Airtel deploys Massive MIMO in Bengaluru and Kolkata to get ready for 5G

@raman07 liberalise spectrum means which have been bought through spectrum auction held after 2008 or so. That spectrum bought in any band could be used for 4G 3G or 2G or other any technology in coming days.
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Airtel don't have spectrum in 900 band that affect their 2G indoor coverage in villages in Haryana I've been to cause they rely on 6.2 MHz chunk of 1800 MHz Band, which was administerly allotted to them to offer 2G services 15 years ago...
That can't be used to offer any other technology other than 2G
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While the spectrum they bought through participating in auctions since 2008 can be used to offer any thing.
in Haryana they have

(Band 1) - 5 MHz (currently using for 3G but airtel will scrap 3G after 2020 & will deploy 4G in that Band too.)
Band 3 - 10 MHz
Band 40 - 20 MHz
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airtel got Sub-Ghz 850 MHz spectrum in Haryana from TATA which they might use to enhance 4G coverage but only after they Liberalise it (Hope airtel keeps 850 MHz to themselves cause there are changes they'll trade that with Jio, because TRAI will scrap the current intra band capping of 50% within any Band.) :)
 
Making people fool in name of 5G and MIMO.
Long road before 5G see reality.
Tell me one handset which claims to be 5G ready. All PR shit and people buying it.
 
And i was hoping that airtel would offer 4g with 20mhz of bandwidth on band 3 after acquiring rest of 3.8mhz chunk from reliance or mts :(
So max they can use is 10mhz of band 3 to provide 4g in Haryana, right?
 
I think that is what they mean by MIMO.

What i have seen those far by speedtest over youtube every ISP uses 2x2 MIMO. Only airtel seems to use 4x2 MIMO. So its basically will increase speed of current 4g tower by adding multiple antennae. That's it. It's nowhere near to 5G.
 
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Can someone explain this below paragraph with an example? I did not understand it.

"Abiding by the spectrum holding cap rules laid down by DOT, an operator can own the right to use spectrum only in a quantum less than or equal to 50% of the available spectrum in a particular band in a given licence area (circle) and less than or equal to 25% of the total available spectrum across all bands put together in a given licence area."
 
igloo said:
Making people fool in name of 5G and MIMO.
Long road before 5G see reality.
Tell me one handset which claims to be 5G ready. All PR shit and people buying it.
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basically operators which have been deploying small cells, fibre connectivity & 4*4 8*8 or 64*64 MIMO antenna boxes are being said as future ready technology which could be used for future 5G deployment without any major additional investment.
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but i don't think we need another 5G in India with less amount of costly data.
4G will be good after operators get sufficient spectrum & carrier Aggregation thing. would give 100+ mbps speed, who needs more than that to consume 1 GB in a day LOL :-)
 
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raman07 said:
And i was hoping that airtel would offer 4g with 20mhz of bandwidth on band 3 after acquiring rest of 3.8mhz chunk from reliance or mts :(
So max they can use is 10mhz of band 3 to provide 4g in Haryana, right?
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@raman07 after acquiring Telenor 5MHz liberalise spectrum in 1800 MHz would add additional capacity in some circles & TATA non+ liberalise spectrum which we've to see how airtel will get it on board.
the whole picture will settle in next 1-2 years after mergers & aquition between various operators.
spectrum in sub-ghz bands & Band 3 needs complete overhaul for 4 G deployment & this is the need of time but some operators like airtel are putting hurdles in-between.
*after voda idea merger they'll hold more liberalise spectrum then airtel & Jio combined.
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in our India every operator hold small chunks of bandwidth in every band which is of no use because 4G & coming technologies require big chunks of spectrum withing same band.
this whole funda/drama of spectrum is very complicated in our telecom sector, just forget it & use the operator which gives you best coverage & speed.
 
5G will not only provide higher speed but also lower latency and probably cheaper because sending data over 5G gonna cheaper than 4g as Qualcomm said.
 
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I have a question.
Do mobiles need to have multiple antennas to get the benefit of MIMO tech or MIMO supposed to be installed on the ISP tower only?
Like my Redmi note 3 show 2x2 MIMO while using idea 4g so if tomorrow idea upgrades its tower to have 4x4 MIMO. Will my redmi note 3 gonna support it or not?
 
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