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Vi steps up talks with Nokia, Ericsson to accelerate 4G network enhancement

Vodafone Idea intends to allocate Rs 13,000 crore for capital expenditures, with over half of it earmarked for expanding its 4G infrastructure

BSNL plans to launch 4G in Dec; pan-India roll-out by June next year

State-owned telecom firm BSNL is planning to launch 4G service in December at a small scale and then roll it out across the country by June next year, Chairman and Managing Director P K Purwar said on Saturday. Speaking to PTI at the India Mobile Congress, Purwar said that the company plans to upgrade 4G service to 5G after June. "BSNL 4G service is ready for launch in Punjab in December. We have already done the hardening required for a network with 200 sites. We are in the process of installing 3,000 sites in Punjab," Purwar said. He said that BSNL will gradually increase network deployment to 6,000 and then to 9,000, 12,000 and 15,000 sites per month. "Our target is to complete 4G roll-out by June 2024. Post June 2024, we will be moving to 5G services," Purwar said. IT company TCS and government-owned ITI have bagged orders worth about Rs 19,000 crore from BSNL for deploying 4G network which is upgradable to 5G. Purwar said that the BSNL has enough spectrum to deploy 5G servic

Reliance Retail launches new 4G-enabled JioBook priced at Rs 16,499

The company had launched a previous version of the JioBook discreetly in October last year, offering it to a select group of buyers

TCS up 1% as consortium bags Rs 15,000-cr order from BSNL for 4G deployment

Tejas Networks Ltd, too, is a part of the TCS-led consortium which has bagged APO for 4G deployment

Nokia launches feature phones with in-built UPI functionality: Details here

The Nokia 105 and Nokia 106 4G will be available for purchase in India starting May 18. These feature phones come with in-built UPI 123PAY functionality

336 villages in Arunachal to get 4G connectivity, 254 mobile towers set up

Around 336 villages in border areas of Arunachal Pradesh will be provided with 4G mobile telephony connectivity with the government launching 254 network towers on Saturday. The government has approved the construction of 2,605 4G mobile towers for providing connectivity to more than 3,721 villages in Arunachal Pradesh with a total outlay of Rs 2,675 crore. "Today's launch has happened mostly in border areas. By and large, most of the villages will be in border areas. Our district headquarters like Itanagar are already connected. The target is to reach out to unconnected and unreached locations," Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said after a ceremony to dedicate the initial set of 254 mobile towers. Union Telecom and Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was also present on the occasion. Rijiju said the security forces and people in the border area used to depend on mobile SIMs of a Nepalese company for communication but things changed after he informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi abo

Govt approves over 2,600 4G towers for Arunachal villages; Rs 2,675 outlay

These 254 4G mobile towers will be dedicated to the nation on April 22, by Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

BSNL to use Rs 53,000 cr for 4G, 5G roll out, revamping landlines: Vaishnaw

State-run BSNL will use about Rs 53,000 crore in upgrading its network to 4G and 5G this year as well as revamping landline network across the country, Union Minister for IT and Telecom Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday. The Government has announced a capital infusion of Rs 52,937 crore in BSNL during the next fiscal year starting April 1, 2023. While speaking on Budget 2023-24, the minister said BSNL's capital infusion is part of the Rs 1.64 lakh crore revival package announced last year and most of the balance sheet items of BSNL have already been addressed. "BSNL has raised new debt using the sovereign guarantees which were announced in the package. Now, the physical installation of new towers, upgradation from 2G, 3G to 4G and 5G and a major revamp in the landline systems of the MTNL and BSNL network will be taken up in this year using the capital allocation of Rs 53,000 crore which has been made for BSNL," Vaishnaw said. The government has allocated Rs 1.23 lakh crore for pos

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4G and 5G stacks can handle 10 mn simultaneous calls: Vaishnaw at B20 meet

Entire stack of indigenously built 4G & 5G will be offered to the world in 2024

New data protection law to straddle individual rights, innovation: Vaishnaw

Indigenously developed 5G, 4G telecom technology stack will be rolled out in the country this year

Indigenously-developed 5G, 4G tech roll out this year: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Indigenously-developed 5G and 4G telecom technology stack will be rolled out in the country this year and the platform will be offered to the world from next year, Union telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Monday. While speaking at The Business 20 (B20), the official G20 dialogue forum with the global business community, Vaishnaw said that only five countries in the world have end-to-end 4G-5G telecom technology stack but now with the public-private partnership, India has developed its own technology which has been tested to handle 10 million simultaneous calls. "Our private and public partnership approach has given us a solution where the core was developed, invested by the public sector, public funds, and everything else sitting on it comes from the private partners. In this entire 2023, we will be rolling it out on about 50,000 to 70,000, towers, sites and then in 2024 will be offering it to the world," Vaishnaw said. The minister also elaborated on four broad approaches ..

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BSNL aims to introduce 4G network in 45,180 villages across India

With its planned 4G services launch, public sector firm targets rural market spanning 7% of all villages

Ericsson scaling up production in phases at Pune to meet India' 5G demand

Ericsson is supplying its equipment to both Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio while Vodafone Idea is yet to finalise its 5G plans

Tech firm Astrome takes high-speed internet to India's hinterlands

IISc-backed Astrome has deployed India's first indigenous technology to facilitate rural 4G and 5G connectivity for the BharatNet Project.

Top Headlines: Economic survey in Jan, railways' coal projects, and more

CEA V Anantha Nageswaran is looking to put his stamp on his first Economic Survey, and to that end, the 2022-23 Survey, which will be released on January 31

TCS front runner for BSNL 4G network roll out deal, ITI in race too

BSNL will be using a 4G core, developed indigenously for the first time by C-DOT

C-DoT's indigenous, low-cost 4G and 5G stack attracts global interest

Global vendors like Nokia and Ericsson have been selling both proprietary hardware and software integrated into one which does not give users any flexibility

Reliance Jio tops 4G network speed chart in October, shows Trai data

Telecom major Jio topped the 4G network speed chart in terms of both average download and upload, according to data published by sector regulator Trai. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has dropped BSNL from the 4G speed chart in October as it is yet to roll out 4G services. In October, the telecom major maintained its leadership in download segment by recording an average speed of 20.3 megabits per second (mbps). It was followed by Airtel, which recorded a download speed of 15 mbps and Vodafone Idea (Vi) with 14.5 mbps speed. Jio's 4G upload speed declined marginally to 6.2 mbps in October from 6.4 mbps in September. However, it continued to maintain its lead in the segment. In September, Jio had pipped Vi to top the upload speed segment. Jio was followed by Vi which recorded an average upload speed of 4.5 mbps in October and Airtel with an average upload of 2.7 mbps The average speed is computed by Trai based on the data it collects across India with the help of