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“What we hear about BSNL is that the narrative is changing now. The government has made the decision to go back and invest. .A healthy third is very good for the industry and consumer…But, the government and the regulator have to make that decision,” Nokia Chief Strategy and Technology Officer Nishant Batra<\/a> told ET in an interaction at the sidelines of the Mobile World Congress.
He said that Vodafone Idea<\/a> is a publicly listed company, and, “I shouldn’t say what they should do,” but added that it is very hard to catch up if you miss the technology transition.
Nokia is currently supplying 5G equipment to Reliance Jio<\/a> and Bharti Airtel<\/a>. It was previously providing just the wireline technology to the Mukesh Ambani-led telco, but has managed to bag a wireless deal from the telco along with Ericsson<\/a> and Samsung.
Nokia India<\/a> sales increased by 25% in the December 2022 quarter to 1.29 billion euros from 1.03 billion euros a year ago. India was the second latest market for Nokia during the December 2022 quarter on account of rapid rollout of the 5G network.
“In India, we have taken greater market share. But, the point is not to reduce the telco business, so that the enterprise looks bigger. The point is to keep growing by taking more shares and making sure that we have diversification,” Batra said.
The senior executive said that Nokia is ready to go as fast as India wants it to go to support the 5G network roll out by Indian telecom operators.
“We're ready. We want to go as fast as India wants to go on 5G rollout. And, we started to see traffic coming up.”
He said that Indian telecom operators have now started discussion to use millimetre wave wave spectrum. “The discussion is now how this spectrum can be the next level of growth in India for applications around home and enterprise usage.”