The fifth-generation technologies promises enough India-precise use situations along with viable and reasonably priced organization models, Trai Secretary mentioned on Thursday even though expressing hope that 5G will be introduced in the Indian market place extremely quickly. On the challenge of spectrum pricing, which has time and once more been flagged by players as pricey, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) Secretary SK Gupta emphasised that the regulator has produced all-out efforts to make sure that cost of radiowaves is “reasonable and market-friendly”.
Gupta additional asserted that international comparisons, in this regard, need to be performed only on equitable parameters taking, into account numerous variables and future prospects. Speaking at the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2020, Gupta mentioned Trai has currently offered its recommendation for the auction of spectrum in 3,300-3,600 MHz bands, which is beneath the telecom department’s consideration, and hoped that auctions would be performed “soon”. Identification of spectrum in millimeterWave band is crucial to roll out 5G services, he mentioned, adding that Trai hoped to get the reference (from the DoT) on the matter.
“I feel 5G is a gamechanger, has sufficient India-specific use case, provides viable and affordable business models and I am very optimistic and hope that 5G will be introduced in Indian market very soon,” Gupta mentioned. Allocation of spectrum in E and V bands would facilitate the rapid roll out of 5G services at reasonably priced costs, he added. “Data privacy and consumer protection will be important challenges in the 5G era. Consumer education is going to play an important role in the successful rollout of 5G,” Gupta noted.
Telecom is the connectivity and digital backbone to provide numerous services across verticals, be it education, healthcare, finance, agriculture, e-commerce or entertainment, he mentioned. Effective implementation of 5G becomes all the more crucial maintaining in view the advent of futuristic technologies like Artificial Intelligence, cloud services, machine to machine (M2M) communications and robotics.
5G will provide higher-speed web access, allow ultra-low latency applications, and assistance huge M2M communications, he mentioned, adding that robust backhaul was a single of the prerequisites for the powerful roll-out of fifth-generation services. “Presently, only 30 per cent of BTS (Base Transceiver Station or base stations) have optical fibre connectivity and therefore massive fiberisation is the need of the hour,” the Trai official mentioned.
Right of Way (RoW) and single-window clearance will play a critical function in enhancing fiberisation activities in India, he mentioned.
Although the telecom division has produced guidelines to facilitate RoW permissions, the process desires to be additional simplified and produced user-friendly, he added. “Identification, development and testing of India-specific use cases is an important parameter for the success of the roll-out of 5G in India…Trai has already recommended for allocation of spectrum for trials. The service provider has to come forward and initiate testing of India specific use cases,” Gupta mentioned. A conducive ecosystem, that brings collectively several stakeholders, like sensor developers, program integrators, app providers, telecom operators, and other folks players would allow the nation to reap complete rewards of 5G, he noted.