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The ruling meant that companies like Huawei cannot insist that patent holders like Conversant prove their patents in every jurisdiction of the world, which would be “both practically and economically prohibitive,” the company added. (Photo | AP)

UK Supreme Court rules against Chinese firms Huawei, ZTE

The patents are meant to ensure fair competition and access to technology like 4G.

27 Aug 2020 5:50 PM

Global giants Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung, as well as Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE are the large players in the Indian telecom market where rapid digitisation and massive data needs are driving network scale-up.

Ericsson India hopes to fill Telecom space that might not be open to Huawei, ZTE

Apart from 4G infrastructure, telecom firms are keenly interested in being a part of 5G trials and mega 5G networks planned for the future.

12 Jul 2020 5:37 PM

Airtel followed Jio with an average download speed of 8.2 mbps, and was followed by Vodafone (7.7 mbps) and Idea Cellular (6.1 mbps) in August.

Jio tops Trai's 4G mobile broadband chart in Aug with 21.3 mbps speed

Vodafone, however, maintained lead in terms of upload with 5.5 mbps speed.

17 Sep 2019 10:28 PM

There are outstandings from our enterprise customers, which is more than Rs 3,000 crore. We are following up with them aggressively and on a day-to-day basis ... there is success coming to us, said BSNL Chairman and Managing Director P K Purwar.

Cash-strapped BSNL chasing dues of Rs 3,000 cr from biz clients

The move comes at a time when Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) is facing mounting pressure on its financials.

11 Aug 2019 7:38 PM

Currently, customers of select carriers are able to access WiFi provided by Virgin Media.

4G underground coming soon!

The new 4G system will allow anyone with a connected device to access the internet.

20 Jul 2019 9:26 AM

The lightweight and compact UX10 has been designed to maximise workers’ productivity in any environment.

This heavy-duty Getac UX10 tab will deliver in all conditions

To work efficiently, we need powerful mobile devices which we can count on day-in, day-out, regardless of the location or circumstances.

04 Jul 2019 5:52 PM

After starting out selling noodles in India and later across Asia, his family-owned conglomerate now includes a bank, a telecommunications business- providing rural telephony - and dozens of resorts, including two in the Maldives in partnership with India’s Taj Group. (Photo: AP)

Huawei and Nepal join hands to launch 4G

Nepal’s Chaudhary Group (CG) has signed a deal worth about USD 100 million with China’s Huawei Technologies.

02 Jul 2019 12:16 PM

The merger will bolster Airtel's spectrum pool with significant additional 178.5 MHz spectrum in 1800, 2100 and 850 MHz bands, widely used for 4G. (Photo: File)

Airtel completes merger of Tata Teleservices' consumer mobile business

The merger includes transfer of all the customers and assets of Tata Teleservices CMB to Airtel.

01 Jul 2019 5:58 PM

"We are comfortable...We will be able to pay salaries on time this month," said BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava.

Confident of timely payment of salary for May: BSNL chief

The company has tied up with SBI recently for a Rs 1,500 crore loan to meet its working capital requirements.

27 May 2019 4:17 PM

Mathews said most of the telecom operators are de facto already providing more than 2 mbps on an average and "at peaks a lot more", which is borne out by the data speed test results of various firms.

COAI favours minimum broadband speed of up to 2 Mbps for 4G network

Currently, the minimum broadband speed is 512 Kbps.

16 May 2019 3:25 PM

Reliance Jio alone added 77.93 lakh customers, taking its total subscriber base to 29.7 crore at the end of February. (Photo: AFP)

Jio, BSNL drive telecom subscriber growth to 120.5 cr in Feb

Reliance Jio and BSNL added 86.39 lakh mobile subscribers but other telecom operators jointly lost 69.93 lakh customers.

18 Apr 2019 6:59 PM

The company could make USD 2 billion annually by taking Intel’s market share and regain the dominant position it enjoyed during the rollout of 4G.

Qualcomm gains USD 30 billion in market value after Apple settlement

The deal with Apple, coming at the cusp of the rollout of high-speed 5G network could help Qualcomm return to the preeminent position.

18 Apr 2019 2:05 PM

“...in the smartphone modem business it has become apparent that there is no clear path to profitability and positive returns,” Intel CEO Bob Swan.

Intel to exit 5G smartphone modem business

Intel will assess opportunities for 4G and 5G modems in PCs, internet of things devices and other data-centric devices.

17 Apr 2019 11:09 AM

"One of the things that the banking sector uses is the POS, which right now is 2G enabled. In a couple of years, there will be no 2G in this country. There will only be 3G, 4G and beyond," Amit Yadav, joint secretary Department of Telecommunications said. (Representational Image)

Banks need to upgrade their PoS as 2G phases out: Telecom department

Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technologies unveiled a white paper on '5G Applications for Banking and Finance'.

13 Apr 2019 12:40 PM

When asked about the status of 5G readiness of Airtel, Bharti Airtel CTO Randeep Sekhon said the company has applied for all the 4-5 towns where the government has proposed to start the trials and the company is waiting for allotment of spectrum to start the trials. (Photo: PTI)

Airtel to have European vendors Nokia and Ericsson for 4G calling service

Bharti Airtel CTO Randeep Sekhon declined to have any possibility of including Huawei in the 4G calling service network.

11 Apr 2019 2:00 PM

While 4G brought on a communications revolution and spawned startups now worth billions , even it wasn't all it was hyped up to be.

5G future: Revisit our recent wireless past first

Without 4G, there would be no Uber or Lyft.

30 Mar 2019 10:05 AM

This launch from Bengaluru firm SignalChip places India on the global map for its silicon-chip technology.

India’s first 4G/5G chip developed by Signalchip

Signalchip unveils India’s first indigenous semiconductor chips for 4G/LTE and 5G NR modems.

28 Feb 2019 9:47 AM

As part of this cooperation, the KaiOS mobile operating system will now run on the 3G MT6572 platform, and MT6731, a newly announced platform that can support dual-4G SIM cards in mobile devices. The first KaiOS-powered MT6572 and MT6731 3G/4G smart feature phones are expected to be launched In Q2 2019.

KaiOS, MediaTek joind hands for affordable 3G/4G smart feature phones

MediaTek mobile solutions operate on smartphones, feature phones, tablets, wearable devices and IoT devices.

23 Feb 2019 11:46 AM

The Compbook houses a 4G SIM card slot along with 5000mAh battery.

iBall launches laptop with built-in 4G LTE connectivity

The iBall CompBook Netizen is India’s first laptop with this feature and it’s priced at Rs 19,999.

31 Jan 2019 2:17 PM

OpenSignal data shows that at 4 am smartphone users in the 20 cities analyzed experience average download speeds of 16.8 Mbps, compared with the daily average of 6.5 Mbps.

Surf at night: 4G speeds are 4.5X faster at 4 am

At night speeds experienced are much faster than during the day.

23 Jan 2019 4:56 PM

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