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India gives go-ahead for 5G Technology and Spectrum Trials to 4 Service Providers; Excludes Chinese giant Huawei
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India gives go-ahead for 5G Technology and Spectrum Trials to 4 Service Providers; Excludes Chinese giant Huawei

Government of India today gave formal permissions to Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) for conducting trials for use and applications of 5G technology. The applicant TSPs include Bharti Airtel Ltd., Reliance JioInfocomm Ltd., Vodafone Idea Ltd. and MTNL. Notably, Chinese telecom giant Huawei which was one of the applicant has been excluded. The press note from DoT said that the selected TSPs have tied up with original equipment manufacturers and technology providers which are Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung and C-DOT. In addition, Reliance JioInfocomm Ltd. will also be conducting trials using its own indigenous technology. The permissions have been given by DoT as per the priorities and technology partners identified by TSPs themselves. The experimental spectrum is being given in va...