• Latest
  • Most Read
Jio, Rakutan

From Ericsson to Jio and Rakuten: As Huawei falls, its competitors are gearing up for a grand 5G race

3 years ago
5 failed Inventions

5 Inventions that failed to serve their purpose

10 hours ago
Pan India films

Pan India films have been a disaster this year, and the reason is apparent

10 hours ago
Report on India: Morgan Stanley gives double thumbs up to Modinomics

Report on India: Morgan Stanley gives double thumbs up to Modinomics

10 hours ago
Wrestlers Protest

Wrestlers Protest: Once champions, now disgraced foot soldiers of the opposition parties

11 hours ago
India's GDP

Nominal GDP Growth at 16.1%? National Statistical Office releases India’s Economic accomplishment

1 day ago
Best Indian TV Serials

5 Best Indian TV Serials of the 90s that people still crave for

1 day ago
Inspector Avinash

“Inspector Avinash”: Randeep Hooda Shines in a Hidden Gem of a Web Series

1 day ago
Sakshi Murder case

Nikita, Shraddha and now Sakshi – How long will this go on?

1 day ago
Karnataka congress

The Game of Thrones in Karnataka that will cost Congress dear

1 day ago
What Do You Mean by Bhulekh Uttar Pradesh & Why Should You use It?

What Do You Mean by Bhulekh Uttar Pradesh & Why Should You use It?

2 days ago
Rewriting Bharatvarsha’s History, the Modi Way: A Symbolic Shift towards Cultural Awakening

Rewriting Bharatvarsha’s History, the Modi Way: A Symbolic Shift towards Cultural Awakening

2 days ago
Randeep Hooda’s Transformational Acting in “Swatantrya Veer Savarkar”: A Game-Changer

Randeep Hooda’s Transformational Acting in “Swatantrya Veer Savarkar”: A Game-Changer

2 days ago
Ram Charan’s “The India House”: A Nightmare for Leftist Intelligentsia

Ram Charan’s “The India House”: A Nightmare for Leftist Intelligentsia

2 days ago
10 Best Emilia Clarke Movies

Exploring the Magic of Emilia Clarke: Top 10 Best Movies to Watch

3 days ago
28th May 2023: A Historic Day for India, A Nightmare for the Leftists

28th May 2023: A Historic Day for India, A Nightmare for the Leftists

3 days ago
  • About us
  • Careers
  • Brand Partnerships
TFI Official Merchandise
TFI हिन्दी
TFI Global
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Tfipost.com
  • Premium
  • Politics
    • All
    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
    Wrestlers Protest

    Wrestlers Protest: Once champions, now disgraced foot soldiers of the opposition parties

    Sakshi Murder case

    Nikita, Shraddha and now Sakshi – How long will this go on?

    Karnataka congress

    The Game of Thrones in Karnataka that will cost Congress dear

    Rewriting Bharatvarsha’s History, the Modi Way: A Symbolic Shift towards Cultural Awakening

    Rewriting Bharatvarsha’s History, the Modi Way: A Symbolic Shift towards Cultural Awakening

    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
  • Economy
    • All
    • Business
    • Economy1
    • Finance
    Report on India: Morgan Stanley gives double thumbs up to Modinomics

    Report on India: Morgan Stanley gives double thumbs up to Modinomics

    India's GDP

    Nominal GDP Growth at 16.1%? National Statistical Office releases India’s Economic accomplishment

    Vada Pav is Just the Tip of the Iceberg: A look into the rich culinary delights of Maharashtra

    India’s Resilience: A Zero Percent Chance of Recession

    Indian PSUs

    Once a butt of all jokes, Indian PSUs are posting better results than Fortune 500 companies

    • Business
    • Finance
  • Defense
    • All
    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
    new CBI director Praveen sood biography

    Who is Praveen Sood the New CBI Director: Professional Background, Achievements and Significance of the Appointment

    Paramjit Singh Panjwar shot dead

    Paramjit Singh Panjwar shot dead: Keep calm and trust the Indian Armed Forces

    Swarm satellites

    India’s Bold Step towards Satellite Swarm Intelligence: A New Era in Space Technology

    INS Vikrant gets historic 1961 bell of 1st warship from ex-Navy vice chief

    INS Vikrant gets historic 1961 bell of 1st warship from ex-Navy vice chief

    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
  • Geopolitics
    • All
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
    Modi is the boss

    Modi is the boss: “Vedic Mantras” and an ocean of crowd: PM Modi’s Australia tour will echo till eternity

    PM Modi Extends a Diplomatic Olive Branch: A Special Message for Zelensky

    PM Modi Extends a Diplomatic Olive Branch: A Special Message for Zelensky

    NIA High Commission in UK

    NIA will probe the attack on Indian embassy, in UK!

