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DoT calls for R&D proposals: 5G intelligent villages, quantum cryptography

Telecom Technology Development Fund to see through Made in India tech solutions

Chinese premier pledges more pandas; urges Australia to put aside issues

Chinese Premier Li Qiang's visit to Australia on Sunday focused on positive aspects of the bilateral relationship including shared giant pandas and a rebounding wine trade after he urged both countries to put aside their differences. China's most powerful leader after President Xi Jinping arrived late Saturday in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia state, which has produced most of the Australian wine entering China since crippling tariffs were lifted in March that had effectively ended a 1.2 billion Australian dollar (USD 790 million) a year trade since 2020. Li visited Adelaide Zoo, which has been home to China-born giant pandas Wang Wang and Fu Ni since 2009, before he was to have lunch at a restaurant at an Adelaide winery. He announced that the zoo would be loaned another two pandas after the pair are due to return to China in November, China's Xinhua News Agency reported. The pair are the only pandas in the Southern Hemisphere and failed to produce offspring in ...

Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark makes world's first 'immersive' phone call

Nokia made the call using a regular smartphone over a public 5G network

Lava Yuva budget 5G smartphone goes on sale: Know price, specs, and more

Priced at Rs 9,499 onwards, the Lava Yuva 5G smartphone comes with 4GB RAM and up to 128GB on-board storage configuration. The budget 5G smartphone is available on Amazon and Lava website

Ambani faces pushback over 5G deal from parliamentary minority in Ghana

The Ghanaian government's plan to launch a 5G network using a company partnering with Mukesh Ambani is a bad deal for the debt-ridden nation, which needs funds for critical development projects

Nokia, Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya ink pact to partner on 5G, 6G research

Finnish telecom gearmaker Nokia on Monday said it has signed an agreement with the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) for carrying out joint research related to 5G/6G communications in the transportation and logistics sector. Nokia and Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, a university under the Ministry of Railways, will collaborate on research opportunities in 5G/6G communications targeting air, land and sea transportation use cases, as well as standards development, smart factory/ automation, and AI/GenAI labs, a company statement said. The MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) was signed at Rail Bhawan, New Delhi, in the presence of railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who is also the Chancellor of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. "This important collaboration has very significant potential to leverage advances in the telecommunications sector for the entire transportation and logistics sectors. This MoU further reinforces industry-driven approach of the university to proactively co-work with the .

DoT plans trials for drone & balloon-based 5G restoration during disasters

The Department of Telecommunications will likely conduct trials in the coming months to assess the effectiveness of this initiative

POCO M6 Plus could soon launch in India in budget 5G smartphone segment

Reportedly, the POCO M6 Plus could be a rebranded version of the Redmi Note 13R, which was launched in China earlier this month

Vodafone Idea announces extra data offer for 4G and 5G consumers

Many smartphone users in India do not maximise the potential of their 4G/5G mobile devices due to a lack of sufficient data

Ericsson India in discussions with Vodafone Idea for potential 5G agreement

Nitin Bansal of Ericsson India said the initiative follows a follow-on offer and is expected to initiate a network expansion project within the next two to three months

Trai to announce stricter norms for call disruptions, video jitters on 5G

Currently, 5G service users encounter various challenges including poor call quality, call drops, inability to connect to 5G despite activating phone settings, and negligible disparity in speeds

Stars aligned for Vi? Rs 18K cr FPO has raised hopes of a daring turnaround

But tariff hikes are needed and dues need to be paid

AT&T beats Q1 estimates for wireless subscriber additions, free cash flow

AT&T added 349,000 net monthly bill-paying wireless phone subscribers in the first quarter, flying past expectations of 286,800 additions, according to five analysts polled by FactSet

Vodafone Idea earmarks Rs 5,720 crore to roll out 5G wireless network

Plans to use Rs 18K cr FPO's proceeds to upgrade infra, clear deferred payments; govt holding will dilute to 24% from 32% currently

India had 14th highest median 5G download rates in Q4 2023: Ookla

Jio's 5G network reported a quicker video start time of 1.14 seconds than Airtel's 5G network, which was 1.99 seconds

Nokia G42: HMD Global democratises 5G with new 4GB RAM variant at Rs 9,999

The Nokia G42 5G is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus chipset and boots Android 13 operating system with a clean UI

Tech Mahindra, Pegatron ink MoU to develop AI-enabled private 5G networks

The partnership will enable the two companies to find global prospects collaboratively, with Pegatron offering the 5G connectivity layer and Tech Mahindra delivering end-to-end 5G services

Wipro and Nokia launch private 5G wireless solutions for enterprises

The joint solution will initially be made available to customers in the manufacturing, energy, utilities, transportation, and sports entertainment industries

Wipro, Nokia partner to provide 5G private wireless corporate solutions

IT services firm Wipro on Monday said it has partnered with Finnish telecom and IT company Nokia to deliver private wireless solutions to enterprises. Through this solution, enterprises will be able to create an integrated private environment that they can control to better manage their performance and mitigate security risks, as per a statement said. Wipro said the joint private wireless solution with Nokia will "help enterprises scale their digital transformation". This joint solution will provide enterprises with a more secure 5G private wireless network solution integrated with their operation infrastructure, it said. "The solution will bring greater reliability, mobility, connectivity speed, real-time access to business insights, and the ability to process high volumes of data with low latency," the statement said. This AI-driven solution will initially be made available to customers in the manufacturing, energy, utilities, transportation, and sports entertainment ...

Ericsson deploys 100,000 Massive MIMO 5G radios for Bharti Airtel

Swedish telecom company Ericsson on Monday said that it has deployed 1,00,000 massive MIMO 5G radios for Bharti Airtel across its 12 circles. In a regulatory filing, Airtel said that it has deployed energy-efficient Ericsson radio system products and solutions from Ericsson's 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) and MINI-LINK (microwave) mobile transport portfolios. "Ericsson has successfully deployed 1,00,000 Massive MIMO (Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output) 5G radios for Bharti Airtel across its 12 circles within a record time of 500+ days," the statement said. "Ericson is a long-standing partner of Airtel and we are happy to partner them in achieving this milestone of deploying 1,00,000 5G radios across 12 Airtel circles. We have over 65 million customers on our network who are now enjoying blazing fast unlimited 5G data at no additional cost," said Randeep Sekhon, CTO of Bharti Airtel. Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) 5G radio technology helps in faster data transmission using multi