4G traffic still heavy, Airtel in no hurry to switch to standalone 5GBharti Airtel plans to switch its 5G services to a standalone network in one or two cities within three years, although currently, they wil...
27 Feb, 2025, 12.25 AM IST
Nokia bags Airtel contract to expand 5G Fixed Wireless Access devices for high-speed internetBharti Airtel has partnered with Nokia and Qualcomm to expand 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and Wi-Fi solutions across India. The move aim...
12 Feb, 2025, 02.00 PM IST
More innovative 5G use cases to emerge in various industries: TraiAK Lahoti, chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), said more innovative 5G-driven use cases are expected to emerge in...
23 Sep, 2024, 12.19 AM IST
Airtel, Jio turn focus to wireless home 5G for better monetisationIndia’s leading telcos, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, are expanding their fixed wireless access (FWA) services to enhance home broadband ...
07 Aug, 2024, 11.33 PM IST
Airtel to deploy FWA on SA network, full scale impact likely in FY2Q: Gopal VittalBharti Airtel is deploying fixed wireless access (FWA) services in 25 cities. The full-scale impact is anticipated in the second quarter, c...
16 May, 2024, 04.26 PM IST
Airtel versus Jio: More shots fired in the satcom space battleAirtel and Jio stand sharply divided on various issues related to satcom and have battled each other over complexities that surround satcom...
05 Apr, 2024, 03.13 PM IST
Jio against commercial use of satellite spectrum without auctionReliance Jio has urged the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) not to allow satellite spectrum allocated administratively for commercial...
29 Mar, 2024, 08.42 AM IST
Telecom firms struggle to monetise amid incomplete 5G rolloutIndia recently became the fastest 5G rollout nation in the world. The country’s top two carriers, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, have coll...
24 Mar, 2024, 10.32 AM IST
5G fixed wireless access to get monetised in India: Airtel CTOFWA monetisation challenges addressed by telecom executives. 5G use cases expanding across industries, including remote areas. Potential in...
16 Mar, 2024, 12.50 AM IST
Jio expects home broadband to rake in Rs 70,000 croreAs per the company, the service will help overcome the challenges of last-mile connectivity and provide an opportunity to TV and broadband ...
31 Oct, 2023, 09.36 AM IST
5G-based Fixed Wireless Services can be game changer for Reliance Jio, Airtel: QualcommA top Qualcomm executive said both Jio and Airtel have recently tested their 5G-based FWA services on 26 GHz spectrum and the test results ...
25 Oct, 2023, 11.11 PM IST
Jio, Airtel profitability to get a boost as 5G capex, customer churn moderate"Capex will remain elevated in 2QFY24, but we expect moderation in 2HFY24, which will help improve profitability and cash generation...Airt...
23 Oct, 2023, 08.41 AM IST
Profitable telecom operators beneficial for vendors in India: Ericsson CEOEricsson CEO Borje Ekholm stated that the Indian telecom industry is in a good state and profitable operators are beneficial for vendors. H...
17 Oct, 2023, 11.47 PM IST
Can 5G deployment pick up speed in India and pass acid test of providing smooth customer experience?With 70-80% of data consumed indoors, the 4G/5G customer experience is contingent to a bricolage of denser base transceiver station (BTS) d...
11 Sep, 2023, 11.51 PM IST
Bharti Airtel focusing capital investments on 5G, no plans to shut down 2G networkIndia still has some 300-350 million feature phone users using 2G, of which less than 100 million are on the Airtel network. He added that ...
25 Mar, 2023, 11.12 AM IST
Airtel conducts India's first rural 5G trial along with EricssonThe demonstration took place in Bhaipur Bramanan village on the outskirts of Delhi-NCR using 5G trial spectrum allocated to Airtel by the D...
05 Oct, 2021, 03.25 PM IST
Bharti Airtel partners with chip giant Qualcomm to drive Open-RAN 5G rollout in IndiaAn OpenRAN (O-RAN) board member, Airtel said that it will leverage Qualcomm’s 5G RAN platforms – which runs on the cloud - to rollout virtu...
23 Feb, 2021, 02.38 PM IST