    UK Student Visa rule new

    UK Student Visa Rules: International Students Barred from Bringing Families

    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
  • Knowledge
    • All
    • Culture
    • Education
    • History
    • Indology
    5 failed Inventions

    5 Inventions that failed to serve their purpose

    What Do You Mean by Bhulekh Uttar Pradesh & Why Should You use It?

    What Do You Mean by Bhulekh Uttar Pradesh & Why Should You use It?

    5 Accidental Inventions

    5 Accidental Inventions that have become essential in our lives

    Sengol Tamil Nadu real picture

    What is Sengol: Tamil Nadu Connection, History, Significance and why it is to be installed in New Parliament

    • Culture
    • History
    • Indology
  • Law
  • Lounge
    • All
    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Games
    • Health
    • Lifestyle
    • Satire
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    Pan India films

    Pan India films have been a disaster this year, and the reason is apparent

    Best Indian TV Serials

    5 Best Indian TV Serials of the 90s that people still crave for

    Inspector Avinash

    “Inspector Avinash”: Randeep Hooda Shines in a Hidden Gem of a Web Series

    Randeep Hooda’s Transformational Acting in “Swatantrya Veer Savarkar”: A Game-Changer

    Randeep Hooda’s Transformational Acting in “Swatantrya Veer Savarkar”: A Game-Changer

    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Health
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    • Satire
No Result
View All Result
Tfipost.com
  • Premium
  • Politics
    • All
    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
    Wrestlers Protest

    Wrestlers Protest: Once champions, now disgraced foot soldiers of the opposition parties

    Sakshi Murder case

    Nikita, Shraddha and now Sakshi – How long will this go on?

    Karnataka congress

    The Game of Thrones in Karnataka that will cost Congress dear

    Rewriting Bharatvarsha’s History, the Modi Way: A Symbolic Shift towards Cultural Awakening

    Rewriting Bharatvarsha’s History, the Modi Way: A Symbolic Shift towards Cultural Awakening

    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
  • Economy
    • All
    • Business
    • Economy1
    • Finance
    Report on India: Morgan Stanley gives double thumbs up to Modinomics

    Report on India: Morgan Stanley gives double thumbs up to Modinomics

    India's GDP

    Nominal GDP Growth at 16.1%? National Statistical Office releases India’s Economic accomplishment

    Vada Pav is Just the Tip of the Iceberg: A look into the rich culinary delights of Maharashtra

    India’s Resilience: A Zero Percent Chance of Recession

    Indian PSUs

    Once a butt of all jokes, Indian PSUs are posting better results than Fortune 500 companies

    • Business
    • Finance
  • Defense
    • All
    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
    new CBI director Praveen sood biography

    Who is Praveen Sood the New CBI Director: Professional Background, Achievements and Significance of the Appointment

    Paramjit Singh Panjwar shot dead

    Paramjit Singh Panjwar shot dead: Keep calm and trust the Indian Armed Forces

    Swarm satellites

    India’s Bold Step towards Satellite Swarm Intelligence: A New Era in Space Technology

    INS Vikrant gets historic 1961 bell of 1st warship from ex-Navy vice chief

    INS Vikrant gets historic 1961 bell of 1st warship from ex-Navy vice chief

    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
  • Geopolitics
    • All
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
    Modi is the boss

    Modi is the boss: “Vedic Mantras” and an ocean of crowd: PM Modi’s Australia tour will echo till eternity

    PM Modi Extends a Diplomatic Olive Branch: A Special Message for Zelensky

    PM Modi Extends a Diplomatic Olive Branch: A Special Message for Zelensky

    NIA High Commission in UK

    NIA will probe the attack on Indian embassy, in UK!

    UK Student Visa rule new

    UK Student Visa Rules: International Students Barred from Bringing Families

    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
  • Knowledge
    • All
    • Culture
    • Education
    • History
    • Indology
    5 failed Inventions

    5 Inventions that failed to serve their purpose

    What Do You Mean by Bhulekh Uttar Pradesh & Why Should You use It?

    What Do You Mean by Bhulekh Uttar Pradesh & Why Should You use It?

