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Indias telcos are alarmed at the country delegations interventions regarding the 6 GHz spectrum band at the ongoing World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC), which they say are contrary to the originally agreed upon position...
In a letter to telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw sent Wednesday, the telcos have said that it appears that discussions are being steered towards the bands designation for delicensed WiFi usage...
Failure to designate this band as originally intended will not only harm Indias IMT (mobile services) interests, but also impact the progress towards the development of a worldwide ecosystem for IMT in this band, industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) which counts Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea as its members, said in the letter...
In light of the criticality of the band for Indias 5G and 6G aspirations, we had recommended strict adherence to the Indian position during the ongoing WRC-2023 and requested to kindly ensure that deviations, if any, be affected only upon consultation with all the stakeholders, COAI said.. Earlier, the Broadband India Forum (BIF) - which represents tech companies - had termed the recommendations of a Department of Telecommunications (DoT) committee on 6 GHz as biased as the panel was one-sided with it comprising only telecom industry associations COAI and GSMA - with no representation from WiFi bodies...
The impractical power limits for IMT being suggested by the Indian delegation at WRC, even for Regions 1 and 2, would be detrimental to the development of 5G and 6G in this band, and we believe that was never Indias official position, the letter said..
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Telcos differ with govt stance on 6 GHz spectrum at WRC
14, Dec, 23India's telcos are concerned about the Indian delegation's interventions regarding the 6 GHz spectrum band at the World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC), which they believe are contrary to the originally agreed upon position. They claim that discussions are being steered towards the band's designation for delicensed WiFi usage, which could harm India's IMT interests and impact the development of a worldwide ecosystem for IMT in this band.