The authorities ought to earmark your entire spectrum accessible within the medium frequency vary of 6 gigahertz band for cell telephony in order to allow them to ship high-speed information providers within the vary of 50-100 mbps, telecom trade physique COAI stated in a letter to the Department of Telecom.
The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), whose members embrace Reliance Jio, Airtel and Vodafone Idea, within the letter to telecom secretary Okay Rajaraman has stated that cell service suppliers want 2 megahertz frequencies within the medium band spectrum to improve consumer expertise and whole 1200 megahertz of frequencies accessible in 6 Ghz band must be earmarked for them.
“We recommend that the most optimal allocation for the country in the 6GHz band is to identify the entire 5925-7125 MHz i.e., 1200MHz spectrum for IMT applications as this would maximize the economic and societal benefits for achieving the national target of 1 trillion digital economy,” COAI Director General SP Kochhar stated within the letter dated April 7.
At current, the 6 Ghz band is earmarked for cell, fastened wi-fi (wifi) and glued satellite tv for pc providers.
“Licensed 6 GHz is ideal for commercial success and deployment of 5G NR, 5.5 G, and 6G in the future. An additional 2 GHz of mid-band spectrum would be required to meet the IMT-2020 user-experienced data rates of 100 Mbit per sec on the downlink and 50 Mbit per second on the uplink in cities with a high density of population as per GSMA,” Kochhar stated.
According to the letter, the federal government is probably going to vacate spectrum from broadcasters or satellite tv for pc customers in C band (3670-4000 Ghz) for 5G and 6G use.
“However, even this spectrum from C band will not be enough to reach the required 2GHz spectrum for IMT in mid-band. It is essential that 1200 MHz available in 6GHz is allocated for mobile communications in India to get this critical 2GHz spectrum in mid-band,” Kochhar stated.
He stated that scarcity of 6 GHz spectrum would compel TSPs to densify networks to meet 5G efficiency necessities which can lead to 60 per cent larger annual prices.
“Without densification, 5G download speeds would be reduced to 50 per cent if less spectrum is allocated in the 6 GHz band,” Kochhar stated.
At current telecom operators are utilizing frequency within the spectrum bands of 700 Mhz, 800 Mhz, 3300 Mhz and 26 Ghz band for 5G providers.
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