    5 Accidental Inventions

    5 Accidental Inventions that have become essential in our lives

    Sengol Tamil Nadu real picture

    What is Sengol: Tamil Nadu Connection, History, Significance and why it is to be installed in New Parliament

    • Culture
    • History
    • Indology
  • Law
  • Lounge
    • All
    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Games
    • Health
    • Lifestyle
    • Satire
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    Pan India films

    Pan India films have been a disaster this year, and the reason is apparent

    Best Indian TV Serials

    5 Best Indian TV Serials of the 90s that people still crave for

    Inspector Avinash

    “Inspector Avinash”: Randeep Hooda Shines in a Hidden Gem of a Web Series

    Randeep Hooda’s Transformational Acting in “Swatantrya Veer Savarkar”: A Game-Changer

    Randeep Hooda’s Transformational Acting in “Swatantrya Veer Savarkar”: A Game-Changer

    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Health
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    • Satire
No Result
View All Result
Tfipost.com
No Result
View All Result

HOME » Economy » Business » From Ericsson to Jio and Rakuten: As Huawei falls, its competitors are gearing up for a grand 5G race

From Ericsson to Jio and Rakuten: As Huawei falls, its competitors are gearing up for a grand 5G race

Alternatives are going to be bigger and better

Akshay Narang
by Akshay Narang
20 July 2020
in Business
0
Jio, Rakutan
30.1k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The world’s future is with 5G wireless technology, but the world leader in this sector- Huawei is currently facing an exodus of sorts. Due to allegations of espionage and security threats, Huawei has lost many markets such as Singapore, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Its future also seems uncertain in Canada, Brazil, France and maybe even Germany.

With Huawei’s very own survival at stake owing to sanctions by the Trump administration, the world needs to look for options. European telecom operators– Ericsson and Nokia have instantly emerged as players that can replace Huawei. But there are other operators too who have emerged as Huawei alternatives.

Rakuten, a Japanese e-commerce giant founded in 1997, for example, is being seen as a viable alternative to the Chinese tech giant Huawei. Within India, Reliance Jio is being seen as a possible alternative for Huawei. 

Those able to deliver quickly in 5G technology stand to benefit unprecedentedly because of support from the US President Donald Trump. The US that has been the undisputed king of the technological world today lags behind in terms of 5G technology. No major American company has been able to offer 5G technology.

Therefore, the only option left with Trump is to invest in non-American companies that can help him in weighing down Huawei. This has brought to life telecom companies that were once ruled out of the 5G technology race.

Nokia and Ericsson, for example, were written off from the 80 billion US dollars a year telecom equipment industry. But they have sprung back to life amidst increasing protectionism, security concerns, and suspicion against China. They were the natural choices that the world and the US looked up to when Huawei faced a massive onslaught.

Both these European telecom operators were world leaders in the rollout of 4G infrastructure. Thus, as Huawei gets shunted out, most of the telecom companies and countries are awarding their 5G projects to Nokia and Ericsson.

In fact, such has been the euphoria around the two European telecom giants that in February, the US Attorney General William Barr said that the US and its allies must consider taking a “controlling stake” in Nokia and Ericsson with the aim of counteracting the Chinese tech major Huawei.

But an open 5G market with a clear backlash against China’s Huawei is a road to glory that no one wants to miss. Asian telecom giants are ensuring that they are not left far behind. Japanese tech giant, Rakuten has therefore collaborated closely with American technology conglomerates in order to replace Huawei. 

Rakuten has come up with the idea of an “open” Radio Network Access (RAN) technology. The e-commerce giant has already delivered on its promise of cheaper rates in its 4G network. The Japanese tech major plans on using just one vendor to support its entire RAN.

Tareq Amin, Chief Technology Officer, Rakuten Mobile says, “It is a single vendor strategy per domain, which allows us to achieve an easier way of how we do systems integration, and the cost is remarkable when you start separating hardware from software.” This hardware-software separation is what makes an “open” RAN different from a traditional one, in which both the hardware and software come from the same supplier.

If he has to choose between Tokyo and Beijing, Donald Trump will choose Tokyo which gives Rakuten a definite advantage. But there is another angle to Rakuten. Airspan, a Florida-based American company is going to fulfil Rakuten’s hardware requirements, along with Japan’s NEC.

Software is anyway more important for the kind of technology that Rakuten wants to sell. Many of the companies partnering with Rakuten are American such as Cisco and Mavenir. Rakuten hence creates a lot of room for Donald Trump. The US can easily associate the Japanese brand with ‘Buy American’.

The story of Jio, the digital platform of the Mukesh Ambani-led RIL isn’t much different. The biggest similarity being Tareq Amin himself. Amin who is now a key executive in Rakuten had earlier served as Senior Vice President of technology development at Reliance Jio. And therefore, we are not surprised by Jio’s vendor selections.

Jio is also partnering with Airspan, Cisco and Mavenir- all American companies. Similarly, Jio is also looking to cut network-related costs with the “open” RAN technology.

