Maryland-based Ciena, a telecom infrastructure company, and London, U.K.-based research firm Analysys Mason posit connected healthcare will be the most important driver for 5G in India. The report also suggests that telecom operators need a strong wireline phone strategy for 5G services to be productive in future.
India’s Bharti Airtel and state-owned BSNL announced 5G agreements with Finland’s telecom major Nokia for exploring 5G mobile technology. In its Mobility Report, Ericsson noted that 5G subscriptions will be available in 2022 in India — representing 0.2 percent of total mobile subscriptions reaching 3 million, and that 4G and WCDMA/HSPA 3G technologies together are expected to represent 85 percent of all Indian subscriptions by 2022.
