NEW DELHI — India has authorized trials of super-fast 5G wireless technology, giving access to international companies with the notable absence of Chinese equipment makers Huawei and ZTE amid lingering tensions between the Asian powerhouses.
South Korean technology giant Samsung, Finland’s Nokia, and Ericsson of Sweden, and the Indian government’s own C-DOT research and development center will help four Indian telecom service providers in the tests in rural, semi-urban and urban areas across the country, the communications ministry said in a statement late Tuesday.
Telecom service providers Bharti Airtel, Reliance JioInfoComm, Vodafone Idea, and MTNL will conduct the trials.
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