5G is about making networks more effective; it’s the way forward in India: Ericsson

Telecom equipment major Ericsson maintains that the pandemic has put the spotlight back on the telecom sector. It expects that there will be greater need towards continuous network expansion. According to Nitin Bansal, Head of Ericsson India and Head of Network Solutions, South-East Asia, Oceania & India at Ericsson, among the interesting trends to have emerged during the lockdown is the increase in data traffic, led primarily by video conferencing.

In an interview to BusinessLine, Bansal spoke about network behaviour during the lockdown, operator strategies post Covid-19 and technology including 5G deployment. Excerpts:

There is definitely a peak in voice and data on networks. And there is a shift in the time when such peaks have happened.