Qualcomm launched its new affordable, India-designed chipset, the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2, on Tuesday. This chipset will enable mobile device makers to sell 5G smartphones operating on a standalone (SA) network for Rs 8,300 or less.
A Nokia research showed that 4G alone constituted nearly 99 per cent of the total data traffic consumed across the country in 2020.
Market expects either a price disruption or differentiated service; combination of both could hurt incumbents.
Company now plans to use 1800 MHz band spectrum as the primary wave while the 2300 Mhz wave will be supplementary for enterprise customers.
Company won spectrum in six circles in the 1,800 MHz band for Rs 2,221 cr in Nov; Nokia Siemens is technology partner for the rollout.
Vendors say Infotel Broadband close to signing tower leasing deals with Anil Ambani company
The company has also tied up with Nokia Siemens to share 4G technology.
Though reserve for CDMA, there were no bidders for the spectrum in the recent auction. GSM operators could buy it to launch 4G and 3G services.
The issue of which technology to use in wireless broadband services, TD-LTE or WiMax, is becoming keener.
To launch 4G long-term evolution services in 1,800 MHz band.
The country's largest telecom player Bharti Airtel sees 3G as a major growth propeller and says the journey of 3G to 4G and to LTE (long-term evolution) would take place much faster in India.
The conclave also focused on the need for more spectrum, a key issue for India.
Both Long Term Evolution Time Division Duplex and Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access are broadband wireless access technologies.
Qualcomm India got licences for four markets, including Delhi and Mumbai, apart from Kerala and Haryana.
'We have filed our draft red herring prospectus for a floating IPO for a net offer size of 86.6 million shares.'
Nokia, that has already begun manufacturing of 5G equipment at its Chennai plant, is also readying for exporting the products to several key markets like the US.
Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea said the Railways should not be permitted to offer commercial services like Wi-fi and voice and video communication.
Mumbai has fastest 4G speed, Ahmedabad most consistent, says wireless coverage mapping firm OpenSignal
Das will 'mentor the Jio Division of Reliance Retail', the Reliance Industries head said.
Researchers are investigating how software-defined cellular networking might be used to give smartphone users the next generation of super-superfast broadband - 5G.
Over a third of Ambani's speech was focussed on RIL's plans.
He noted that the infrastructure in India has come 'quite a ways' since Apple began to put a lot of energy in the Indian market 'because of their leadership and so forth.'
Airtel's 4G service runs on 2,300 MHz long-term evolution (LTE) spectrum in all nine circles, which is difficult to access while indoors.
Govt's revenue estimates may take hit on spectrum sharing, trading deals
The government will get an additional revenue of 20 per cent from the auction of the 1,800 MHz and 900 MHz bands of spectrum, based on the Telecom Commission's recommendations, compared with those of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
RJio's aggressive plans will lead to significant impact on listed companies in this space
A year after Bharti Airtel launched 4G services, there are only 6.5 mn users in the country
The freebies are now over, but Jio will need to notch up subscriber numbers and margins to prove its sceptics wrong.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has given its recommendations on the much-awaited issue of spectrum sharing.
Reliance Jio bought spectrum in the 1800 MHz band last February.
At Rs 2,685 crore for 1MHz pan-Indian spectrum, reserve price would be 52% higher than that of 1,800MHz band
The big beneficiaries of this move will be the big three -- Bharti, Vodafone and Idea.
The much-awaited soft launch of Reliance Jio's next-generation mobile services has been delayed by another month.
As competition for the smartphones market hots up, new players are making waves.
The 4G service may use Reliance Retail, with a surging customer base, as the launch pad
Loss-making Nokia gains full control of the profitable venture Nokia Siemens Networks for $2.2 billion, a cheaper than-expected price, analysts said, although they also noted the acquisition would put pressure on Nokia's balance sheet.
In 2013-14, India became the third-largest contributor to Vodafone Group's service revenue and operating free cash flow.
Rs 200-cr burden likely for TV rating agencies.
For Uninor, it is more important to serve customers better in existing circles rather than going for pan-India operations.
Estimates suggest subsidy outgo on these proposals would be at least Rs 1,000 crore
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