International Summit of Broadband India Forum discusses rolling out broadband via Wireless Fiber technologies in the E&V band

The recent international summit “Accelerating Broadband in India: Complementing Fiber Optics with Wireless Fiber” held in New Delhi discussed the various possibilities of rolling out the Wireless Fiber technologies in the E&V band. This method can take broadband to remote areas where the extension of the optical fiber is difficult. It will also enable affordable broadband in India. The non-profit organization Broadband India Forum (BIF) conducted the summit.

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Lighting the Inaugral Lamp on extreme Left Mr TV Ramachandra-President Broad Band India Forum and on the Extreme Right Mr J. S Deepak-Secretary, DOT

“Broadband can be truly enabled by deploying fiber everywhere but that is not feasible due to costs involved and deployment challenges. E & V bands can provide tremendous acceleration to Digital India as they provide fiber-like speed and capacity at competitive costs besides excellent customer experience,” said Mr. M.F. Farooqui, Chairman – BIF.

Besides the broadband deployment, the summit also discussed the policy and regulatory issues.

Speaking at the conference, Mr. J. S. Deepak, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications said, “The Government is looking at the next area of reforms and the usage of the higher frequency spectrum in the millimeter wave is definitely a focus area for us. We are working to see how 21 Ghz right up to the V band can be better used.”

“The V band is obviously the special spectrum as it has a great scope because of its capacity for backhaul, ability to aggregate Wi-Fi hotspots and its low interference property due to oxygen absorption. The TRAI recommendation makes use of these frequencies and broadly talks about the mix of licensing including light touch regulations and de-licensing,” he added.