Last year, TCS and ITI secured an advance purchase order from BSNL to set up 100,000 4G sites across India
Indian company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is currently installing large data centers in the four regions of India as part of its 4G deal with...
Jio and Airtel are the only two telcos currently offering 5G services in India
Indian operator Reliance Jio Infocomm added a total of 3.59 mobile subscribers during February, taking its overall market share above 40% for the first time, according to the latest data released...
BSNL said the core of its 4G network is being developed by the Center for Development of Telematics (C-DoT)
Indian state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is reportedly seeking technical assistance from Nokia and China's ZTE to help integrate previous technology into its new...
BSNL plans to launch commercial 4G services nationwide during 2024
State-owned operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has already activated 3,500 4G base transceiver stations (BTS) across the country, local press reported, citing the company’s chairman and CEO Pravin Kumar Purwar.
These 4G sites were deployed...
Tata Consultancy Systems (TCS) is currently deploying BSNL's 4G network
Indian state-run operator BSNL's workers union has urged the government to use rival operator Vodafone Idea’s network to initially offer 4G service in the country, according to local press reports.
In a recent letter to telecom...
Under this order, HFCL will provide products and services to BSNL to support 4G and 5G network requirements
Indian telecom gear company HFCL has secured an order worth INR 1.79 billion ($21.55 million) from state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to supply 4G and 5G...
The government of India said that the base price for the new spectrum will be set at INR963 billion ($11.6 billion)
The Indian government has officially approved the auction of 10,523 megahertz of spectrum in multiple bands, including frequencies for 5G, local press reported, citing...
The government of India aims to award additional 5G spectrum in March
India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) set a lower revenue target for a planned spectrum auction in March, because local carriers have enough frequencies and will chiefly focus on renewing their existing frequencies...
India has received inquiries from at least 15 global telecom operators, as well as bilateral inquiries from nine nations
The government of India is looking to start exporting a full range of indigenously-designed 4G and 5G stacks in 2024, according to local press reports.
The reports...
HFCL highlighted that the market for 5G equipment remains strong in India
Indian telecoms vendor HFCL has won a purchase order of INR 6.23 billion ($75 million) for the supply of indigenously manufactured 5G network equipment, local paper The Economic Times reported.
“This is the first...
India's telecom minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said that BSNL is being revived in a "very systematic and methodical way"
Indian state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has started its 4G deployment and will have completed a significant part of the rollout by November 2024, local...
BSNL will launch 5G technology in 2025 via an upgrade of its 4G infrastructure
Indian state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is targeting a 20% market share of the country’s overall mobile market by the end of 2024 by accelerating the rollout of its 4G...
BSNL previosuly said it expected to launch a 4G network this year
Indian telecoms vendor HFCL has signed a deal worth INR 11.2 billion ($135 million) with state operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to upgrade its optical transport network (OTN) across India.
The vendor noted...
Ericsson said that India will have 860 million subscribers in the 5G segment by end-2029
5G subscriptions in India are expected to reach 130 million by the end of 2023 and are forecast to grow to 860 million by 2029, according to the latest edition...
CommScope is currently supplying cables, microwave antennas, filters and switches to Indian telcos Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm
U.S. company CommScope said it is currently in talks with Indian state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to potentially secure telecoms contracts with the company,...
Vodafone Idea had confirmed “advanced talks” with a number of vendors in order to define its final strategy for the deployment of 5G in India
Indian operator Vodafone Idea is already offering 5G services in select locations in Pune and Delhi, Indian press reported.
The reports...
In a recent conference call, Nokia President and CEO Pekka Lundmark said that the vendor’s business continued to see benefit from 5G deployments in India
Finnish vendor Nokia is seeing a substantial demand for 5G equipment in India during the next two years, local newspaper...
BSNL also said it aims to launch 5G in India in June 2024
Indian state-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is planning to launch its 4G service in December on a limited scale and then roll it out across the country by June...
Bharti Airtel initially launched its 5G network in India in October 2022
Indian telco Bharti Airtel announced it has reached over 50 million unique 5G customers within one year of the launch of its 5G network, the operator said in a release.
The company also announced...
Tata Consultancy Services noted that Tejas' N78 5G radios are compatible with 3.3 GHz spectrum
India's largest IT services firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), is considering plans to start selling its locally-developed and manufactured 5G radio network gear to other markets, particularly to the U.S.,...
BSNL recently soft-launched 200 4G network sites in the Punjab region
Indian state-run telecom operators Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will pave the way for the synergy of operations between the...
BSNL aims to initially provide 4G services in high-revenue telecom circles in India
Indian company Tejas Networks said it has recently executed a master contract for the supply, support and annual maintenance services of its Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment for state-run telco BSNL, which...
The 5G sites have been installed across 714 districts in India
Telecom operators in India have already installed over 300,000 5G mobile sites nationwide within 10 months of launch of the service, local press reported, citing the country’s union telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
The 5G sites...
BSNL said the deployment of these 4G sites is a part of an extended field trial
Indian state-run operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) was expected to launch 200 4G network sites in the Punjab region, local newspaper The Economic Times reported.
The deployment of these...
