 5G services in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Siliguri,...
In December alone, the two carriers deployed around 10,000 5G base stations across India
Indian operators Reliance Jio Infocomm and Bharti Airtel have deployed nearly 33,000 base stations for 5G services as of the end of the year, local press reported.
In December alone, the two...
Reliance Jio Infocomm had deployed a total of 17,687 5G base stations across India
Indian operators have already deployed almost 21,000 5G base stations across the country as of the end of November, local newspaper Business Standard reported, citing data from the country’s Department of...
Ericsson and its local partners Jabil locally produce 4G and 5G radios, RAN Compute as well as microwave products
Swedish vendor Ericsson said it is scaling up the production capacity and operations with its partner Jabil in Pune, with the aim of meeting the needs...
The Indian government has already set aside 5G frequencies for BSNL
Indian state-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), has asked the government for more spectrum for the future deployment of 5G technology, Indian press reported.
According to the reports, the Indian government has already set...
The government of India is currently analyzing to award new spectrum bands in the range of 3700-4200 MHz and 4700-4800 MHz
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will seek recommendations from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to conduct a new 5G spectrum auction in...
Ericsson forecasts a total of 690 million 5G subscribers in India by the end of 2028
5G subscriptions in India are expected to reach 31 million at the end of this year, according to the latest edition of the Ericsson Mobility report.
The Ericsson report also...
Bharti Airtel founder and chairman Sunil Mittal said that most parts of India will be covered by 5G by March 2023
Indian telco Bharti Airtel is already offering 5G services in 12 cities across the country, according to local press reports.
Last month, Bharti Airtel launched...
Vodafone Idea's CTO said that the telco will continue to carry out O-RAN trials in the country
Indian carrier Vodafone Idea is open to carrying out additional pilots of Open-RAN (O-RAN), and would potentially consider the deployment of O-RAN networks once the technology is mature...
Over 20 Indian enterprises have applied to secure 5G spectrum to set private networks in the country
Indian carriers believe that they are better prepared for the end-to-end deployment of private 5G networks and for managing the related infrastructure compared to enterprises, local newspaper The...
