Airtel redirecting 4G capital investments to 5G, says CTO"The cost of running 2G is miniscule, at least for Airtel, since we are running our radios on single RAN. There are still users in India us...
25 Mar, 2023, 12.39 AM IST
Airtel announces 5G rollout in 125 more citiesAirtel 5G Plus service availability will continue to expand, including service in all towns and villages in the country soon, as the compan...
06 Mar, 2023, 04.24 PM IST
Airtel sees festive season driving 5G handset salesAirtel is initially rolling out 5G services through what is called the non-standalone (NSA) mode. The 5G NSA mode uses existing 4G infrastr...
17 Oct, 2022, 12.29 AM IST
Summit Digitel to provide tower infrastructure to Airtel for network rolloutSummit Digitel said it manages over 151,000 active sites, with the number growing across the nation. While providing nationwide coverage fo...
19 Apr, 2022, 12.09 AM IST
Airtel in talks with old and new vendors for 5G contracts: CTOThe carrier is developing a full 5G ecosystem using open radio networks that can support interoperation between different vendors' equipmen...
02 Apr, 2022, 12.45 AM IST
Airtel, Vi push for work on 6G techThey said that there was a need for the Indian telecom industry and academia to join forces with the telecom department and contribute towa...
01 Jan, 2022, 07.08 AM IST
First 5G network to be launched within two-quarters of spectrum auction, pan-India coverage in 1 year: AirtelAirtel said it conducted India’s first rural 5G trial with Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson on the outskirts of Delhi.
05 Oct, 2021, 04.34 PM IST
Airtel getting partners on board to enable 5G use cases: Randeep Sekhon, CTOAirtel will come out with a campaign for users who want to buy 5G handsets informing them about various checks of their particular handsets...
02 Sep, 2021, 08.48 PM IST
PLI Scheme, OpenRAN will help India's telecom vendor ecosystem grow, says AirtelThere will be 5G use cases which will be developed in India by local companies who can ship these use cases to global markets, he said. The...
06 Mar, 2021, 08.52 AM IST
Nokia, Ericsson promise to make 5G gear here: AirtelBharti Airtel also works with Chinese gear vendors Huawei and ZTE in India for select circles. However, both Chinese vendors import their g...
21 Sep, 2020, 10.37 AM IST
Airtel sees higher traffic growth in suburban & rural areas than urbanBharti Airtel is seeing higher traffic growth in suburban and rural areas than in urban. Increased traffic is being seen in rural India com...
08 Apr, 2020, 11.29 PM IST
No requirement to invoke roaming arrangement: Airtel CTOThe telecom operator had said it is an important measure to avoid disruption in the networks to support work from home. The company on Marc...
07 Apr, 2020, 10.23 PM IST
5G Congress: A range of factors are needed to develop 5G technologySpeaking at ETTelecom's 5G Congress, Sekhon elaborated on each of the points while emphasizing on the importance of physical and power infr...
01 Aug, 2019, 04.36 PM IST
Airtel to have European vendors for 4G calling service"Huawei is there in core network (of Airtel). There is no point bringing three (vendors for 4G calling service)," Sekhon said.
10 Apr, 2019, 09.30 PM IST
Telcos plan to use AI, data analytics to make networks smarter, more efficient ahead of 5G deployment“Our telecom industry has evolved and changing the mindset of everyone to adopt digital and automation is the key now,” said Randeep Sekhon...
21 Mar, 2019, 07.13 AM IST
Telcos need to re-engineer networks to ensure security, says Airtel CTOHe further elaborated that core is where majority of the work is happening because it has to support 5G as well as other generations of tec...
19 Mar, 2019, 05.44 PM IST
Bharti Airtel starts rollout of 4G on 900 MHzRandeep Sekhon, chief technology officer at Bharti Airtel, said introduction of LTE 900 technology is primarily aimed at boosting our indoo...
23 Jan, 2019, 07.40 AM IST