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Disinvestment, RBI dividend, 5G to fuel India's budget

Disinvestment, RBI dividend, 5G to fuel India's budget

Thu, Jul 04, 2019

The interim budget had set a disinvestment target of Rs 90,000 crore for the financial year 2019-2020. This may be raised further to Rs 1,00,000 to 1,50,000 crore. 

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Data related to payments to be stored only in India: RBI

Data related to payments to be stored only in India: RBI

Wed, Jun 26, 2019

RBI on Wednesday said all data related to payments must be stored only in India and data processed abroad will have to be brought back to the country within 24 hours.

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Amazon seen spreading its tentacles to 5G with T-Mobile interest

Amazon seen spreading its tentacles to 5G with T-Mobile interest

Sat, Jun 01, 2019

One influential analyst called Amazon.com`s reported interest in the U.S. wireless market "batshit crazy." Another said it was a "trojan horse" to kill off the big wireless players. 

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Telecom Ministry to start identifying new spectrum bands for 5G

Telecom Ministry to start identifying new spectrum bands for 5G

Sun, May 26, 2019

The Department of Telecom will start identifying and making available new spectrum bands for access and backhaul segments for timely deployment and growth of 5G networks, according to a ministry note.

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Britain's first 5G service to be launched in May

Britain's first 5G service to be launched in May

Thu, May 23, 2019

Under the new 5G network, EE said that some customers will break the one gigabit-per-second milestone on their 5G smartphones.

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Huawei founder says US government is underestimating the company

Huawei founder says US government is underestimating the company

Tue, May 21, 2019

The U.S. government`s temporary easing of trade restrictions on Huawei Technologies bears little meaning on the company as the Chinese firm has made preparations, Huawei`s founder Ren Zhengfei said. 

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5G spectrum trial begins next month for 3 months

5G spectrum trial begins next month for 3 months

Wed, May 08, 2019

The much-awaited network trial for 5G services in the country is slated to start from June, with a Telecom Ministry panel recommending spectrum for the test run to the incumbent telcos for a three-month period. 

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Intel says to exit 5G smartphone modem business

Intel says to exit 5G smartphone modem business

Wed, Apr 17, 2019

Intel Corp said on Tuesday it was exiting the 5G smartphone modem business, while assessing opportunities for 4G and 5G modems in PCs, internet of things devices and other data-centric devices.

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US will win 5G race, says Donald Trump

US will win 5G race, says Donald Trump

Sat, Apr 13, 2019

US President Donald Trump has said that the US government will free up wireless spectrum and build better infrastructure to take a leadership in 5G, the next-generation wireless network. 

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Huawei to launch foldable Mate X phone in India; check key features

Huawei to launch foldable Mate X phone in India; check key features

Wed, Mar 20, 2019

As Huawei`s first 5G smartphone, the Mate X runs on the Balong 5000 chipset, which is the world`s first multi-mode 5G processor with 7nm process and thus supports 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G with a single chip.

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Germany launches 5G spectrum auction; Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Telefonica Deutschland take part

Germany launches 5G spectrum auction; Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Telefonica Deutschland take part

Mon, Mar 18, 2019

The buildup has also been overshadowed by US pressure on its allies to bar Chinese vendors from participating in building 5G networks due to national security fears.

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Samsung Galaxy S10 5G ready to go on sale in April - Check details

Samsung Galaxy S10 5G ready to go on sale in April - Check details

Wed, Feb 27, 2019

India is yet to provide 5G network for consumer use, as the it has a long way to go to make 5G connectivity available across the country.

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Infosys launches new service offerings to help communication service providers to monetise 5G network deployment

Infosys launches new service offerings to help communication service providers to monetise 5G network deployment

Mon, Feb 25, 2019

Infosys’ newly established 5G Living Labs in five global locations Bengaluru, Richardson, Indianapolis, Frankfurt, and Melbourne will help ideate and bring these new economies to life.

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CES 2019: Intel showcases 10-nm chip for 5G

CES 2019: Intel showcases 10-nm chip for 5G

Tue, Jan 08, 2019

This network SoC, unveiled at CES 2019 on Monday, is intended to bring Intel architecture into wireless access base stations and allow more computing functions to be distributed out at the edge of the network. 

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Internet of Things to unlock revenues worth $11.1 billion by 2022

Internet of Things to unlock revenues worth $11.1 billion by 2022

Wed, Dec 26, 2018

In a hyper-connected India, Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to reach an estimated 2 billion connections, according to a joint study by Assocham-EY.

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India's first 5G innovation lab launched in IIT-Delhi

India's first 5G innovation lab launched in IIT-Delhi

Wed, Jul 04, 2018

The 5G innovation lab is an open platform and aims to help the industry and the academia to leverage the 5G technology to develop new 5G-based apps and business models. While inaugurating the lab, Sinha said that they made a budgetary support plan for such a 5G test Bedz. He added, "We need to that the entire eco-system starts working together to make 5G technology become functional in India within next 2-3 years."

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Vodafone completes world’s first 5G call

Vodafone completes world’s first 5G call

Fri, Feb 23, 2018

The standards organisation 3GPP agreed on the Non-Standalone global standard for 5G as part of its ‘Release 15’ in December 2017. 

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Xiaomi's Redmi Note 5, Redmi Note 5 Pro sold over 3 lakh in 3 minutes

Xiaomi's Redmi Note 5, Redmi Note 5 Pro sold over 3 lakh in 3 minutes

Thu, Feb 22, 2018

The company will open next sale of the smartphones on February 28

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5G makes broadscale debut at Olympic Winter Games 2018

5G makes broadscale debut at Olympic Winter Games 2018

Tue, Feb 13, 2018

Spectators can enjoy the Olympic Winter Games more vividly this time, as 5G network is allowing viewers to enjoy high-resolution media streaming at gigabit speed and low latency.    

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Jio's prepaid recharge of Rs 49 and Rs 98 among the cheapest plans

Jio's prepaid recharge of Rs 49 and Rs 98 among the cheapest plans

Wed, Feb 07, 2018

Reliance Jio has been revamping its prepaid recharge plans lately. The service provider has added several new prepaid recharge plans and upgraded its existing prepaid recharge plans to offer more high-speed 4G data to users at the same rates. 

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