What do you think is the reason for average acceptance of 3G in India?
3G adoption in India remains subdued due to various issues such as network quality , low penetration of 3G-enabled handsets, unavailability of local content, and the absence of a fantastic application.
High prices also made Indian subscribers turn cautious about 3G, resulting into less than 2 percent penetration despite 10-15 percent penetration of 3G -nabled handsets. One of the other factors that go against 3G is allocation of just 5 MHz of spectrum as against 20 MHz in case of 4G. India has a very high subscriber density as compared to other countries. If a sizeable proportion of it decides to opt for 3G, with very high data traffic compared to 2G, 3G networks will be congested very soon.
With 4G rolled out in India, will we see 4G dongles from Huawei?
Leading operators have already declared the launch of their next generation networks, which will be based on LTE. With the launch of Bharti Airtel’s 4G services, Huawei, the telecom solutions provider, gets the opportunity to offer its first LTE Router B593 and LTE USB Stick E392 to the Indian customers. The company globally leads the mobile broadband and data cards segment with over 55 percent of market share. The entry of LTE in the technology world will definitely prove to be the right choice for a new era in mobile communication.
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