Parliamentary Standing Committee Dials Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea for 5G

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology in a notice its members highlighted that it would be hearing from the representatives of Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea on “India’s preparedness for 5G.” The committee headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday in a notice to its members said that it would have two sessions on October 27, 2020. In the initial session scheduled for 4 pm on October 27, 2020, the standing committee would hear the views of the telecom operators while the second session would involve the Ministry of Communications.

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Parliamentary Committee to Hear from Telecom Operators on 5G

According to the agenda released by the Parliamentary Committee, the representatives from Ministry of Communications such as DoT along with Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) would be touched on “India’s preparedness for 5G.”

The Parliamentary Standing Committee in early August had also questioned the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on 5G preparedness and the reasons for its delay in India. Twenty members from Lok Sabha and 10 members from Rajya Sabha are part of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology.

Telecom Operators Need Over 1 Lakh Crore Investment for Pan India 5G

Meanwhile, Motilal Oswal Financial Services in a research report on October 16, 2020 said that the telecom operators in India “may wait” for three or more years before deploying 5G technology.

“With no new players, nascent use cases, limited incremental revenue potential, spectrum woes along with an inherently low ARPU structure in India, we believe telcos may wait for the 5G technology to stabilize globally and see a reduction in equipment cost, before deploying fresh technology,” Motilal Oswal Financial Services said in its report.