Samsung may have taken the lion’s share of the Indian Radio Access Network (RAN) market in the 4G era, but Nokia and Ericsson are anticipated to gain share and lead as the nation transitions to 5G. That’s one takeaway from a recent update on the Indian RAN market from Dell’Oro Group. The update from Dell’Oro attributes this gain by Nokia and Ericsson to preliminary contracts awarded by Indian telcos Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio.
Dell’Oro pegs wireless carrier revenue in India at around $24 billion for 2021, about 2-2.5% of global wireless revenues.
