“I am actually bullish about what we can do in general. It is just a matter of time when things come together, but India is a huge market opportunity for sure,” said Durga Malladi, Senior Vice President and General Manger, 4G\/5G, Qualcomm Technologies.
Rajen Vagadia<\/a>, vice-president and president of Qualcomm India<\/a> and SAARC, said the company anticipates a \"high-velocity progress\" on this front.
He added that progression on the 5G devices ecosystem at affordable price points will motivate and spur the growth of the overall ecosystem while transitioning from 4G to 5G.
\"The progression on the devices side is far faster...we are likely to see types of devices and the price points on 5G devices in India irrespective of availability of the network, whether it is a trial network or full-fledged commercial network,\" Vagadia told reporters at a virtual briefing in the late evening on Wednesday.
\"On the infrastructure side, how to measure the market size is by the base of the subscribers...we are talking about a billion subscribers, and if we are talking about a billion subscribers which other market has it,\" he said.
When asked about Qualcomm’s engagement with Indian telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio<\/a> who are working on developing 5G technology, the two executives said that Qualcomm is enthusiastically engaged with both traditional vendors and telecom operators in India who bring unique capabilities and approaches to 5G technology.
Reliance Industries<\/a>' Jio Platforms<\/a> announced that it has developed and successfully tested 5G RAN solution in partnership with Qualcomm clocking network speeds of above 1 Gigabits per second.
Qualcomm Ventures, the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated, is also investing Rs 730 crore in Jio Platforms for a 0.15 % stake.
ET had reported that Bharti Airtel is also developing 5G network<\/a> technologies in India through own R&D and in collaboration with local, US and Japanese firms.
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