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Bharti Airtel Awards Its First 5G Contract in India to Ericsson

On Wednesday, Bharti Airtel said it had awarded its first 5G contract in the country to Ericsson, with deployments to begin in August 2022.


Ericsson has been Airtel’s long-term connectivity partner, and pan-India managed service provider for over 25 years, covering every generation of mobile communications. The latest 5G partnership comes after India’s 5G spectrum auction ended on July 26.


Airtel will deploy energy-efficient 5G Radio Access Network (RAN) products and solutions from Ericsson Radio Systems and Ericsson Microwave Mobile Transport Solutions. Ericsson will provide Bharti Airtel with 12 laps of 5G connectivity.


In addition to enhancing the user experience for Airtel customers – spanning ultra-high speed, low latency and big data processing capabilities – Ericsson’s 5G network products and solutions will enable Bharti Airtel to pursue new and innovative use cases with its enterprise and industry customers.


With 125 live networks in 55 countries to date and 50% of global 5G traffic outside of China now carried over Ericsson’s radio network, the company is at the forefront of 5G globally.

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Jio Gets Court Relief as DoT Demands Rs 1,300 Crore Increase

Nilesh

In a significant relief for Reliance Jio, the Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) came after the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) demanded an increase of Rs 1,300 crore in the Spectrum Utilisation Charge (SUC) for the period 2016-21.

The company has handed over the court to the DoT to calculate the SUC method in cases where the telecom service provider enters into a spectrum-sharing agreement with another operator.

According to the guidelines, the two companies can share a spectrum in the same band.

In calculating the SUC, the DoT has imposed an additional tax of 0.5% on the spectrum sharing between Jio and Reliance Communications on the total spectrum fee in the 800 MHz bands. Jio argued that since it shared spectrum only in the 800 MHz bands, the premium should be levied on this band rather than the total amount. As calculated by the DoT, the company’s full payment has increased by about Rs 1,300 crore.

While TDSAT has put DoT’s plea on hold for the time being, with the next hearing date set for late February, Jio said the telecom department had deviated from the TRAI’s recommendation in its calculation methodology and thus disregarded Section 11 of the Trai Act.

“TRAI’s recommendation was to add 0.5% only in the band in which spectrum is traded, not the entire spectrum. If DoT had differed from this, it should have sent a back reference to the regulator and sought its views, which was not done,” Jio has argued.

Jio has entered into a spectrum-sharing agreement with Reliance Communications in 17 circles within the 800 MHz spectrum between 2016 and 2021. The deal was called off after Jio secured 800 MHz spectrum in a 2021 auction. The same year, the company acquired spectrum in the 800 MHz bands from Bharti Airtel across three circles through a spectrum trading agreement.

TELECOM

Jio Becomes First Telco to Roll Out 5G-Specific Plans

Nilesh

Reliance Jio Infocomm, the telecom element of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, has developed the first telco to announce a 5G-specific plan, with a Rs 61 data top-up structure that delivers 6 GB data.

With this, Jio has unlocked its 5G wanted to offer to all clientele through the 85 cities that it has propelled 5G amenities, with 10 new cities in its reporting on Monday. These include – Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), Agra, Meerut, Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), Nagpur, Ahmednagar (Maharashtra), Tirupati, Kozhikode, Thrissur (Kerala).

Awaiting now, only users on the ‘239 and overhead base packs and partaking in a 5G-enabled device were qualified to obtain the comfy offer.


Mukesh Ambani, headed telecom machinist, has broadcasted its 5G services in more cities of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra. With this, the telco has also proclaimed to develop the first and the only operative to launch 5G in the widely held cities in India.

Jio users who collect the Welcome Offer can enjoy limitless internet consumption at no additional cost if their portable has an active refresh plan- prepaid or postpaid- for Rs 239 or complex.

TELECOM

Village Broadband Pilot Project on in 600 Blocks

Nilesh

The government has connected about 50,000 village households to broadband at subsidized rates as part of the BharatNet project pilot run by the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) and Bharat Broadband Network (BBNL).

“The pilot is running in about 600 blocks of the country. The project aims to reach out to more and more households by reducing the cost of ONTs (Optical Network Terminals) required to provide fibre broadband to households,” Telecom Secretary K Rajaraman said at the CII Telecom Conference on Friday.

