India in 2020: Chinese vendors, homegrown 5G and more
The past year was an unusual one for the Indian telecom industry. Unlike previous years, tariff hikes, new deployments or growing data consumption didn't dominate the headlines. Instead, telcos especially Jio reported record investment. And two Indian operators decided to develop their own 5G solution. And much like the rest of the world, Indian telcos found themselves firefighting to ensure that network downtime remained under control, as remote working and online learning became the norm in a pandemic-stricken world. That was the year that was: 2020 saw a number of significant moments...