{"id":991888,"date":"2026-02-14T08:12:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=991888"},"modified":"2026-02-14T08:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:55:08","slug":"skyrocketing-memory-prices-threaten-telcos-broadband-expansion-nokia-ericsson-see-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/02\/14\/skyrocketing-memory-prices-threaten-telcos-broadband-expansion-nokia-ericsson-see-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyrocketing memory prices threaten telcos\u2019 broadband expansion; Nokia, Ericsson see impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The skyrocketing prices of DRAM and NAND memory modules, driven by surging demand from higher-margin AI and data centre segments, could threaten the supply of fixed wireless access (FWA) routers and set-top boxes (STBs) for telecom operators, according to the latest Counterpoint Research report released on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>RAM and memory chip costs have already surged 600% year-on-year for consumer applications, including computers and smartphones. In response, several handset OEMs, including Samsung, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, and Poco, have already raised prices in markets like India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The skyrocketing prices of DRAM and NAND memory modules, driven by surging demand from higher-margin AI and data centre segments, could threaten the supply of fixed wireless access (FWA) routers and set-top boxes (STBs) for telecom operators, according to the latest Counterpoint Research report released on Thursday. RAM and memory chip costs have already surged 600% year-on-year for consumer applications, including computers and smartphones. In response, several handset OEMs, including Samsung, Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, and Poco, have already raised prices in markets like India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,60,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-991888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-economic-times","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=991888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=991888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=991888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}