The BharatNet project aims to provide broadband connectivity to more than 250,000 gram of panchayats. As of December 7, a total of 180,709 grams of village committees have opened optical cable services.

According to Rajaraman, there is a huge demand for fibre optic broadband connections in rural areas, and it is a supply issue rather than a demand-side one. “If we can provide these services (fibre broadband) at a fairly reasonable price, I think the market will really explode,” he said, adding that the average data consumption in the pilot project in rural areas was around 45 GB per month.

“Today, the combined network of BSNL and BBNL is adding more than 100,000 household connections per month, providing good bandwidth and good connectivity,” Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in response to a question from Rajya Sabha on Friday.

The telecom service operator has overseen the entire operation of BBNL since the government announced the merger of BSNL and BBNL in July.

In his speech, Rajaraman also said that as part of the government’s 4G saturation project, BSNL is working to provide 4G connectivity to every village by next year.

“BSNL has already awarded many passive infrastructure contracts and is in the process of finalizing active infrastructure contracts,” Rajaraman said.

In addition, to prevent distorted connections due to interruptions in fibre optic cables caused by construction activities and other infrastructure, the government will institute a policy that will make it mandatory for people digging roads to notify the fibre optic network owners.

TELECOM

Govt Instructs Telecom Providers Not to Install 5G Base Stations Near Airports

Nilesh

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed telecommunications providers not to install any 5G base stations in the 3,300-3,670 MHz frequency band within 2.1 km from all airport runways in India.


“The Telecommunication Service Provider (TSP) has been informed that Indian airports shall not have 5G/IMT base stations within the 3,300-3,670 MHz range 2,100 meters from both ends of the runway and 910 meters from the runway centreline,” the DoT letter said.


“Base stations, nodes or repeaters installed within 540 meters around the area must have a maximum power limit of 58 dBm/MHz in the 3,300-3,670 MHz range,” the letter further said.


Given the safety of aircraft operations, the Ministry of Civil Aviation provided a schematic diagram of the buffer zone and safety zone, requiring telecom companies to ensure mitigation measures when implementing C-band 5G spectrum in and around the airport area.


The letter stated that within 2100 meters at both ends of the runway and within 910 meters of the centre line of the airport runway, 3300-3570MHz (C-band 5G).


“Ensure that 5G base stations are tilted downward so that 5G transmissions do not interfere with radio altimeters,” the letter said.


In many countries, n78 (3500 MHz), commonly known as the 3.5 GHz 5G band or C-band 5G, is the most commonly tested and deployed 5G frequency.

TELECOM

BSNL’s Rs 26,821 Crore Deal with TCS, 4G Network gets Govt Nod

Nilesh

The Government sanctioned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd’s (BSNL) plan of Rs 26,821 crore order to IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for rolling out the state-run Telco’s 4G network.

The telco will soon give the purchase order to TCS for 100,000 sites. Along with setting up the 4G sites, TCS will have to sustain the network for nine years. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) said BSNL having 111 million wireless subscribers, aims to launch 4G services by December or January and roll out the network across the country. TCS had planned last month to supply core equipment within 12 months of the purchase order, while radio equipment supply will be completed within 18-24 months. Tejas Networks, an element of Tata Sons and the parent company of TCS, is expected to produce the network equipment for BSNL locally.

After 4G services begin, BSNL aims to launch 5G services by August 2023. The prolonged rollout of 4G and 5G will happen simultaneously. The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT), a Government-owned telecommunications technology developer, has amalgamated with TCS to develop a core 4G solution and radio equipment. The latest 4G deal comes worth Rs 1.64 lakh crore bailout package for the carrier, including the grant of the spectrum, 4G launch, funding of operations, and capital expenses.

The Government trusts that a successful rollout of BSNL’s 4G network propels India into a desirable club of countries like the United States, Sweden, Finland, South Korea, and China, having developed telecom network technology. IT and Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said India aims to grab leadership in telecom technology.

TCS Chief Operating Officer N Ganapathy Subramaniam said the deal with BSNL allows the IT service provider to take its telecom offerings to potential global clients and contend with network gear makers such as Nokia, Ericsson, and Samsung.

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