Huawei likely to conduct trial runs of 5G waves for Airtel, Vodafone
Chinese
telecommunications equipment maker Huawei
is expected to conduct 5G
trials
for Bharti
Airtel
and Vodafone
Idea,
sources said, as the central government finalises the trial runs
before the spectrum auctions.
Sources
said both Airtel and Vodafone have also joined ZTE, Nokia and
Ericsson, apart from Huawei, for conducting the 5G trials. Reliance
Jio will rope in South Korean equipment maker Samsung.
State-owned
BSNL is also likely to go with ZTE. The firms have submitted
applications for 5G trials, industry sources said.
The
Chinese firm had had come under a cloud after there were allegations
that its electronic and telecom devices helped China to spy on US
corporations and agencies. The firm has been barred in Australia and
Japan, but welcomed in Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
The
central government had even constituted a committee headed by its
principal scientific advisor to decide on Huawei’s participation in
the 5G trials. The trials would establish use cases in the country as
a precursor to the full-fledged launch of 5G services. Read
More
Comments
Post a Comment