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Smartphones subscriptions in India to reach 1 bn by 2024: Ericsson

by admin | May 25, 2021 | Business, Emerging Businesses

New Delhi : Smartphones subscriptions in India are expected to reach one billion by 2024 and the total mobile data traffic per month in the country would grow four times by that time, according to an Ericsson report on Tuesday.

Smartphone subscriptions in the country will grow at compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10 per cent, whereas the total mobile subscriptions in India are expected to grow at CAGR of three per cent from about 1.2 billion in 2018 to 1.42 billion in 2024, said the latest edition of Ericsson Mobility Report.

Globally, the number of smartphone subscriptions is forecast to reach 7.2 billion in 2024.

India also saw the second-highest number of net mobile subscription additions by a country in the third quarter of 2018, with the addition of 31 million mobile subscriptions.

Globally, the third quarter of 2018 saw an addition of 120 million new subscriptions, with China adding 37 million and Indonesia adding 13 million new subscriptions.

Mobile data traffic per month in India will grow from three exabyte (EB) in 2018 to 12 EB by 2024, according to the report. One exabyte is equal to a billion gigabytes.

Video will continue to drive data usage and monthly data consumption per smartphone will increase from 6.8 gigabytes (GB) in 2018 to 15 GB by 2024 growing at CAGR of 14 per cent.

“LTE roll outs in India will continue and it is expected to be the most dominant access technology by 2024 accounting for nearly 81 per cent of all mobile subscriptions in India compared to 30 per cent in 2018,” Nitin Bansal, Head of Ericsson India and Head of Network Solutions, South East Asia, Oceania and India said in a statement.

The Mobility report also projects that 5G will reach more than 40 per cent global population coverage and 1.5 billion subscriptions for enhanced mobile broadband by the end of 2024.

This will make 5G the fastest generation of cellular technology to be rolled out on a global scale, according to the report.

Key drivers for 5G deployment include increased network capacity, lower cost per gigabyte and new use case requirements.

North America and north-east Asia are expected to lead the 5G uptake. In North America, 5G subscriptions are forecast to account for 55 per cent of mobile subscriptions by the end of 2024.

In north-east Asia, the corresponding forecast figure is more than 43 per cent.

In western Europe, 5G is forecast to account for some 30 per cent of mobile subscriptions in the region by end of 2024.

Globally, mobile data traffic in Q3 2018 grew close to 79 per cent year-on-year, which is the highest rate since 2013, the report said.

—IANS

India should become big centre for data analysis: Ravi Shankar Prasad

by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Markets, News, Politics, Technology

New Delhi : Taking a cue from industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s oft-repeated statement that ‘data is the new oil’, the Minister for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Ravi Shankar Prasad urged entrepreneures to help India become a big centre for data analysis.

“How can you help India become a big centre of data analysis? …as someone said, data is the new oil,” Prasad said, speaking at an event to recognise start-up ventures jointly organised by MeitY, Assocham and Ericsson.

The minister said the government needed data for policy making but the data procured should be anonymous.

Giving an analogy, the minister said: “Suppose in a particular area a large number of children get affected (by some diseases) and the government wants to have a policy (to help them). I seek your (start-ups) support. You must have the data, why this particular ailment is happening in this part of the country — geographical, social, economic (data).”

“But data must be anonymous, so that victims (people) are not known.”

Prasad further said: “My take on data privacy is very simple. There has to be a balance between data availability, data utility, data innovation, data anonymity and data privacy.”

Saying that “we generate a lot of data”, the minister added that it should be properly safeguarded.

—IANS

Ericsson launches 5G plug-ins to address 5G demand

by admin | May 25, 2021 | Corporate, Markets, Technology

New Delhi, (IANS) Swedish communication technology multinational Ericsson on Thursday launched 5G plug-ins to address diverse 5G use cases from mobile HD video, driverless buses and haptic feedback-enabled drones to fiber-equivalent residential wireless access.

“Ericsson 5G plug-ins will enable the evolutionary steps that operators need to take as they develop networks to secure their 5G future,” said Arun Bansal, Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Radio, Ericsson, in a statement.

Ericsson 5G plug-ins include MIMO plug-in, multi-user MIMO plug-in, RAN virtualisation plug-in, intelligent connectivity plug-in and latency reduction plug-in.

These plug-ins are software-driven innovations supported by the Ericsson Radio System, and are specifically focused on capabilities that operators can leverage within current networks to facilitate their evolution to 5G.

Ericsson is already working with more than 20 leading mobile operators worldwide on 5G networking and use cases, including 5G field trials in 2016.