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The Division of Telecommunications (DoT) has sought ideas of sector regulator TRAI on the public sale of E and V bands, a senior authorities official stated on Wednesday.
Talking at a Broadband India Discussion board occasion, DoT member (Know-how) A Okay Tiwari stated that in future the federal government goes to public sale millimeter wave falling within the frequency vary of 37-42.5 megahertz spectrum band, E and V bands.
“We’ve despatched reference for public sale of E and V bands however that will probably be for backhaul,” Tiwari stated.
Radiowaves in E band, which falls in 71-76 GHz and 81-86 GHz, and V band, that’s 57-64 GHz, can transmit knowledge at very excessive speeds, and the tactic of spectrum allotment in these bands has been a subject of a lot debate within the sector, and in addition inside authorities circles previously.
Telecom gamers and Web companies have been at loggerheads over public sale of E and V bands.
Whereas telecom operators have favoured the public sale of spectrum in these bands, our bodies representing web companies have opposed it.
Even the telecom regulator TRAI in a advice has advised to allocate E and V with out public sale.
Tiwari stated that the 5G providers are anticipated to be launched within the nation inside 45-50 days.
In the meantime, the Division of Telecom (DoT) has been stated to obtained upfront cost of round Rs. 17,876 crore from Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Adani Knowledge Networks and Vodafone Thought for spectrum they received in a latest public sale. Whereas all telecom operators have opted to make funds in 20 annual instalments, Bharti Airtel has paid Rs. 8,312.4 crore equal to 4 annual instalments.
Reliance Jio has made cost of Rs. 7,864.78 crore, Vodafone Thought Rs. 1,679.98 crore and Adani Knowledge Networks Rs. 18.94 crore.
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