Jio is planning to roll out India’s first homegrown 5G network. Much like Rakuten, Jio also plans to emerge as a global, non-Chinese telecom operator. This is why when US President Donald Trump asked Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani about the 5G plans, Ambani proudly announced, “We’re going to do 5G. We are the only network in the world that doesn’t have a single Chinese component.”

Viable alternatives are thus emerging when it comes to replacing Huawei. European telecom majors- Nokia and Ericsson are natural choices. But it is the Asian options- Rakuten and Jio that seem futuristic and incredibly exciting. 

Rakuten is an e-commerce giant which also wants to become a telecom major, while Jio is a telecom major that has also partnered with Facebook and also plants to enter the e-commerce market through Jio Mart. Rakuten and Jio could thus emerge as next-gen tech giants which exploit the intersection of data, e-commerce and telecom sectors if they win the 5G race.  

Tags: HuaweiJapanMukesh AmbaniRakutenReliance Jio
Share730TweetSend
Previous Post

The Big American confusion: Enemy of the Republicans is China but the enemy of the Democrats is Russia

Next Post

Jacinda Ardern is under probe for alleged links with CCP. That makes Kiwi politics completely Sinophilic

Akshay Narang

Akshay Narang

Patriot, Political Analyst, Amateur Historian

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

I agree to the Terms of use and Privacy Policy.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

  • Most Read
  • Comments
  • Latest
Xi Jinping, coronavirus, Shinzo Abe, china, Japan, coornavirus, COVID-19, Wuhan Virus

‘Pack up and get out of there,’ Japan to spend $2.2 billion to get Japanese companies to exit China

9 April 2020
ajay devgn karan johar

The man who bullied the Bully – How Ajay Devgn made Karan Johar’s monopoly a joke and forced him to apologize

22 June 2020
Huawei, China, Trump, USA, Xi Jinping

‘Our survival is at stake now,’ Chinese Telecom giant Huawei crumbles after US ban on Semiconductor exports

19 May 2020
T-Series Sonu Nigam Divya Khosla Kumar Bhushan Kumar

T-Series forced to take down Atif Aslam’s video, Divya Khosla trolled. T-Series has a bad day in office

25 June 2020
Meat Ban

A Jain responds to Meat Ban in Mumbai

Public Sector Bank, Government, Bill

Dear bank employees, continue your stride but PSBs will be privatized

anti-Hindi

Anti-Hindi Forever?- In search of a National Language!

Dear Liberals – your Beef Parties are not protests, they just intend to displease the Majority

Dear Liberals – your Beef Parties are not protests, they just intend to displease the Majority

5 failed Inventions

5 Inventions that failed to serve their purpose

1 June 2023
Pan India films

Pan India films have been a disaster this year, and the reason is apparent

1 June 2023
Report on India: Morgan Stanley gives double thumbs up to Modinomics

Report on India: Morgan Stanley gives double thumbs up to Modinomics

1 June 2023
Wrestlers Protest

Wrestlers Protest: Once champions, now disgraced foot soldiers of the opposition parties

1 June 2023

Popular This Week

Nawazuddin Siddiqui interview
Cinema

Dear Nawazuddin Siddiqui, you’re a one hit wonder, so just shut up

by Animesh Pandey
26 May 2023
Indian PSUs
Economy

Once a butt of all jokes, Indian PSUs are posting better results than Fortune 500 companies

by Animesh Pandey
26 May 2023
Bollywood actors who are now thriving in other professions
Cinema

Bollywood actors who are now thriving in other professions

by TFIPOST News Desk
26 May 2023
Ram Charan represents Indian cinema at G20 Summit
Politics

PM Modi Picks Ram Charan Teja over Bollywood Khans to Represent India at G20 Summit

by Animesh Pandey
24 May 2023
Inspector Avinash
Cinema

“Inspector Avinash”: Randeep Hooda Shines in a Hidden Gem of a Web Series

by Animesh Pandey
31 May 2023

©2023 TFI Media Private Limited

  • Terms of use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap
No Result
View All Result
  • Premium
  • Politics
    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
  • Economy
    • Business
    • Finance
  • Defense
    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
  • Geopolitics
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
  • Knowledge
    • Culture
    • History
    • Indology
  • Law
  • Lounge
    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Health
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    • Satire
TFI Official Merchandise
TFI हिन्दी
TFI Global
  • About us
  • Careers
  • Brand Partnerships

©2023 TFI Media Private Limited

Follow us on Twitter

and never miss an insightful take by the TFIPOST team

Follow @tfipost