5G spectrum allocation: DoT seeks inputs to chalk out 10-year roadmap

In an effort to chalk out a greater technique for the sale and use of radio frequency spectrum over the subsequent 10 years, together with the 5G bands, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has reached out to the business and academia searching for their inputs.
The DoT has sought inputs on three main features of radio frequency spectrum such because the modifications required within the present spectrum allocation methodology, the frequency bands that ought to be thought-about for International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) and 5G in India, and another telecom spectrum allocations that the business sees the necessity for over the subsequent 10 years.
All the three non-public telecom gamers, Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel and Vi have been urging the DoT to put out a transparent road-map of spectrum allocation and 5G frequency bands in order that they’d be capable of plan the roll out of their providers accordingly. Industry physique Cellular Operators Association of India, which represents the three telcos, had additionally in a press release final week stated that the spectrum, which had already been recognized for IMT in addition to 5G in keeping with the National Frequency Allocation Plan (NFAP) of 2018, ought to be made out there for cellular providers.
“If the spectrum is acquired through auction, then there should not be any usage charge for the spectrum as the market determined price is already paid. This has been a long-pending demand of pricing of spectrum to be rationalised and benchmark it to international standards,” COAI’s director common Lieutenant General S P Kochhar had stated.
According to the NFAP 2018, the DoT was then actively contemplating allocation of 25.25, 27.5, 31.8, and 37 GHz frequency within the millimetre bands and nicely as bands under 6GHz for 5G providers. However, the allocation of spectrum in 5G has not but been completed because the DoT remains to be in talks with varied different departments of the federal government reminiscent of the house ministry and the defence ministry on the segregation of frequencies for industrial and different functions.

The millimeter-wave band or extraordinarily high-frequency frequency spectrum is especially designed for utilization in airport safety scanners, closed-circuit tv, scientific analysis, machine-to-machine communication, and army hearth management.
This new spectrum underneath the 5G band referred to as the ‘millimeter-wave bands’ is separate from the 2251.25 MHz public sale for 4G, which is scheduled to begin from March 1. On December 16, 2020 the cabinet had cleared the sale of this spectrum throughout seven frequency bands at a reserve worth of Rs 3.92 lakh crore.