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“The recent report on India s preparedness for 5G by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology underlines the need for rapid progress on 5G trials and deployment of India-specific use cases,” Ravinder Takkar, managing director and chief executive of Vodafone Idea said.
Ravinder Takkar, managing director and chief executive of Vodafone Idea
The recent finding by the Parliamentary committee underscores the need to accelerate the deployment of relevant fifth generation or 5G use cases and undertake field trials enabling the commercial deployment of next-generation services, top executive of
“The recent report on India s preparedness for 5G by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology underlines the need for rapid progress on 5G trials and deployment of India-specific use cases,” Ravinder Takkar, managing director and chief executive of Vodafone Idea said.
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BENGALURU (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel Ltd said on Tuesday it will work with U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm for 5G services in India, as telecom firms in the world’s second-largest wireless market gear up to usher in the latest generation of wireless networks.
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Airtel, placed second to Reliance Industries-owned Jio by subscribers, said in a statement to stock exchanges that it will use Qualcomm’s Radio Access Network platforms, which runs services on the cloud, to roll out 5G networks in the country.
“This collaboration . aims to allow a faster rollout of broadband services . across India for “last mile” connectivity challenges that are becoming increasingly important in today’s remote, mobile-first society,” Airtel said.
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The slow progress in India has raised fears that 5G will tread the same path as its predecessors 2G, 3G and 4G, which were delayed by 4 years, 10 years and 7 years respectively, as compared to its global execution.