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Shrijan Soni May 4th, 2021 11:29 AM 16 COMMENTS

5G Spectrum Analysis: The Core of 5G Network Around the Globe

5G is the next evolutionary leap in the tech industry. The wireless technology is being designed around the globe to offer seamless internet connectivity to users with low latency, high bandwidth, reliable connection and immersive experience. If you have been following the development of 5G, you must have heard about the allocation of spectrum to develop the 5G ecosystem. In case you are not aware of the 5G spectrum, follow... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 30th, 2021 5:00 PM 0 COMMENTS

Revised 5G Spectrum Policy to Meet Demands of Telcos

The telcos recently asked the telecom department to avail spectrum across more bands for rolling out 5G so that it doesn’t become too costly for them. According to a report from ET Telecom, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will soon earmark all the additional spectrum bands for the 5G rollout in India. The additional spectrum will be a part of the spectrum auctions for 5G airwaves slated for the second... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur March 23rd, 2021 4:45 PM 21 COMMENTS

Telcos Ask Trai to Avail Millimetre Wave Bands for Making 5G Affordable

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents India's top three telecom operators (Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone Idea), has asked the regulator to avail millimetre wave bands for the 5G auctions. COAI director general S.P Kochhar wrote a letter to Anshu Prakash, secretary of Department of Telecommunications (DoT), requesting the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to “earmark” and include millimetre wave bands in the 5G auctions. According to... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 26th, 2021 4:46 PM 3 COMMENTS

Lower 5G Spectrum Reserve Price and Skip Testing: Nokia

If India wants to lead the 5G revolution, the government needs to lower the reserve price for the 5G spectrum. Sanjay Malik, VP and country head, Nokia, said that 5G should be deployed straight-away, and the testing should be skipped by the telcos. He noted that both standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) network architectures have already been deployed around the globe, while India hasn’t even started testing 5G. In the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur February 1st, 2021 1:10 PM 19 COMMENTS

Airtel and Jio Might Spend 20% More in Upcoming Spectrum Auctions

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio are now expected to flush in more money at the upcoming spectrum auctions. The sudden change in the estimated expense for the telcos comes because of the government's latest decision. The government has now reduced the time for the telcos to give notices for using the spectrum won at the auction to roll out any new technology. For the unaware, the time has been reduced... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur December 10th, 2020 6:00 PM 11 COMMENTS

Put All the Available 5G Spectrum in Auction to Avoid Scarcity: Trai Secretary

Addressing the nation at the Indian Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020, SK Gupta, Secretary of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said that the telecom department needs to ensure adequate availability of 5G spectrum at an affordable price for the telcos. This is so that Indian telecom service providers (TSPs) can test 5G for India specific use cases as soon as possible. Gupta said that he is aware of the... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 20th, 2020 12:27 PM 11 COMMENTS

DoT Request for 5G Airwaves to be Considered by DoS, Defence Ministry

A few days back, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) had asked the Department of Space (DoS) and the defence ministry to vacate the airwaves in high and medium-range frequency for the smooth rollout of 5G services. Now, as per a report from ET Telecom, an elite panel of secretaries has requested the defence ministry and DoS to consider the request put forth by DoT for vacating the airwaves. Both DoS... Read More

Tanay Singh Thakur October 16th, 2020 11:31 AM 24 COMMENTS

DoT Pushes for More 5G Spectrum, Asks DoS and Defence Ministry to Vacate Airwaves

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has requested the Department of Space (DoS) and the defence ministry to vacate airwaves in the medium and high range spectrum bands for the 5G services rollout. The three parties met to discuss the spectrum issues under a committee led by the Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba. Initially, the 5G spectrum auction was slated to take place in 2020. However, the issues related to the spectrum... Read More

Shrijan Soni July 29th, 2020 2:41 PM 2 COMMENTS

Government Might Slash 5G Base Price to Aid Telecom Operators

The Government of India might slash the base price of the 5G spectrum to relief the telecom operators if they pay more money and equip telecom gears from non-Chinese vendors. All the telecom operators have already addressed that base price of Rs 492 crore per MHz for 5G spectrum is exorbitant. Also, telco giant Bharti Airtel has marked that it will not participate in the 5G auction with the base... Read More

Chakri K August 3rd, 2018 9:26 AM 13 COMMENTS

DoT to Analyse Trai Report and Take Call on More 5G Spectrum Auction

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has stated that it will take the call on next auction of 5G spectrum identified by a high-level committee after analysing recommendations made by sector regulator Trai. "Trai has just made recommendations. We are looking in to it," Telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan told PTI. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), a couple of days ago, recommended the auction of about 8,644 MHz of telecom... Read More

Arpit Sharma July 20th, 2018 12:44 PM 2 COMMENTS

Trai Finishes Global Consultation About 5G Spectrum Pricing, Will Now Draft Recommendations

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has finished taking consultation from global experts regarding the pricing of 5G spectrum and is now readying recommendations to send to government, a top official informed. Trai Chairman, RS Sharma also spoke to ET on the matter and said "Trai has already consulted international experts. We are more or less ready with the auction recommendations, and are coming up with it soon.” Likely,... Read More