5G Technology Current Affairs, GK & News
Indian firms to collaborate with Finland to develop 5G and 6G Technologies
The Information technology companies of India, like Wipro and Tech Mahindra, will be collaborating with the companies of Finland to develop the 5G and 6G technologies to use them in India and other markets. Highlights The tech company, Nokia has already started working in the rural areas of India so as to expand the 5G ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: 5G Technology • 6G technology • Artificial Intelligence (AI) • India Finland Virtual Summit • Prime Minister of Finland • Sanna Marin • Tech Mahindra • Wipro Limited
What is 5G NR?
Context in Current Affairs: Nokia has begun its production of next generation of 5G Equipment in India. It is the first in India to manufacture 5G NR in India. What is 5G NR? 5G NR is 5G New Radio. It is a new radio access technology developed for the fifth-generation mobile network. It was designed ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: 5G • 5G NR • 5G spectrum • 5G Technology • Next Generation Mobile Networks
5G trials to start in Jan-Mar quarter this fiscal: DoT
The 5G (the fifth generation of wireless technology) trials are expected to begin in the last quarter of current fiscal (2019-2020). The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has received 12 applications for 5G trials and it has neither approved nor rejected any applicant’s proposal so far. However, it is still unknown that whether the government has ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: 5G spectrum • 5G Technology • Department of Telecommunications • Huawei • Telecom sector
5G Spectrum Auction by year end
The Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad recently announced that the 5G spectrum auction will be conducted by the year end or early next year. Under 5G spectrum the GoI plans to auction around 8,293 MHz of air waves. The total base prize of the wavelengths is set as Rs 5.86 lakh crore rupees. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019
Topics: 5G Technology • Spectrum auction • Spectrum Technology • Telecommunication • Telecommunication Sector
HarmonyOS: Huawei launches its own Operating System
Chinese telecom giant Huawei launched its own operating system called HarmonyOS or HongMeng in Chinese. It was revealed by Richard Yu, head of Huawei’s consumer business at a press conference in Dongguan. This unveiling comes at a time when telecom giant is facing threat of losing access to Google’s Android platform, amid escalating U.S.-China trade ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: 5G Technology • Android • Chinese telecom giant • HarmonyOS • HongMeng • Huawei Operating System • Smart Phone • US-China trade dispute