Tag: 4G

4G Connectivity changes the life of a Himachal hamlet for the better

The internet has proved a boon for the students of a local school. They now have exposure to world-class online classes.

July 25, 2022

5G services soon; Cabinet approves spectrum auction

Digital connectivity has been an important part of policy initiatives of the government through its flagship programmes such as Digital India, Start-up India, Make in India etc.

June 15, 2022

4G-enabled mobile cover for 3,933 uncovered villages in Odisha

The Union Cabinet has approved a Scheme for provisioning of 4G Mobile Coverage in 7287 uncovered villages of Aspirational Districts of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand & Odisha. Of which, majority of them are in Odisha, the minister told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.

February 4, 2022

OPPO A55 4G with 50MP main camera to launch in India on 1 Oct: Report

The OPPO A55 5G had earlier been launched in some markets but this model is expected to bring support for 4G connectivity

September 27, 2021

Bharti Airtel acquires 3.55.45 MHz spectrum worth Rs 18,699 crore

Airtel has strengthened its mid band and capacity spectrum holdings that will help it to provide better experience to its customer at the marginal capex.

March 2, 2021

Tech Mahindra-ITI will be able to make 4G, 5G tech in a few months: Report

ITI has also won a Rs 7,796 crore contract to build communication networks for the Defence sector.

September 28, 2020

5G smartphones to capture 50% of global market by 2023: IDC

"While many of the top vendors have reduced their 2020 production plans to align with the market decline, we've seen most of the cuts focused on their 4G portfolios," said Ryan Reith, programme vice president with IDC's ‘Worldwide Mobile Device Trackers'.

August 30, 2020

Unelected people think they can impose will through courts: Harish Salve

Advocate Harish Salve said some people have got used to pushing the Supreme Court for relief.

May 30, 2020

No 4G Internet in J-K for now; SC directs Centre to form panel headed by Home secy to decide on curbs

The pleas had claimed that the 2G Internet services are not sufficient enough to conduct education and other services.

May 11, 2020

BSNL to invite bids for 50,000 4G line equipments by November end

To trim mounting losses in BSNL, the government in October had announced a revival package that included the merger of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) with the former.

November 22, 2019

After Haryana, Airtel shuts down Punjab 3G network

Punjab is the third state after Haryana and Kolkata, where the company has taken a drastic step and phased out its 3G service.

October 18, 2019

Airtel-Ericsson 4G trial hits 500 Mbps download speed on smartphones

The speed was achieved during a recent indoor trial of Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) technology over a live 4G long-term evolution (LTE) network in Delhi-NCR.

December 21, 2018

Moon to have 4G network in 2019

The moon will have its first 4G cell phone network in 2019, the network builder Vadafone has said. The German branch of the multinational telecommunication company has teamed up with Nokia to do the mission, London-headquartered Vadafone said in a statement on Tuesday. The network is to support a private lunar rover mission by PTScientists,...

March 1, 2018

Nokia and BSNL sign agreement to rollout 4G VoLTE services in India

Nokia and BSNL have signed a network modernisation agreement to support BSNLs launch of 4G and Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services in western and southern regions of India, an official said on Monday. Nokia would deploy the technology in 10 telecom circles in India – Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh,...

February 27, 2018

4G consumption drove 82 percent of Indian mobile data in 2017: Report

4G emerged as the key driver of mobile data consumption in 2017 and 82 percent of the traffic in the year came from 4G in India, Nokia’s annual “Mobile Broadband Index” study said on Thursday. The traffic grew 135 percent year-on-year (YoY) with the rapid deployment of 4G networks and affordable devices in the country....

February 22, 2018

Reliance JioPhone now available on Amazon India for Rs. 1,500

Amazon India on Friday announced that Reliance Jio’s affordable JioPhone will now be available on its platform. The JioPhone is available at a refundable security deposit of Rs 1,500 for three years, the company said in a statement. Reliance announced the launch of 4G and VoLTE-enabled JioPhone on July 21 last year. Aimed at over...

February 16, 2018

Reliance Jiophone emerges leader in Indian feature phone market in Q4, 2017

Reliance JioPhone scaled a new high in the fourth quarter on 2017, emerging as the market leader in the feature phone segment with 27 percent share, followed by Samsung at 14 percent share, a new report said on Monday. The feature phone market witnessed a 36 percent sequential growth in the 4Q and Year-on-Year (YoY)...

February 13, 2018