Airtel says 5G Reduced Capacity could be a top use case for 5G-Advanced
Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel is collaborating with Indian academic institutions to explore 5G monetization opportunities, a local newspaper reported. economic times report.
“We have already made significant investments in our networks, which have resulted in an increase in India’s Digital Quality of Life Index and internet speeds. We’ve taken bold steps. We’re collaborating with some leading research institutes to look at how these new use cases (and) monetization opportunities essentially come about. ” said Saurabh Mittal, Head of Standards and Technology Ecosystem, Airtel.
According to the report, a total of 100 5G use case labs have been set up across India with funding from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), with 30 institutions including IIT Guwahati participating, especially in the eastern zone. It is said that there is
According to Airtel, 5G Reduced Capacity (RedCap) could be a top use case for 5G-Advanced. “Some of 5G-Advanced essentially reduces the functionality of 5G,” Mittal said, noting that supporting the full functionality of 5G technology could be costly in certain use cases. did.
In September 2023, Bharti Airtel announced that its 5G services will be accessible in all districts and union territories of India. According to previous reports, the carrier plans to cover the entire country with this technology by March 2024.
Airtel currently uses equipment from Ericsson, Nokia, and Samsung to offer its 5G service. Indian telecom operators had secured a total of 19,800 MHz of spectrum in the 900MHz, 1.8GHz, 2.1GHz, 3.3GHz and 26GHz bands in the previous auction conducted by the Indian government.
In August 2023, Airtel announced that its 5G FWA product called Airtel Xstream AirFiber is now available to customers in Delhi and Mumbai. Telecom operators bring internet to consumers in fiber-optic areas 5G FWA services address last-mile connectivity issues in both rural and urban India where access to fiber infrastructure is a challenge Then he said.
Airtel also noted that Xstream AirFiber is a plug-and-play device, comes with built-in Wi-Fi 6 technology, provides wide indoor coverage, and can connect up to 64 devices simultaneously. Airtel said it plans to launch the service in multiple cities and expand it across the country in phases.
