India's 5G sales hit 50% market for 1st time: Report
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"There's still a long way to go, especially in terms of network coverage. But this is a milestone for sure," said Tarun Pathak, Research Director. Moreover, the report said that while Samsung assisted in crossing the 5G market across the line in the country, OnePlus was the true winner.
Indian consumers perplexed about finding best 5G smartphone: Report
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With no 5G use case to look at as a reference, consumers want to purchase the best smartphones defined by the ones offering seamless connectivity, blanket coverage, and endless capabilities.Consumers are currently perplexed about being able to find the best 5G device for themselves. As there is no application or use case.
Rolling out 5G FWA across India with Reliance Jio: Qualcomm CEO
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With the roll-out of 5G in India, the global chip-maker had bolstered its efforts with Reliance Jio to help it fast connect 100 million homes through its 5G FWA, including the millimetre wave (mmWave).
Ciena appoints Amit Malik as India head to help firms meet 5G, bandwidth demands
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"India is an important market for Ciena driven by significant growth in bandwidth demand on our customers' networks as well as our large Research & Development (R&D) centre in the country," said Jamie Jefferies, Ciena's Vice President and General Manager of International Sales.
Airtel 5G Plus now available in 3,000 cities, towns
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From Katra in Jammu to Kannur in Kerala, Patna in Bihar to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh to the Union territory of Daman and Diu, all the key urban and rural parts of the country have unlimited access to Airtel 5G Plus service, the company said. Bridging every town and key rural areas in india.
India improves global ranking for mobile speeds amid 5G rollout
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The country increased two spots in rank globally for median mobile speeds, from 66th in February to 64th in March, according to Ookla, the global leader in network intelligence and connectivity insights. However, for overall fixed broadband speeds, India's global rank dipped by three spots, from 81st in February to 84th in March.
5G speed to reduce to half if less spectrum allotted in 6GHz band: COAI
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In a letter to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), the apex operators' body said that mid-band spectrum like 6GHz provides a balance of wide coverage and capacity which is critical to the rapid and cost-efficient deployment of 5G mobile networks in India and also meets the exponentially increasing data demands, that too at affordable terms.
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