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Airtel to be at forefront of bringing 5G connectivity to India: Mittal

Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal has said that the company will be at the forefront of bringing 5G connectivity to India with a powerful network to support the country's digital-first economy

Explained: Will O-RAN disrupt the way 5G networks roll out in India?

The concluding part of the series explains how uncertainty around open radio access network technology stems from its mostly untested status

Jio explores 5G use cases, undertakes trial runs of over 25 applications

Jio also conducted trials on network slicing on 5G, which would help offer enterprises a secure and customised network

5G players get ready for a long road to seamless mobile network

Operators say it could take four to five years at least to build a reasonable sized pan-India 5G network with good coverage

Reliance Jio ups the ante as Adanis keep off big 5G spectrum game

Four bidders together deposit Rs 21,800 crore as earnest money; Jio puts in Rs 14,000 crore

Top Headlines: Windfall tax review, rising medical devices import and more

India's medical devices imports surged 41 per cent to touch Rs 63,200 crore in 2021-22, led by a 48 per cent year-on-year (YoY) jump in imports from China. Read more in our top headlines

5G spectrum auction may turn out to be a short affair, say telcos

In the run-up to the much-awaited 5G spectrum auction, the first part of a series looks back to find a pattern

Airtel completes country's first 5G private network trial at Bosch unit

Trial comes ahead of a 5G spectrum auction this month and amid a battle among telecom and IT companies on spectrum allotment for private networks

5G spectrum auction may fetch over Rs 1 trillion, say analysts

Given that the Adani group and Vodafone Idea are also looking to play a limited part in the auction, analysts say the figure could hit around Rs 1 trillion from the sale of these two bands alone

Adani gets LoI for 5G services in Gujarat; final list of bidders on July 20

Adani Data Networks, Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea to bid for 5G spectrum

Top Headlines: Demat account openings in June, PSB privatisation, and more

The Centre should privatise all PSBs, except the State Bank of India, a report by NCAER said. Read more on these in our top headlines

DoT gets applications from 4 firms to participate in 5G spectrum auction

The applicants include three telecom service providers - Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea

Improving the odds for 5G

Fixing the approach for networks and services is necessary for getting to 5G

Explained: Why telecom companies are eying the 5G band of 3.5K-3.6K MHz

Telcos say that currently the eco system for equipment in this band (between 3600-3630 MHz) is not available globally and it will take at least three to four quarters for its commercial deployment

In five years, 39% mobile users in India will use 5G, says Ericsson report

Sees half a billion such users by 2027, high growth in number of smartphone users and spike in average usage per smartphone

5G auction, flat subscriber growth may weigh on Airtel, Voda Idea stocks

With organic cash flow, ongoing rights issue, strategic stake sale, improved market structure in India wireless, and easier 5G spectrum payment terms, Bharti remains well-placed to compete with R-Jio

COAI writes to DoT, demands tough norms for captive private networks

It had written to DoT secretary K Rajaraman in this regard on June 18

5G services arriving soon? Rollout likely in August, says telecom secretary

"The government has announced the 5G spectrum auctions, and the rollout is expected from August this year," K Rajaraman said

Top Headlines: WTO members reach deal, advance tax collection up 48% in Q1

The members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), for the first time in a decade, finalised a historic deal at 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12). Read more in our top headlines

The next level

5G will open up opportunities for businesses