Bharti Airtel will cover all towns in urban regions as well as key rural areas in India by March 2024
Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel is currently testing 5G Standalone (SA) technology with the aim of using it to cover certain uses cases for enterprises,...
Last month, Bharti Airtel had launched 5G services in eight Indian cities
Indian operator Bharti Airtel announced that it has already reached 1 million unique 5G subscribers in less than 30 days since it had commercially launched this technology in certain areas of the country.
Last...
Last month, Reliance Jio Infocomm had selected Ericsson and Nokia to deploy 5G in India
Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has launched its 5G service in two new cities in the country, according to local press reports.
The telco said that 5G has been already activated...
Nokia has already secured 5G contracts with Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm in India
Finnish vendor Nokia believes that the low margins it is seeing in the Indian telecom infrastructure market will be offset by a larger scale compared to other markets, the company’s...
Mavenir aims to start supplying its locally made O-RAN radios in the coming months
U.S.-based O-RAN provider Mavenir said it is in talks to provide 5G gear to Indian carriers including Vodafone Idea, local newspaper ETTelecom reported.
The U.S. firm was expecting to start supplying its...
Jio will offer 5G through a mix of wireless spectrum across the 700 MHz, 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz bands
Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm has selected Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia for the supply of equipment for the former’s 5G StandAlone network.
Akash Ambani, chairmain...
Adani Data Network entered the Indian telecom space after purchasing frequencies in a recent spectrum auction carried out by the government
Indian company Adani Data Network has obtained a license for network access services, which will allow the firm to provide all kinds of telecom...
Reliance Jio confirmed that its 5G service will be offered through 5G StandAlone architecture
Indian telco Reliance Jio Infocomm announced the launch of the beta trial of its 5G services in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Varanasi.
“The Beta trial service for other cities will be announced...
Jio Platforms’ 5G solution includes 5G radio, a complete 5G core network as well as the cloud-native operation support system (OSS) platforms
Indian carrier Reliance Jio is in negotiations with global operators to supply its locally developed end-to-end 5G platform, local newspaper The Economic Times...
The telco initially launched 5G in Delhi, Mumbai, Varanasi and Bangalore
Indian operator Bharti Airtel launched 5G services in major eight cities with plans to progressively cover the entire country by March 2024, local newspaper The Economic Times reported.
The telco claimed to be the first...
The government of India expects to reach nationwide coverage with 5G in two years
India’s prime minister Narendra Modi is expected to officially announce the launch of 5G services in the country at India Mobile Congress on October 1, according to the National Broadband Mission,...
Bharti Airtel aims to reach all urban regions in India with 5G coverage by the end of 2023
Indian operator Bharti Airtel expects to cover large Indian cities with its 5G network by the end of the year, the telco’s CEO Gopal Vittal said in...
Vodafone Idea secured midband 5G spectrum in 17 circles and millimeter-wave spectrum in 16 circles across India
Indian telco Vodafone Idea said that the launch of 5G services in the country will depend on several factors such as the evolution of use cases, customer demand...
Airtel will start the deployment of 5G in large cities and will gradually deploy the technology across India
Indian operator Bharti Airtel expects to launch 5G services in the domestic market in October, local press reported.
“5G has started to take root in western world …...
The government said it expected that 5G technology will reach every part of India in the next two to three years
India’s telecommunications minister Ashwini Vaishnaw confirmed that local mobile operators are expected to launch 5G services on October 12, according to local press reports.
"We...
The DoT has recently invited applications from enterprises that are willing to set up private networks in India
Indian company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) aims to help companies and organizations across different verticals to set up their 5G private networks, Indian newspaper The Economic Times...
The government of India recently issued 5G spectrum assignment letters
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has officially allocated spectrum to telecom operators, with the issuance of a spectrum assignment letter for 5G networks.
Meanwhile, the country’s Telecommunications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has requested that telecom service providers...
Bharti Airtel said that contracts for private 5G networks will represent a large portion of the carrier's future 5G revenues
Indian operator Bharti Airtel is currently having talks with a number of local enterprises with the aim of deploying private 5G networks, local newspaper The...
India's Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that direct allocation of 5G frequencies to tech companies was a complex issue
The government of India is analyzing the potential direct allocation of 5G spectrum to local companies and will make a final decision on this issue after...
Jio recently secured spectrum in the 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 3.3 GHz, and 26 GHz bands
Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio may launch its 5G services as soon as August 15, according to Indian press reports.
"Jio is committed to offering world-class, affordable 5G...
Bharti Airtel spent a total of $5.4 billion to secure 19,800 megahertz of spectrum in several bands to launch 5G
Indian carrier Bharti Airtel has signed 5G network agreements with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung to start 5G deployments in the country.
In a release announcing the...
Airtel recently secured 19,800 MHz of spectrum in the latest spectrum auction conducted by the Department of Telecom
India’s largest telecom operator, Bharti Airtel, aims to deploy 5G services across the country starting with some initial key cities, the telco said in a release.
The telco...
The 5G spectrum auction is scheduled to start on July 26
India’s Department of Telecom (DoT) confirmed that it had received applications from Adani Data Networks, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel for participation in upcoming 5G auction.
The telecom department also said that...
The government has also decided to allow enterprises to deploy and run 5G private networks
The Government of India announced plans to hold an auction of 5G spectrum by the end of July and confirmed that some frequencies will be reserved to enable enterprises to...
