Tata aims to get back into telecom game with 5G, using TCS' strengths

Together with TCS, the conglomerate is creating capacity to take advantage of the big new opportunity in 5G network and broadband rollout by acquiring a reputed telecom gear manufacturer and tying up

The Tata group’s tryst with mobile services, with either CDMA or GSM technology, did not really fly, forcing it to close operations and write off los­s­es. Now the group is back in the big game, this time straddling the telecom eq­uipment, network and technology space in India as well as the global market. To this end, it is leveraging the opportuni­ties that flow from 5G technology through open radio access network, or O-RAN.

Last week, the Tata Sons’ subsidiary Pan­a­tone Finvest acquired 43.3 per cent in Ben­galuru-based telecom equipment manufact­u­rer Tejas Networks for Rs 1,850 crore and an­­­­­nounced it would