
India sells 5G spectrum worth $19 billion, Jio top spender
India has successfully concluded its first-ever 5G auction with private telecom operators buying spectrum worth $19 billion, managing to sell 71% of the total. Read more…
India has successfully concluded its first-ever 5G auction with private telecom operators buying spectrum worth $19 billion, managing to sell 71% of the total. Read more…
Nokia, Ericsson and Samsung have managed to secure 5G equipment deals from India’s top two telecom operators, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. Read more…
Indian telecom operators like Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel may not bid aggressively in the 5G spectrum auction due to high base prices. Read more…
Reliance Jio has started using drones for telecom tower surveillance, plans to use the drone technology for rollout of 5G network deployment. Read more…
India’s state-run telco, BSNL, is losing out to Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio on lucrative government-funded digital connectivity programs. Read more…
Jio says it has completed 5G coverage planning for 1,000 top cities in India based on targeted customer consumption and revenue potential. Read more…
Reliance Jio is at loggerheads with Bharti Airtel and global satellite operators over allocation of spectrum for satellite gateways in India. Read more…
Jio believes that the country will likely have 100-150 million 5G smartphone user base by the time 5G networks roll out commercially. Read more…
Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani said the rollout of 5G should be made India’s national priority to enable digital inclusion. Read more…
Jio’s affordable smartphone, JioPhone Next, is set to face issues as handset retailers have raised concerns around its deposit scheme. Read more…
Reliance Jio is exploring partnerships with global system integrators and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers for its 5G network in India. Read more…
Jio delays the launch of a low-cost smartphone it is developing with Google to November, citing an industry-wide semiconductor shortage. Read more…
Airtel CEO says that it has its own strategy in place to counter Reliance Jio’s affordable 4G smartphone, JioPhone Next. Read more…
Jio has joined bitter rival Airtel in raising concerns about India’s 5Gi standard, which it said must be harmonised with 3GPP’s 5G standard. Read more…
Intel Corp on Monday said it will work with India’s Reliance Jio to develop 5G networking technology and work on “co-innovations” Read more…
Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai said the company is focused on developing an affordable 5G smartphone with India’s Reliance Jio. Read more…
Reliance Jio Infocomm, India’s top telco by subscribers, is constructing the largest international submarine cable systems centred on India. Read more…
India allows Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel and MTNL to conduct 5G field trials with multinational and domestic telecom vendors. Read more…
Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel have paid $311.76 million to the Indian government for the immediate allocation of unsold 4G spectrum. Read more…
Samsung is reportedly planning to make 4G and 5G telecom equipment in India for telco partner, Reliance Jio, and other customers globally. Read more…
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