> India's leading telecom operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm has developed its own 4G and 5G technologies ... Jio is probably the first company in the world to mak

> India's leading telecom operator, Reliance Jio Infocomm has developed its own 4G and 5G technologies ... Jio is probably the first company in the world to make such a move. According to The Economic Times, the disruptive telco is set to take its chaos to another segment of the industry; network infrastructure. Although trials are still taking place, the confident claims suggest the telco could become less reliant on the traditional ecosystem and could create more of a commodity-based supply chain. “We are more scalable than these vendors and are fully automated since we have our own cloud-native platform,” one insider said. “In 5G, we will totally be self-sufficient. We can give the design, layouts and board support packages to third-party manufacturers to have our gear made.” Source: https://telecoms.com/502948/reliance-jio-reckons-it-can-do-5g-without-vendor-help/ https://telecoms.com/502948/reliance-jio-reckons-it-can-do-5... Viettel, the largest mobile operator in Vietnam, has outlined bold 5G ambitions which go much further than mere network deployments and high-speed services for its subscriber base ... The operator reportedly is working on its own core 5G technology, with the aim to develop 80 per cent of the tech at home by 2020. Local media say it has invested millions of dollars to develop 5G chips and devices. Source: https://www.mobileworldlive.com/blog/blog-can-viettel-develop-its-own-5g-tech/ https://www.mobileworldlive.com/blog/blog-can-viettel-develo... What is it about 5g that many seem to find it easier to build this tech?