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NEW DELHI: Top telco Bharti Airtel and state-run telco Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) are working with Nokia to transform existing networks to 5G, with the telecom gear maker defining use cases around the technology that will be relevant for the Indian market.
The Finnish gear maker recently inked memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with market leader Airtel and BSNL.
"Thoughts behind these MoUs would be to introduce 5G here, and what are the steps required for the same, besides identifying applications to define the target segment, which will lead to a complete 5G strategy for telcos," Sanjay Malik, head of India market at Nokia, told ET.
"It is more of a preparatory phase for getting into 5G." The commercial launch of 5G technology is likely to take place around 2019-2020 globally.
In India, field and content and application trials will start around 2018, he said. Nokia already supplies 4G equipment for Airtel’s network in nine circles -- Gujarat, Bihar, UP East, Mumbai, MP, West Bengal, Odisha, Punjab and Kerala. It recently emerged as the L1 (lowest) bidder for BSNL’s phase-8 expansion, and is currently working on an advanced purchase order (APO) for the telecom operator.
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The Finnish gear maker recently inked memorandum of understandings (MoUs) with market leader Airtel and BSNL.
"Thoughts behind these MoUs would be to introduce 5G here, and what are the steps required for the same, besides identifying applications to define the target segment, which will lead to a complete 5G strategy for telcos," Sanjay Malik, head of India market at Nokia, told ET.
"It is more of a preparatory phase for getting into 5G." The commercial launch of 5G technology is likely to take place around 2019-2020 globally.
In India, field and content and application trials will start around 2018, he said. Nokia already supplies 4G equipment for Airtel’s network in nine circles -- Gujarat, Bihar, UP East, Mumbai, MP, West Bengal, Odisha, Punjab and Kerala. It recently emerged as the L1 (lowest) bidder for BSNL’s phase-8 expansion, and is currently working on an advanced purchase order (APO) for the telecom operator.
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