Compete like the 5G

    South Korean company Samsung entered the Indian market by winning a contract with Reliance Jio when they introduced 4G network to India. They are now looking beyond Jio to expand their business.

    Samsung has now spoken to Bharati Airtel to supply equipments and build 5G networks in some areas of the country like Kolkata and Punjab. Samsung also held some preliminary talks with Vodaphone Idea said a Samsung India spokesperson. It has become evident that the move by Samsung is significant because the Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE had banned from the Indian market, the only options are Samsung, Ericsson and Nokia.

    Meanwhile Airtel has tied up with Tata Consultancy Services to build the core as well as the radios and various end-to-end stacks for the 5G deployment. Reliance Jio built its own 5G technology partly in-house and also collaborating with other companies. In the 4G business, the Chinese companies accounted to 20% in the market. Reliance Jio also started talks with Ericsson for the first time to buy equipments which is beyond what Samsung has offered. Hence we would find a lot of technological advancement in the coming years as companies shows more interest in 5G.