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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: Nokia<\/a> expects 5G<\/a> contract closures with telcos soon after the spectrum auctions later this year, and is also in talks with enterprise customers for deals related to the next gen technology, its India<\/a> head Sanjay Malik said. He added that the Finnish telecom gear maker has also started receiving some ‘trusted products’ approvals but wants some clarity around the design-led manufacturing scheme that the government is talking about.

“…there is definitely excitement with all the operators around 5G planning…the contract finalisation and the orders will flow only after the auctions get completed,” Sanjay Malik, head of India Market, Nokia told ET in an exclusive interaction.

Malik said that if the auction takes place around May-June period, then the initial 5G network rollouts can start in the second half of the year. The company had rolled out over 1,50,000 sites in India for its telecom operator partners for both capacity and coverage requirements in 2021.

The gear maker, which was approved under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for
telecom equipment<\/a>, said that it has over achieved its first-year target under the scheme, which will help its second-year target.

“We have gone beyond radios and we have other products also getting manufactured here. We are looking at fixed, IP and optical products. Even on radio, we have added newer radio on newer bands and new tech technology combined with MIMO,” Malik said.

Nokia, which locally manufacturers telecom equipment in Chennai, wants India to consider attracting global telecom vendors to participate in the upcoming design-led 5G equipment manufacturing
PLI scheme<\/a> by giving clarity on preferential market access and intellectual property rights in the country.

“When you define the PLI scheme and at the same time the market access is not given, then we will have challenges from the perspective of a global company. The definition appears to be narrow and not conducive to the overall business here…it should be extended to get more players right into India,” Malik said.

The India head said that Nokia continues to roll out new broadband sites for cash-strapped telco partner,
Vodafone Idea<\/a>. “Even from last year's perspective, we did roll out a new number of sites and expanded existing sites and even in last quarter, we have done business with them. Capacity and coverage expansions are happening”.

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Mavenir rules out Nokia, Ericsson in open RAN market<\/a><\/h2>

\"There is a lot of confusion in the market because the vendors, especially the competition, try to undermine the definition of open RAN in different ways. We don’t view Ericsson and Nokia doing real open RAN, it's mostly lip service on their part. So we started to rule out Ericsson and Nokia in the market,\" Bejoy Pankajakshan, EVP, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer at Mavenir said.<\/p><\/div>

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<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>NEW DELHI: Nokia<\/a> expects 5G<\/a> contract closures with telcos soon after the spectrum auctions later this year, and is also in talks with enterprise customers for deals related to the next gen technology, its India<\/a> head Sanjay Malik said. He added that the Finnish telecom gear maker has also started receiving some ‘trusted products’ approvals but wants some clarity around the design-led manufacturing scheme that the government is talking about.

“…there is definitely excitement with all the operators around 5G planning…the contract finalisation and the orders will flow only after the auctions get completed,” Sanjay Malik, head of India Market, Nokia told ET in an exclusive interaction.

Malik said that if the auction takes place around May-June period, then the initial 5G network rollouts can start in the second half of the year. The company had rolled out over 1,50,000 sites in India for its telecom operator partners for both capacity and coverage requirements in 2021.

The gear maker, which was approved under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for
telecom equipment<\/a>, said that it has over achieved its first-year target under the scheme, which will help its second-year target.

“We have gone beyond radios and we have other products also getting manufactured here. We are looking at fixed, IP and optical products. Even on radio, we have added newer radio on newer bands and new tech technology combined with MIMO,” Malik said.

Nokia, which locally manufacturers telecom equipment in Chennai, wants India to consider attracting global telecom vendors to participate in the upcoming design-led 5G equipment manufacturing
PLI scheme<\/a> by giving clarity on preferential market access and intellectual property rights in the country.

“When you define the PLI scheme and at the same time the market access is not given, then we will have challenges from the perspective of a global company. The definition appears to be narrow and not conducive to the overall business here…it should be extended to get more players right into India,” Malik said.

The India head said that Nokia continues to roll out new broadband sites for cash-strapped telco partner,
Vodafone Idea<\/a>. “Even from last year's perspective, we did roll out a new number of sites and expanded existing sites and even in last quarter, we have done business with them. Capacity and coverage expansions are happening”.

\"Mavenir<\/a><\/figure>

Mavenir rules out Nokia, Ericsson in open RAN market<\/a><\/h2>

\"There is a lot of confusion in the market because the vendors, especially the competition, try to undermine the definition of open RAN in different ways. We don’t view Ericsson and Nokia doing real open RAN, it's mostly lip service on their part. So we started to rule out Ericsson and Nokia in the market,\" Bejoy Pankajakshan, EVP, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer at Mavenir said.<\/p><\/div>