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| LTE | | | 5G panel identifies 6000 Mhz spectrum as available for next gen service | | | TT Correspondent | | 18 Jun 2018 | | |   nd 28 Ghz.
The base price of one unit of pan-India 700 Mhz spectrum in 2016 was fixed at around Rs 11,000 crore by the government and interested telecom operators were required to buy minimum of five units of radio waves in this band. There were no bidders for this premium band due to high base price.
Paulraj said base station for 5G will have to be deployed at around every 50 metres as coverage of mobile signals in higher bands reduces that will lead to escalation of infrastructure cost.
He said that spectrum in E (71-76 Ghz frequency and 81-86 Ghz) and V band (57-64 Ghz frequency range), in which data can be transmitted at speed of 1000 mbps, should be allocated as per international norms.
"E and V bands, we will do that expeditiously... There are some minor issues to be sorted out. DoT is committed to release E and V band spectrum very quickly. It is essential because in those bands you can do high speed radio links. In India 5G will require a lot of backhaul. In 5G we need to have base stations almost at every 50 meters. We don't have fibre every 50 meter here," Paulraj said.
The panel has recommended that government should identify spectrum for 5G services in 600 Mhz, 1.4 Ghz, 30 Ghz, 31 Ghz and 37 Ghz band, while exploring the feasibility of 5G spectrum for the service in 500 Mhz and 3.7 Ghz bands.
(Reported PTI) |
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