India's Department of Telecommunications allowed telecom operators to conduct trials for fifth-generation networks for a period of six months including two months for procuring and setting up equipment. It added that the companies Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and MTNL will work with Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia and state-owned technology...
Carlyle Invests $235 million in Indian Data Centers
The Carlyle Group based in Washington DC, is investing $235 million on buying a quarter of Nxtra, the data center subsidiary of India's Bharti Airtel. Nxtra has ten large data centers and 120 edge data centers in India. It hopes to use the investment to expand its presence and offerings in...
India's Airtel, Reliance Jio to Start Voice over Wi-Fi Services
New Delhi-based Bharti Airtel and Navi Mumbai headquartered Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio) are in advanced stages of testing Voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) services, a technology that keeps users connected even without a mobile signal. This move will enable telecom companies to take on over-the-top players such as Skype, WhatsApp, Hike, Facebook...
IBM To Develop Blockchain-Based Solutions for India's Airtel
Armonk, New York-based technology major IBM won a multi-million-dollar contract to deploy a blockchain-based India-wide network which will allow Bharti Airtel, India's largest mobile service provider, to protect its 284 million subscribers from unsolicited calls and messages. The commercial deployment is already underway and both companies are expected to meet...
Ericsson Launches 5G Lab at IIT Delhi
Ericsson, Sweden's multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm, inaugurated a Center of Excellence and Innovation Lab for 5G at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. Borje Ekholm, president and CEO of Ericsson attended the launch. Telecom chipset makers Qualcomm and Intel will support the development of 5G devices...
Broadband Market Subscribers Increase in India
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released the latest market share chart for broadband for both fixed and wireless segments. The number of broadband subscribers increased to almost 3 percent from 420 million in April 2018 to 432 million in May 2018. India has 17.94 million (–0.16 percent) wired...