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India Wireless Infrastructure Report

Publisher Teral Research
Published Sep 30, 2025
Length 17 Pages
SKU # TERA20451567

Description

This is our third edition of this report that focuses on the 5G developments in India, including traditional 4G and 5G RAN and open vRAN, geopolitical trends, ecosystem, and technology. This report also includes cellular subscribers’ data by service provider, 4G and 5G BTS units and sales, a 5-year forecast for eNBs, gNBs, vCUs, vDUs, RUs, and RAN vendor market shares and analysis.

Table of Contents

17 Pages
KEY TAKEAWAYS
INDIA’S RAN MARKET IS BOUNCING BACK AND SLOWLY BUT SURELY LEANING TOWARDS DOMESTIC
VENDORS
4G WAS BIGGER THAN 5G
INDIA’S CELLULAR SUBSCRIBER FOOTPRINT IS HARDLY BUDGING
AS RIGHTLY ANTICIPATED, THE INDIAN RAN MARKET SUNK IN 2024
1H25 saw a pickup, mainly driven by the completion of BSNL’s 4G LTE rollout…
…and Vi’s renaissance
The vendor leaderboard remains unchanged; Ericsson remains buckled up in the driver’s seat but both
Nokia and Tejas gain share
Ericsson and Nokia are benefiting from Airtel’s contracts renewal, which were initially awarded in 2022
But Jio will not renew and is instead looking at cutting its dependency on Ericsson and Nokia, at least for 5G
indoor and outdoor small cells
Meanwhile, Jio’s greenfield single LTE vendor network has a competitive advantage to be the nation’s first
5G SA
2025 IS LOOKING UP, THE CALM BEFORE THE NEXT STORM…
…TRIGGERED BY AT LEAST $2B SECOND ROUND 5G UPGRADE
Open RAN is the next big thing in India but be patient!
India embraces open RAN and boasts international ambitions…
…but the U.S. market opportunity is evaporating, thanks to Trump 2.0!
And lastly, India has big 6G objectives
BOTTOM LINE: TRUMP 2.0 MAY KEEP INDIAN VENDORS AT HOME FOR A WHILE AND THAT IS COMPLICATED

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