Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison expands 4G with ZTE
17 January 2025
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison is collaborating with ZTE to deploy extensive microwave backbone networks across Indonesia to expand coverage of its 4G network, especially in remote islands and rural areas.
Faced with the challenge of expanding national coverage across an archipegalo of 17,000 islands, Indosat and ZTE have deployed over 550 ultra-capacity backbone microwave links across Indonesia, covering nearly 80% of major cities and remote islands.
Find out more U Mobile eyes up to 7,000 5G sites
16 January 2025
U Mobile is reportedly set to deploy between 5,000-7,000 5G sites across the country as it prepares to take on the role of the country’s second 5G operator.
U Mobile hasn’t yet officially revealed its roll-out plan, but local media suggests that it is planning to upgrade existing 4G sites and install new 5G sites to roll out its network.
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Reliance Jio focuses on 5G FWA
16 January 2025
Reliance Jio is moving to ramp up onboarding of new customers for its AirFiber 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) business over the next year in an effort to boost 5G ARPUs ahead of a planned IPO later this year.
Jio has been scaling up distribution and optimising the onboarding process for its AirFiber service to enable it to add at least 1 million new customers every 30 days. Jio had over 2.8 million AirFiber connections at the end of September 2024, and was projected to add another 1.9 million home broadband users by the end of 2024.
Find out more Amlohri Open Cast Coal Mine to gain private 5G
14 January 2025
BSNL and Echelon Edge have landed a deal with Coal India Limited (CIL) to deploy a private 5G network at the Amlohri Open Cast Coal Mines facility in Madhya Pradesh, using 5G spectrum allotted to BSNL.
The private network is specially designed to handle the environmental and terrain-related challenges specific to the coal mining sector, and will support use cases such as video surveillance, asset tracking, IoT sensors for environmental monitoring, and remote monitoring using drones, as well as voice and data communications.
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