Telecom manufacturers like Ericsson and Nokia are scaling up their operations with the roll out of 5G services. Bharti Airtel announced that it would deploy 5G services from August after announcing network agreements with Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung.
Ericsson wil be manufacturing 5G radios and microwave equipment at its pune plant. They will be scaling up the 5G production to meet the requirements of the Indian market.
Nokia is also strengthening its manufacturing operations in Chennai plant. They are enhancing the skills of employees in preparation for the 5G roll out in India. They have already manufactured 5 million telecom network equipments at its Pune plant which was set up in 2008. Over 50 percent of this units was exported.
Most domestic needs for Radio Access network equipments are being met from the Chennai plant. Ericsson and Nokia have been participating in the Production Linked Incentive Scheme for telecom.
Mobile service providers have acquired spectrum worth Rs 1.5 trillion in the auction that concluded on monday. Companies bought 51,336 MHz of the spectrum which was 71 percent of the spectrum in offer.
The Department of Telecommunicationplans to allocate the spectrum to companies by August 12.
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