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India to Begin Domestic Chip Production with $15.2 Billion Investments

India has approved the construction of three semiconductor
plants worth 1.26 trillion rupees ($15.2 billion), as the country
aims to become an electronics global leader and decrease its reli-
ance on chips from abroad. The announcement of the project ties
into the “Make in India” initiative, which was launched in 2014 to
transform India into a global hub for design and manufacturing.
The first of the plants will be built in Dholera, Gujarat, by a part-
nership between Tata Electronics and Powerchip Semiconductor
Manufacturing Corporation, with the companies jointly investing
almost $11 billion. The new plant will focus on mature 28nm tech-
nology, which is widely used in industries such as automobiles,
consumer electronics, and defence. The second plant will be set
up in Morigaon, Assam, with an investment of $3.26 billion by Tata
Semiconductor Assembly and Test Pvt Ltd. This site, by contrast, a self-dependent country,” Indian Electronics Minister Ashwini
will focus on “indigenous advanced semiconductor packaging Vaishnaw told Reuters. “India already has deep capabilities in
technologies including flip chip and integrated system in package chip design. With these units, our country will develop capabili-
technologies” in the automotive, electric vehicles, and electronics ties in chip fabrication. Advanced packaging technologies will be
industries. India’s third plant will be built in Sanand, Gujarat via a indigenously developed in India.” India, who does not yet have
nearly $1 billion investment from a partnership between CG Pow- a chip making plant, estimates that its semiconductor industry
er, Japan’s Renesas Electronics Corporation, and Thailand’s Stars will be worth $63 billion by 2026, rivalling that of market leader
Microelectronics. This plant will also produce chips for consum- Taiwan. It is estimated that the three plants will create a total of
er, automotive, and power applications. “This is a big decision 80,000 jobs–20,000 in advanced technology and 60,000 indirect
for the country and a key accomplishment towards making India positions.

Telecom Egypt Trials 5G, 1.2 Tbps DWDM and 50G PON

Telecom Egypt released a barrage of announcements at Mobile spectrum. For that trial, Ericsson deployed a 5G non-standalone
World Congress this week covering two 5G partnerships, Africa’s (NSA) solution using 4G/5G radios from the Ericsson Radio Sys-
first 1.2 Tbps fiber connection and a 50G PON trial. Telecom Egypt tem connected to Ericsson’s Evolved Packet Core (EPC) and Uni-
and Huawei said they have formed a strategic partnership to de- fied Data Management (UDM). On the fiber network front, Telecom
ploy 5G network. Under the partnership, Huawei will offer its latest Egypt also said it successfully collaborated with Huawei to com-
network solutions including 5G wireless, 5G service-oriented core plete the trial of what they claim is Africa's first 1.2-Tbps single
and 5G-ready transport network. Huawei said it has collaborat- channel DWDM connection. The 1.2-Tbps channel uses Huawei’s
ed with Telecom Egypt to established 5G sites in hotspot areas concentrated wavelength division optical fiber technology, which
across Egypt. Meanwhile, Telecom Egypt also announced with Huawei says increases the bandwidth of existing fiber networks.
Ericsson that they have successfully trialed 5G across several The 1.2Tbps coherent solution – which will be utilized in Tele-
key locations in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital using 2.6 GHz com Egypt's live network “soon” – will deliver the transmission
reach, spectral efficiency, latency, and system energy consump-
tion to support the telco’s 5G network, Huawei said. The technol-
ogy can also support applications such as metro, short-haul, and
data center interconnect (DCI) on a single wavelength. Telecom
Egypt and Huawei also announced that they have completed what
they’re billing as the first 50G PON trial in Africa. The test results
demonstrated that the upload and download rate of Huawei’s 50G
PON prototype meet the standard requirements. The test also ver-
ified the capability of managing 50G PON ONTs and supporting
the G/10G 50PON combo function. The test also verified that 50G
PON is compatible with Telecom Egypt’s existing fiber optic net-
work, and works seamlessly with the optical distribution network
(ODN) on optical devices, paving the way for future development.
Huawei said the technology will enable Telecom Egypt’s broad-
band offerings to support UHD video, virtual and augmented real-
ity and industrial digitization.
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