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Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Topic5G wireless network

Topic: 5G wireless network

Only 5% mobile users in India ready to upgrade to 5G network by 2022, new survey finds

The survey conducted by social media community platform LocalCircles also revealed that 24% of 9,965 respondents didn’t see themselves investing in a 5G new device.

5G is coming to India next month. Should you upgrade?

Airtel and Vodafone networks will be using the existing 4G infrastructure in India to build their 5G network while Reliance will use a sophisticated standalone network.

Excited for 5G? You may have to wait a bit longer for the ‘real’ thing, says telcos body chief

S.P. Kochhar, director general of Cellular Operators Association of India, says it doesn’t ‘make sense’ to have standalone 5G at the start, and discusses challenges around rollout.

Street lamps & billboards for seamless 5G connectivity? What TRAI plans with pilot study

TRAI study launched in Gujarat aims to determine feasibility of mounting small cells on existing public infrastructure to ensure seamless 5G connectivity.

Delhi HC reduces Juhi Chawla’s penalty from Rs 20 Lakh to Rs 2 lakh in 5G lawsuit

Court said the actor didn't take up 5G issue in a 'frivolous and casual manner' and expunged its judge's earlier remarks against her that she had filed lawsuit to garner publicity.

India could lag in 5G race if govt doesn’t make airwaves cheaper, says telecom industry body

Lowering airwaves base price has been a longstanding industry demand. However, proceeds from 5G auction, likely next year, is an important revenue source that could help spur pandemic-hit economy.

Delhi HC adjourns hearing on Juhi Chawla’s plea against 5G to July 29, judge recuses

Last month, the court had dismissed the lawsuit filed by the actress against the 5G rollout, describing it as 'abuse of law' and said it was filed for 'gaining publicity'.

Juhi Chawla files plea in Delhi HC against 5G technology, cites threat of radiation

Chawla's plea, which states that radiation from 5G wireless networks in the country might permanently damage humans and the earth's ecosystem, will be heard on 2 June.

Expansion of 5G networks in US could interfere with flying, cause plane crash, experts warn

US FCC says there’s enough of a buffer between the spectrum used by 5G and the altimeters aboard aircraft for them to safely co-exist.

Huawei confident it will be part of 5G trials in India, CEO says security issue addressed

Huawei’s India CEO Jay Chen tells ThePrint the firm does not have any links to Chinese govt — amid fears that its presence will allow Beijing to gather intelligence.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.