TelecomLive April-2020

[ News Bytes ] www.telecomlive.com 7 Telecom LIVE April 2020 across the country, a study showed. According to Mobile Broadband India Traffic (MBiT) Index formulated by Nokia, 3G data traffic registered its highest ever decline of 30pc in 2019. “The average monthly da t a u s ag e pe r u s e r s u r p a s s e d 1 1 GB i n December growing 16 pc annually due to increase in upgradation of the 4G network, low data prices, affordable smartphones, and the ever-increasing popularity of videos,” the study showed. However, broadband penetration in India is s t i l l 4 7 p c wh i c h i s significantly lower than China (95 pc) and other European na t i ons a t around 95-115 pc. Nok i a MBi T s tudy highlights that innovative Industry 4.0 use cases such as remote monitor- ing in manufacturing and mining, material han- d l i n g t h r o u g h A u g- m e n t e d R e a l i t y i n warehouses, logistics etc will drive the uptake of P r i v a t e L T E i n t h e country. Private LTE is a local LTE network utilizing dedicated radio equip- ment to service a premise making it independent of fluctuations in a wide- area network. Nokia in the past had partnered with telecom operator Bharti Airtel to offer private LTE network solution to enterprises across banking, financial services and insurance (BFS I ) , i n f o rma t i on t e c h n o l o g y e n a b l e d services (ITES), media and services, manufac- turing and distribution. The average time spent on OTT platforms in network. According to Realme, the new 5G smartphone models have dual SIM slots that will enable users to access both 4G and 5G services at the same time and either of the two SIM cards can be activated as the primary 5GSIMcard. Realme will sell the 5G sma r t phon e mod e l s through e-commerce portal Flipkart. OnePlus plans 5G lab in India; starts doorstep repair service Ch i n e s e p r emi um s ma r t p h o n e ma k e r OnePlus will establish a 5G technology lab in India after doubling its R&D employee base here to 600 this year, from 300 engineers presently. The company's goal is to more than triple its R&D employee base in India to 1,000 in two years. OnePlus' Hyderabad R&D centre already helps support 5G smartphones that it makes in India for t he Nor t h Ame r i can market. The company will soon start 5G and 4G smartphone exports to European markets from its India factory. The company tha t l aunched a doors tep repair service also plans to expand its customer service network to the top 100 cities in India by year-end. 4G dominates overall data traffic in India, 3G falls sharply: Study Data consumption in India has grown by 47 pc in 2019 with 4G consti- tuting 96 pc of the total data traffic consumed India has reached 70 minutes/day fuelled by easy availability of regional content, aggressive distribution strategy, and innovations like sachet pricing and mobile-only packs byOTTplayers. The number of 4G handsets devices grew 1.5 times in the year gone by to reach 501 mn units due to the availability of a range of feature-rich models and competitive prices, according to the study. US regulator levies fines on telcos for selling location data US regulator moved to impose fines against the nation's four major wireless carriers for selling location data of customers without their consent. The Federal Communications Commission proposed fining T-Mobile $91 mn; AT&T $57 mn; Verizon $48 mn, and Sprint $12 mn. Sizes of the fines were based on how long carriers continued to sell customer location information without proper safeguards and howmany parties had access, the FCC said. The wireless firms were accused of having disclosed mobile network user location data to a third party without authorisation fromcustomers, the FCC said. The FCC began an investigation after a report that a sheriff in Missouri used a "location-finding service" operated by a prison communications services company called Securus to track whereabouts of