An Indian Company Made A Chipset that Enables TV Broadcast And 5G Connection

Saankhya Labs, a software company based in Bengaluru, announced on Wednesday that they have successfully developed a chipset that is able to support 5G connections, TV broadcast and to reduce call drops on phones and tablets.

Manoj Sinha, Telecom Minister praised the set for being the first in the world to enable a new TV generation on mobile devices.

India has never had any electronic chipset manufactured locally as the country lacks necessary semiconductor manufacturing plants, so most chipsets are developed by overseas companies.

This new creation of Saankhya Labs will be mass produced in South Korea, by the Samsung facility.

Parag Naik, a co-founder of the company shared that their chipset is capable of setting video apart from a mobile network, which helps minimize the spectrum’s load and enhance the quality of calls.

However, these are not the only things this Saankhya’s Pruthvi-3 chipset can do. It is able to turn a smartphone running Android OS into a satellite phone and transmit videos directly on mobile devices.

Saankhya Labs plans to introduce mobile phones and dongle with this chipset in a few more years, according to Naik.

He also publicized some of the company’s latest creation’s advantages, which include being half as cheap as some of its competitors but 30% more efficient. For now, design manufacturers will add the chip to a wide range of their products.

The company has already had orders from America and China to provide 5 million chipsets to be used in television gateways and tablets. Nail said they would fulfill this massive order in 2020. The company’s expected growth is 50% and this year will see sales reach 14 to 15 million.

Test rural broadband services have already been conducted in Africa and Scotland. The Philippines, the US, and Brazil also requested pilot project in their countries. India is next in line with Saankhya Labs talking with a local firm to launch trials.